Day: April 27, 2020

“Congress wanted women to be law-breakers only and not law-makers.” Critically analyse. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Congress during early period did not directly address the women’s question-just as it did not deal with the untouchability issue-because it was unsure of itself and was oversensitive about the fragility of an incipient nation. Women as lawbreakers In the […]

“I believe two things. As I just said, there must be no imposition. Secondly, for an indefinite period – I do not know how long – I should have, I would have English as an associate, additional language which can be used not because of facilities and all that… but because I do not wish […]

“With great skill and masterful diplomacy and using both persuasion and pressure, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel succeeded in integrating the hundreds of princely states with the Indian Union.” Discuss.  OR “Sardar Patel accomplished a silent revolution by ensuring the absorption and assimilation of a multitude principalities without shedding even a drop of blood.” Elucidate.  Ans: In […]

“The path that India has followed since 1947 has deep roots in the struggle for independence.” Elaborate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The political and ideological features which India acquired during the freedom struggle had a decisive impact on post independence development. Following are the main feature of the freedom struggle which impacted the path that India followed […]

Has the formation of linguistic States strengthened the cause of Indian Unity? ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: India was fragmented into 565 princely states and a number of provinces when it became free. After independence and their integration with India, there began the process of organising them into politically and economically viable administrative units. First the Dhar commission, […]

“Partition of India and Pakistan happens to be the most contested discursive territory of South Asian historiography.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: For many Indians freedom thus came with a sense of loss caused by the partition, while to many Muslims in Pakistan, particularly to their state ideologues, partition itself meant freedom. It is no wonder therefore, […]

Discuss India’s attitude towards Korean War and role played by India in the war and its resolution. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: After Korea’s Independence in 1945, India was chairman of a nine-member UN Commission that was set up to hold elections in Korea. The success of the election in the South was the seed behind the formal […]

“The Mutiny of 1857 was much more than a Mutiny of Sepoys and much less than a National Rebellion.” Comment. [10 Marks] ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: This statement given by historian Thomas R. Metcalf is related to nature of the revolt of 1857 and the debate among the historians about the same. The colonial historians like Kaye, […]

Discuss the role played by freedom fighters from India’s northeast in the fight for India’s independence. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The North­ East region was always on boil against the British occupation of their region. Initially there were spontaneous rebellions against British based on local grievances but, nonetheless reflected a hate against the British rule in general. […]

“Post-1857 peasant revolt saw the greater awareness of laws and institutions among the peasantry and involvement of the educated middle class intelligentsia as spokespersons for the aggrieved peasantry.” Comment ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Peasant protest after 1857 often represented an instinctive and spontaneous response of the peasantry to its social condition. It was the result of excessive […]