Chittaranjan Das, a prominent lawyer and nationalist leader, was affectionately titled ‘Deshbandhu,’ meaning “Friend of the Nation.” He was a key figure in the Non-Cooperation Movement and later founded the Swaraj Party in 1923. Known for his selflessness and legal ...
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The Treaty of Bassein was a subsidiary alliance signed by Peshwa Bajirao II with the British to regain his throne. By doing so, the head of the Maratha state officially surrendered his sovereignty and accepted British military protection. This gave ...
The reign of Chhatrapati Shahu (1707–1749) is known as the effective reign of the Peshwas. Although Shahu was the Chhatrapati, he delegated most of the executive, military and administrative powers to his chosen Peshwas, especially Balaji Vishwanath and Bajirao I, ...
Emperor Jahangir introduced the ‘Do Aspa Sih Aspa’ system in the Mansabdari system. Literally meaning ‘two or three horses’, this reform allowed a Mansabdar to be paid for double or triple the number of horses/troopers required for his Sawar rank ...
The pair Akbar – Sir Thomas Roe is not correctly matched. Sir Thomas Roe arrived in India as the English ambassador in 1615 and spent his time at the court of Emperor Jahangir. Akbar died in 1605, ten years before ...