Notes and Study material for Exams
Anglo-Maratha Wars The first, second, and third Anglo-Maratha wars were fought between the army of the British East India Company, which after 1757 was de facto ruler of Bengal and of other provinces in North East India, and the MARATHA EMPIRE, or confederacy, in the south of India. The Moghul Empire was already … Read more
After being released in 1914, Tilak sought re-entry into Congress. Annie Besant and Gokhale supported. But finally Pherozshah Mehta won and Tilak was not admitted. Tilak and Besant decided to start the home rule movement on their own. In early 1915, Annie Besant (and S Subramaniya Iyer) launched a campaign through her two newspapers, New … Read more
The Anglo-Dutch War (167274), also known as the Third Anglo-Dutch War, was a conflict fought between the Kingdom of England and the Dutch Republic. The war was caused by a number of factors, including English jealousy of Dutch commercial success, Dutch support for the French in the Franco-Dutch War, and English fears of a Dutch … Read more