Mahatma Gandhi and National Movements Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was born at Porbandar in Gujarat on 2 October 1869. Father Karamchand Gandhi was a diwan of state and the name of his mother was Putali Bai. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi Read more…
Constitutional Development of India The constitutional development of India began with the Regulating Act of 1773. The previous events played a significant role, as the interference of the Company increased in Indian politics. The East India Company got Diwani (revenue Read more…
Home Rule League Movement The Home Rule League Movement was the Indian response to the First World War, based on the Irish Home Rule League. In India, two Home Rule Leagues were Launched, one by Annie Besant (Irish theosophist) and Read more…
The Revolt of 1857 The Revolt of 1857- 1859 (Indian Rebellion) occurred in various regions of the country, the revolt was against the British Rule of the East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the Read more…
People’s Uprisings Against British Before 1857 Before 1857 in resistance to Colonial rule, many people uprisings were found in different regions of India. To understand better, we divide these uprisings into three broad forms- Civil rebellions, Tribal uprisings, and peasant Read more…
Mountain Passes in India Mostly Mountain Passes are found above the sources of rivers, these passes may be very short, or maybe many kilometers long. We are listing here the Passes which are found in India with their State (source Read more…
Important Indian National Congress Sessions Indian National Congress: Retired English civil servant, A.O. Hume formed the Indian National Union which later became the Indian National Congress in 1885. The other founding members were Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha. There were Read more…
Phylum Chordata – Characteristics and Classification All chordates possess these 5 primary characteristics including a notochord, dorsal and hollow nerve cord, endostyle or thyroid, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail. The name is Chordates because of their characteristic feature “notochord”, which plays a significant Read more…
Phylum Aschelminthes or Nemathelminthes (Greek; nema = thread; helmins = worm) The Roundworms In phylum Aschelminthes, the organisms are also called roundworms because the body is circular in cross-section. These organisms are endoparasites. They are cylindrical, unsegmented, and triploblastic animals. Read more…
Phylum – Porifera – (Pore-bearing) Introduction: The porifers are commonly known as sponges. Porifers consisting the most primitive multicellular animals. These are pore-bearing animals, the body does not consist of organs and they can regenerate their lost parts. The phylum Read more…
