Day: January 14, 2018

Q. “M K Gandhi made a gross mistake in championing the Khilafat cause, an extra-territorial issue which cut at the very roots of Indian nationality.” Critically examine.  The Khilafat cause arose when victorious British in the First World War imposed severe terms on Turkish Khalifa whom many Indian Muslims considered as spritual head of all […]

India broke her British fetters with Western hammers.” Comment.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The rise of nationalism and independence of India from British yoke was also due to spread of Western ideas and institutions in India. The impact of modern western ideas and consciousness of defeat by a foreign power gave birth to a new awakening among […]

Examine the circumstance which led to the Third Mysore War. Could Cornwallis have avoided it? ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The circumstances leading to the Third Mysore War (1790-92): (1) Anti-Tipu alliance by Cornwallis Governor General Lord Cornwallis worked on the anti-Tipu suspicions of the Nizam and the Marathas and arranged a Triple Alliance (in 1790) with them against Tipu. (2) Tipu’s […]

“Sprung from Paternalism the English Utilitarian Philosophy as introduced in India rejected its human warmth between rulers and the ruled.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The English Utilitarian Philosophy and Paternalism The utilitarian philosophy, born in the atmosphere of British liberalism, had impact on the British administration in India. The English Utilitarianism owed its genesis to the ideas […]