Notes and Study material for Exams
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
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
The Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674): A Clash of Empires The Anglo-Dutch War of 1672-1674, also known as the Second Anglo-Dutch War, was a pivotal conflict in European history. It pitted England, led by the ambitious King Charles II, against the Dutch Republic, a rising maritime power. This war, fueled by a complex web of political, economic, … Read more