Land Reforms in India (Short Notes) | UPSC – IAS Land reform involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural land. There are four main categories of reforms: Abolition of intermediaries (rent collectors under the pre-Independence land revenue […]
Effects of Liberalization on the Indian Economy | UPSC – IAS Liberalization is any process whereby a state lifts restrictions on some private individual activities. Liberalization occurs when something which used to be banned is no longer banned, or when government regulations are relaxed. Economic liberalization refers to the reduction or elimination of government regulations
How did Buddhism emerge and spread? | UPSC – IAS Buddhism was born in India, within the culture of Hinduism, and then charted its own path. Like Hinduism, it questioned the reality of the earthly world and speculated on the existence of other worlds. Unlike Hinduism, however, Buddhism had a founder, a set of originating
Hinduism | Origin, History, Beliefs, & Facts This post begins with a brief history of early Hinduism, the most ancient of existing major religions, and analyzes its evolution as the principal cultural system of the Indian subcontinent. Buddhism emerged out of Hinduism in India and spread throughout central, eastern, and southeastern Asia, defining much of
What is Globalization and its Significance, Causes and Effects ? | UPSC – IAS (Brief Overview) Globalization thrives on the world’s new, inexpensive transportation and communication facilities. It requires freedom of movement across borders of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and people. It also requires new institutions for negotiating rules and regulations across international borders. With
Stagnation and Deterioration of Agriculture | NCERT – UPSC | IAS | PCS As a result of overcrowding of agriculture, excessive land revenue demand, growth of landlordism, increasing indebtedness, and the growing impoverishment of the cultivators, Indian agriculture began to stagnate and even deteriorate resulting in extremely low yields per acre At a time when agriculture
Economic Impact of British Rule in India | NCERT – UPSC | IAS | PCS (In Points ) The British conquest had a pronounced (noticeable) and profound (extremely felt) economic impact on India. The economic policies followed by the British led to the rapid transformation of India’s economy into a colonial economy whose nature and
Ruin of Artisans and Craftsmen | UPSC – IAS | NCERT There was a sudden and quick collapse of the urban handicrafts which had for centuries made India’s name a byword in the markets of the entire civilised world. Causes & impact | UPSC – IAS This collapse was caused largely by competition with the
Ruin of Old Zamindars and Rise of New Landlord-ism | UPSC – IAS British economic policy favoured the rise of a new landlordism, as the high revenue demands forced traditional landowners to sell their land. Rich money-lenders and others bought this land and there was a spread of growth of intermediaries By 1815, half the total land in Bengal
Impoverishment of the Peasantry | UPSC – IAS The peasant was also progressively impoverished under British rule, his material condition deteriorated and he steadily sank into poverty. In the very beginning of British rule in Bengal, the policy of Clive and Warren Hasting of extracting the largest possible land revenue had led to such devastation
What was Grand Delhi Durbars & why they were organized ? The meaning of Delhi Durbar is ,”Court of Delhi”, was a mass assembly at Coronation Park in Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar. How many times Grand Delhi Darbars/Durbars Held ?
Blue – No official religion | Red – States with Religion Secularism in India – Features, Impact and Problems | UPSC – IAS The concept of secularism as embodied in the Constitution of India cannot be viewed in the sense in which it is viewed in the West, but in the context of the following
Who is Dr br Ambedkar ? Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar (1891-1956) is considered the father of the Indian Constitution and is also the best known leader of the Dalits. Because Dr Ambedkar fought for the rights of the Dalit community. He was born into the Mahar caste, which was considered untouchable. The Mahars were poor,
Delhi Proposals December 1927 | UPSC – IAS Earlier, in December 1927, a large number of Muslim leaders had met at Delhi at the Muslim League session and evolved four proposals for Muslim demands to be incorporated in the draft constitution. These proposals, which were accepted by the Madras session of the Congress (December 1927),
Wavell Plan 1945 & Shimla Conference | UPSC – IAS The Simla Conference 1945 was a meeting between the Viceroy and the major political leaders of British India at Simla, India. Convened to agree on and approve the Wavell Plan for Indian self-government, and there it reached a potential agreement for the self-rule of India that provided separate representation for Muslims and
Mountbatten Plan or 3rd June Plan – Dickie Bird | Ismay | Plan Balkan Mountbatten prepared a “Dickie Bird Plan” for India’s independence. This plan was prepared by a committee of General Sir Hastings Ismay, Sir George Abell and Lord Mountbatten himself. Plan Balkan was completed and presented on 15-16 April 1947 by Hastings Ismay
Why Wood’s Despatch is called Magna Carta of Indian Education ? Wood’s Despatch is called Magna-Carta of English Education in India because it professed the promotion of the western education in India. In accordance with Wood’s despatch, Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857 on the model of the London
