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Governors-General & Viceroys of India 22 Aug 2020 8 min read Introduction British rule over India started as a trading unit, when East India Company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600. Within a time period of nearly three centuries, the British turned from a trading power to one of…
Temperature Inversion 29 Aug 2020 7 min read Meaning Under normal conditions, temperature usually decreases with increase in altitude in the troposphere at a rate of 1 degree for every 165 metres. This is called normal lapse rate. But on some occasions, the situations get reversed and temperature starts increasing with height rather than decreasing….
Subhash Chandra Bose 05 Oct 2020 8 min read Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was a fierce nationalist, whose defiant patriotism made him one of the greatest freedom fighters in Indian history. He was also credited with setting up the Indian Army as a separate entity from the British Indian Army – which helped to propel…
Revolt of 1857 02 Nov 2020 14 min read The Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 was a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against the rule of British East India Company in India which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British crown. The Revolt It was the first expression of organised resistance against the British…
Battles of Panipat 16 Nov 2020 13 min read First Battle of Panipat (1526) The Battle The First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526) fought near a small village of Panipat( Haryana), this marked the beginning of Mughal Empire in India. The battle was fought between the invading forces of Zahir-ud-din Babur and the last…
Land Revenue Systems in British India 07 Dec 2020 10 min read Land revenue was one of the major sources of income for Britishers in India. There were broadly three types of land revenue policies in existence during the British rule in India. Before independence, there were three major types of land tenure systems prevailing…
The Carnatic Wars 21 Dec 2020 15 min read Though the British and the French came to India for trading proposes, they were ultimately drawn into the politics of India. Both had visions for establishing political power over the region. The Anglo-French rivalry in India reflected the traditional rivalry of England and France throughout their…
El Nino and La Nina 18 Jan 2021 13 min read El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific Region. They are opposite phases of what is known as the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. The ENSO cycle describes the fluctuations in temperature between…
Anglo-Mysore Wars 25 Jan 2021 16 min read The Anglo-Mysore Wars was a series of four military confrontations in India between the British and the rulers of Mysore. First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69) Background In 1612, a Hindu kingdom under the Wodeyars emerged in the region of Mysore. Chikka Krishnaraja Wodeyar II ruled from 1734 to…
Tectonic Plates 01 Feb 2021 15 min read Tectonic Plates A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly-shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. The lithosphere includes the crust and top mantle with its thickness range varying between 5-100 km in oceanic parts and about 200…