In 1939, Mahatma Gandhi intervened in the Rajkot Satyagraha, a struggle for responsible government in the princely state of Rajkot. He delegated the leadership to his trusted lieutenant, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. When the Thakore Saheb of Rajkot went back on ...
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Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were executed for their involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case, specifically the assassination of British police officer John Saunders. They carried out the killing to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. Their execution on ...
The Muslim League formally adopted the Pakistan Resolution during its Lahore session in March 1940. Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the resolution demanded independent states for Muslims in the northwestern and eastern zones of India. This marked a decisive shift ...
The Maratha political system evolved into a loose confederacy of semi-autonomous chiefs rather than a rigid, centralized bureaucracy. Unlike the Mughal “Mansabdari” system, where officials were frequently transferred to prevent local power bases, Maratha sardars held hereditary control over their ...
James Grant Duff, a British soldier and historian who served as the resident at Satara, used this famous metaphor in his book “A History of the Mahrattas.” He viewed the emergence of the Maratha power as an abrupt, explosive event ...