Year: 2015

American Revolution: Part III 1767–1773: Townshend Acts and the Tea Act Townshend Acts (June, 1767) The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. selfstudyhistory.com The Townshend Acts was an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over […]

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Hitler’s Actions Leading to the Second World War Rhineland Invasion, March 1936   For many years the Rhineland area had been a key industrial region of Germany, producing coal, steel and iron resources. The Rhineland also formed a natural barrier to its neighbour and rival, France. In the event of a war, the River Rhine, […]

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Drain of wealth The constant flow of national wealth from India to England for which India did not get an adequate economic, commercial or material return has been described by Indian national leaders and economists as ‘drain’ of wealth from India. This was the drain of wealth theory. A prominent theme in nationalist economic thinking was […]

Social and Religious Reform movements in Bengal and Other Areas: Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra is considered as one of the pillars of Bengal renaissance. Born on 26 September 1820 in the Paschim Midnapore District of West Bengal to impoverished Brahmin parents, he managed to continue the reforms movement that was started by Raja Rammohan […]