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Newspapers were suppressed in 1942 under the Defence of India Act because they reported on the Quit India Movement and criticized British rule. The colonial government feared that such reports would inspire public unrest and fuel nationalist sentiments against their ...
The Treaty of Vienna (1815) restored monarchies, redrew European boundaries, strengthened states around France, returned the Bourbon dynasty and established a conservative order to maintain peace and stability.
The Great Depression sharply reduced global demand, causing Indian agricultural prices to crash. Farmers faced falling incomes, rising debt and forced exports. Urban workers lost jobs, while poverty deepened. Social unrest increased as economic hardship affected communities across colonial India.
Napoleon, though a monarch, spread nationalist and revolutionary ideals across Europe. His Napoleonic Code of 1804 abolished privileges by birth, ensured equality before law, protected property rights, ended feudalism, simplified administration and introduced uniform laws, weights and measures to promote ...
After the 1949 revolution, China entered the global economy, attracting foreign MNCs with its low economic costs. Its vast population created a huge consumer market and low wages made it a preferred destination for global manufacturing and trade.
