Linguistic Reorganization of States
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Linguistic Reorganization of States In 1917, the Congress Party had committed itself to the creation of linguistic provinces in a Free India. After Congress’s Nagpur Session in 1920, the principle…
Issue of Official Language of India
Issue of Official Language of India Being a foreign language Gandhi opposed the idea of English to be overall medium of communications in free India, hence, Hindi was chosen to…
Tribal Integration in India
Tribal Integration During colonial times money lenders, traders & petty officials invaded the tribal areas and disrupted the tribal’s traditional way of life. To conserve forests and to facilitate their…
Integration of Princely States
Integration of Princely States Unifying post partition India & princely states under one administration was perhaps the most important task faced by then political leadership. In colonial India, nearly 40% of…
India After Independence
India After Independence Partition and its aftermath Freedom came with Partition which resulted in large scale communal violence & riots In initial few years of independence India faced daunting challenges…
Independence of African countries
Independence of African countries Egypt Egypt was a British mandate after WW1. It had been declared independent in 1922 but British troop remained. After WW2 the demand for withdrawal of…
West Asia Freedom Movements, Suez Crisis, Iran – Iraq War, Gulf War
West Asia, Suez Crisis, Iran – Iraq War, Gulf War Syria and Lebanon As in other parts of Asia, there was an upsurge for freedom in West Asia also immediately…
Korean War and Vietnam Partition
Korean War and Vietnam Partition Korean War Korea had come under Japanese rule in 1910. After Japan’s defeat in the Second World War, she was divided into two zones, the…
Asian Countries Independence
Asian Countries Independence The period after second World War saw the emergence of most countries of Asia & Africa as independent nations. Generally, the colonial powers were not willing to…
Cold War Post World War 2
Cold War Post World War 2 A major feature after the end of the Second World War was the antagonism between United States & Soviet Union & the armed confrontation…
Europe after Second World War
Europe after Second World War Many countries in Europe had been liberated from German occupation by Soviet armies. These countries were Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria & Czechoslovakia. The Communist parties…
World War Conferences & Formation of UN
World War Conferences & Formation of UN During the war, major Allied nations held many conferences & issued declarations stating the principles which would Form the bases of peace &…
