Battle of Buxar (1764) The Battle of Buxar was fought on 23 October 1764, between the forces of East India Company under Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh, Read more…
The Battle of Plassey (1757) Introduction: The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over a much larger force of Nawab of Bengal and French troops together on 23 June 1757. The Leader of Read more…
Third Carnatic War (1758-63) Important facts of the war The war fought between The British and French Year Of War – 1758 to 63 Place- Carnatic in Southern India Result of the war – The British defeated the French Lally Read more…
World Environment Day In 1972, the UN General Assembly designated 5 June as World Environment Day (WED). The first celebration, under the slogan “Only One Earth” took place in 1974. In the following years, WED has developed as a platform Read more…
Second Carnatic War (1749-54) The second Carnatic war was fought between Nasir Jung, the Nizam and his follower Muhammad Ali with the support of English, and Chanda Sahib and Muzaffar Jung with support of the French. The war lasted from 1749 Read more…
First Carnatic War – 1740-48 Some important Facts of the first Carnatic war: The war fought between English and French The leaders involved- Anwar-du-din Khan (Nawab of Carnatic), Major Stringer Lawrence (British), and Joseph Francois Dupleix (French Governor-General) Place Carnatic Read more…
List of Important Local Winds local winds blow over a limited area. They are caused due to influence of local pressure gradient and terrain. The local winds blow between small, low, and high-pressure systems. These winds are influenced by local Read more…
Plate Tectonics Plate tectonics: The term was first coined by JT Wilson in 1965. After the evolution of the concept of the “continental drift hypothesis” and “seafloor spreading” a broader concept of “plate tectonics” was developed in 1967. The theory Read more…
Earthquakes (also called quakes, tremors, or temblors) A sudden movement of Earth’s crust is caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. In simple words, the earthquake refers to the shaking of the earth. Read more…
Phylum-Hemichordata These are recently added as a phylum under non-chordates, earlier these were considered as a sub-phylum under the phylum chordates. They possess a rudimentary structure in the collar region known as a stomochord, which is similar to a notochord Read more…
