Day: February 25, 2024

Q. “India had been for hundreds of years the Lancashire of the Eastern world.” Critically examine this view. [UPSC, 2014] Ans: Lancashire in Britain was the first place where spinning and weaving of cotton into fabric began and it was the hub of cotton and textile mills, leading to Industrial Revolution. This place was. at one time, […]

Q. Do you feel that the Santhal Hool (rebellion) 1855-56, was the most effective tribal movement in pre-1857 India? [UPSC- 2020] Ans: The Santal rebellion or Santal Hul was a native rebellion in present day Jharkhand against both the British colonial authority and zamindari system by the Santal people. It was the most effective tribal […]