Day: January 18, 2015

Question of national language Gandhiji on National Language A posture in favor of Hindi or Hindustani as the lingua franca or national language of India was there with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi even before he became the undisputed leader of the Indian National Congress. For example, he wrote in his book, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home […]

Integration of princely states At the time of Indian independence in 1947, India was divided into two sets of territories: First being the territories under the control of the British Empire, and second being the territories over which the Crown had suzerainty, but which were under the control of their hereditary rulers. In addition, there […]

37th C. C.  EXAM. 1990 (Labour and Social Welfare) 38th C. C.  EXAM. 1991 (Labour and Social Welfare) 39th C. C. EXAM. 1993 (Labour and Social Welfare, Paper 1) 39th C. C. EXAM. 1993 (Labour and Social Welfare, Paper 2) 40th C. C. EXAM. 1995 (Labour and Social Welfare, Paper 1) 40th C. C. EXAM. […]

Labour and Social Welfare: Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Background In India, Dowry refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride’s family gives to the bridegroom, his parents, or his relatives as a condition of the marriage. In India, there was a tradition of Kanyadan in marriage in Vedic period […]