Modern India

Doctrine of Lapse Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy. During his regime in India, Lord Dalhousie devised and adopted the policy of doctrine of lapse which enabled him to annex quite a number of States. The main principles of his…

Mahatma Gandhi (early name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) was a great political leader of India. He was born on 2nd October, 1869 at Porbondar in Gujarat. Karamchand Gandhi and Putli Bai were his parents. In India, he is also called Bapu…

Introduction The political agitation in India was mounting every day. It was an alarming sign because once the forces went out of control the 1857 history could have easily been repeated. The Prime Minister of United Kingdom, therefore,…

Home Rule League Movement Introduction: The Surat Congress led to the split of the Indian National Congress. It affected the national movement which lost momentum. But the World War I offered an opportunity for the union of the Extremists…

India’s First War of Independence The First War of India’s Independence started with the Sepoy’s revolt. The Sepoy uprising of 1857 had started from the military camp and spread from one Cantonment to another till it was joined by…

Causes of Failure of Revolt of 1857 The Great rebellion of 1857 (also Sepoy mutiny, Indian rebellion of 1857, First War of Indian Independence) lost its vigor after a few months and within a year it was completely put down by the…

Simon Commission Background: Indian nationalists had declared the constitutional reforms of 1919 as inadequate. They had been demanding for an early reconsideration of the constitutional question. Formation of Simon Commission: So, the…

Swaraj Party Who founded the Swaraj Party? Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founders of Swaraj Party. It was named as “Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Party” in 1922. What was the Swaraj Party? The Swaraj Party (also Swarajya…

First Round Table Conference In mid-1930, the Simon Commission submitted its Report. When did the First Round Table conference held? On 12th November, 1930 the British Government convened the first Round Table Conference in London under…

Growth of Nationalism in British India National sentiment began amongst the Indian people from the close of the 19th century. Various factors helped the growth of this movement to meet the challenge of the British domination. Every…