Prologue #1: Land reforms Congress in Provincial Governments 1937 @Bihar @Uttar Pradesh @Bombay @Other Provinces Overall Limitations #2: Congress Resolutions 4farmers @Karachi session, 1931 @Firozpur Session, 1936 @election manifesto,1937 Other resolutions/Manifestos Rise of All India Kisan Sabha Kisan Manifesto, [...]
Prologue Peasant struggles in British India Peasant Revolts before 1857 Sanyasi Revolt, 1772 Pagal Panthi, 1830s-40s Santhal, 1855 Revolts after 1857's Mutiny Indigo Movement (1859-60) Deccan Riots (1874-75) Ramosi, 1877-87 No-Revenue Movements (1893-1900) Birsa Munda’s Ulgulan (1899) Rajasthan: 1913-17 [...]
Prologue What is land reform? Players in Land tenure system? The State Owner Superior tenants Inferior Tenants Share croppers Landless laborers Land Tenure System: British Legacy Permanent Settlement: Features Permanent Settlement: Consequences Ryotwari System Ryotwari System: Features Ryotwari System: Consequences [...]
A Question asked by many readers: "I've done graduation from foreign university. Is my degree valid for UPSC IAS/IPS exam or not?" Ans. Yes, your degree is valid, but you need to get an equivalent certificate from ASSOCIATION OF [...]
Prologue Imperialism and Colonization Industrial Revolution Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, Revolutions France, America, Russia China, Japan Germany, Italy, World Wars Decolonization Post WW2 Prologue From 2013, UPSC has introduced world history as a syllabus topic for General studies paper 1. [...]
Prologue [PIN] Indian Politics, Constitutional, Statutory, Bureaucrats National commissions Committees Commissions Task forces Defense International Relations (IR) [IR] Summits/Treaties 2013 [IR-PIN] Prez/PM of Foreign countries [IR-PIN] Diaspora/ Indians awarded abroad Economy: Regulators/Top Bodies [News] Economy related [News] Infra related [...]
Monsoon & Mountain passes The Himalayas The Sindhu or Indus Ganga Brahmaputra Deccan Plateau and Central India Western Side of Central Indian Plateau Climate & Coastal Regions Indian Geography in Ancient Literature Essay Fodder The spirit of Humanity in [...]
Why East India Company wants Indian History Why Missionaries want Indian History Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1902) Sir William Jones (1746-94) Monier-Williams Utilitarian School: James Mill. V.A. Smith (1843-1920) Historians who did not visit India Nationalist Approach Marxist School of [...]
Sources of Ancient History #1: Literary Sources: Puranic Literature Vedic Literature Later Vedic Literature Jain and Buddhist Literature Kautilya's Arthashastra LIMITATIONS OF INDIAN LITERARY SOURCES Sangam Literature Foreign Accounts Greek Writers Chinese Travelers Arab Historian: Al-Beruni #2: Archaeological Sources [...]
Natural gas refining ONGC Hazira, Gujarat GAIL: Pipelines Reliance KG Basin Fertilizer Industry: Location Mock Questions In the previous article, we saw the geographical factors responsible for the location of Petroleum refinaries & synthetic textile industry. Let's move to [...]
Petroleum Refineries: Location @raw material site: Disadvantages Refineries @ port locations Reliance Jamnagar Refinery: Location Factors Refineries @Market Location: Advantages Synthetic fibers In the previous article, we saw the geographical factors responsible for the location of Copper smelting industry. [...]
Copper Refining Copper: Foreign location Copper Refining: Indian Locations Hindalco (Aditya Birla group) Sterlite Industry Acid Industry India Copper Industry: Challenges Lead & Zinc Industry In the previous article, we saw the geographical factors responsible for the location of [...]
Aluminum industry: Foreign Locations Aluminum Industries: Desi Location Hindalco/ Birla Vedanta Aluminum Niyamgiri hills Aluminum To understand the reason behind location of aluminum refineries, first we need to understand how aluminum is produced from bauxite? Phase: bauxite to Alumina [...]