Essays

"British came to India merely as humble traders but either lit. misfortune of Indians or the fortune of the British they became th, ruler and ruled this vast country for centuries very successfully brilliantly."  It is indeed a Herculean task to sum up the circumstances, reasons. godly favors and other facts which made the traders the despotic rulers. Some historians opined that British empire   as established almost i; absent mindedness but it will be an unreasonable point of view to concluded as without perspective of circumstantial success, the British could not become the ruler. So keeping in view the reasonably acceptable motivation of all the who established British Raj in India, some justice could be done with the concluding scenario. Let us study the various factors and circumstances prevailed and tin changing motives with bright future perspective which turned the commercial people into successful rulers. The first factor to be more...

"Homi Jahagir Bhabha is mostly known as the chief architect of India’s  nuclear programme. However, his contribution to India*s development goes far beyond the sphere of atomic energy. He had established two great research institutions namely the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the Atomic Energy Establishment at Tomboy (which after Bhabha's death was renamed as, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He played a crucial role in tlie development of electronics in India. Bhabha was outstanding scientist and a brilliant engineer." Homi Jehangir Bhabha was bom on October 30, 1909 in a well known (his family both on his father's and mother's side were related to the house of Tata) Parsi family. His father was a famous barrister and his family had a tradition of learning. His schooling took place mainly at the Cathedral High School in Bombay and after passing his Senior Cambridge he eventually left for more...

"The Palestine problem look birth with the disintegration of the Turkish Ottoman Empire after the world war 1. Palestine was also among the several former Ottoman Arab territories which were placed under Great Britain under the Mandates System of the League of Nations pursuant to the League's Covenant (Article 22). " Except Palestine all of these Mandated Territories became fully independent 8tHcs. The exception was Palestine where, instead of being limited to "the rendering l of administrative assistance and advice" the Mandate had as a primary objective the implement million of the "Balfour Declaration" issued by the British Government in I917.declanng support for "the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine." During the years of the Palestine Mandate from 1922 to 1947 large-scale Jewish immigration from abroad, mainly from Eastern Europe took place, the numbers swelling in the 1930s with the notorious Nazi persecution of Jewish more...

"The Heights by the great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden/light, But while their companions were slept, They were toiling upwards in the night."  It was a great moment of pride for India and the Indians, when the great Indian Economists, Prof. Amartya Sen was chosen for the Nobel Prize for Economics 1998. Prof. Sen was conferred the most coveted international award for his elegant contribution to "Welfare Economics" which throws light on the understanding of the economic mechanism under the circumstances of famine and poverty. With the recognition for his contribution to welfare economics. Dr. Sen, 64. Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, became the sixth Indian to get the Nobel Prize and the first Asian to merit it for Economics. He is also the first solo winner of the prize for Economics since 1995. Prof. SenwasbomonNov.3, 1933 in Shantinekatan (Bengal). When he was just more...

"Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can he cleansed of her disease. We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. We want men who love this country and are full of yearning to serve and succor their brothers and not to further aid in their degradation by insincerity and self- seeking. 0 how I hate shams and prejudices: how I hate all sectarian narrowness, alt provincial limitations of vision and purpose, all the arrogant sophistries of man-made divisions and differences: how tired I am to death of the reiterated resolutions that have become almost meaningless by lip repetition: uncorroborated by the hearths conviction and unsuslained by practical action—all this stirs me more deeply just now because of the coming national week. What a. week of inspiration it should be to all partaking in the various activities, if only all more...

"Vallabhbhai Patel was born in Gujrat. He studied law in England but returned (1915) to India and practiced in Ahmedabad. Influenced by the nationalist leader Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi, he joined the civil disobedience movement and successfully organised (1928) the landowners of Kardoli against British tax increases, lit 1931 he served as President of the Indian National Congress. The British imprisoned Patel a number of limes for his activities. As home minister, minister afflatus, and deputy prime minister (1947-1950) under Jawaliarlal Nehru, Patel adroitly achieved the peaceful integration of the princely Indian Slates into the Union. His swift, cool reaction to Gandhi’s assassination in 194S is widely believed to have averted a possible civil war." Sardar Vaallabh Patel was bom on the 31st of October 1875—in Gujrat. He was the son of Zaverbhai who had served in the army of the Queen of Jhansi and Ladbai. Vallabhbhai started his more...

"Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe ", wrote Einstein, "that such a one as this, ever in flesh and blood waited upon this earth." Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar, a small town on the western coast of India which was then one of the many tm stats in Kathiawar. He was bom in middle class family of Vaishya caste. His grandfather had risen to be the Dewan or Prime Minister of Porbandar and was succeeded by his sonKaramchand, the father of Mohandas. Putlibai, Mohandas's mother was a smiley character, gentle and devout, and left a deep impress on her son's mind. When Gandhi was bom the British rule had a ready been established in Ml. The uprising of 1857, known as the Mutiny, had merely served to consolidate British adventure into an empire. India had effectively passed under British more...

A lot of blood was sacrificed from the heart of Bengal to make India free. Mothers lost their children and wive their husbands. But none had wept because the stake was too high the chances too great and the ultimate result too fabulous to dream. At his tender youth, when Khudi Ram Bose became a martyr everybody wept silently but were inspired by his courage and took up arms for a battle against all odds.  Khudi Ram Bose was bom on 3rd Dec 1889 in Habibpur of Medinipur to Laxmipriya Devi and Trilokyanath Bose. He had to move on lo Tam look where he was admitted to Hamilton School. Like any other boy. he was interested in reading detective novels and loved to play flute. It was his schooldays when he was inspired by the activists. Satyedra nath and Gyanendranath Bose who headed a secret society to campaign and fight more...

WTO, an International organization, is the outcome of several years of deliberations beginning from the end of Second World War and formulation of GATT in 1947. The GATT (General Agreement on Tariff and Trade) was established to regulate and facilitate the trade among the member nations for the sole purpose of boosting the economic growth and overall development. The first seven round of negotiations under GATT were focused to encourage the international trade by I reductions in trade barriers and trade tariffs. But with gradual changes in the world economic scenario, the developed countries to enhance their share trade with developing countries felt the need of a permanent body to look after the international trade and other related aspects. The 8th round of multilateral Trade Negotiations, known as Uruguay Round took place in 1986. The Uruguay round contained the mandate to have negotiation in 15 areas, while part I contained more...

"The Robe/lion of 1857 was not pre-planned, if was not engineered by any political party in India or any foreign power hostile to England. It had its origin in sepoy discontent and derived its strength  m from the widespread dissatisfaction among the civil population."                                                                                                       —Dr. S.N. Sen.     As the years rolled by the political uneasiness in the country reached a crucial stage, when everyone was feeling irritation. In particular, the sweeping annexations and the summary application of the doctrine of lapse by Lord Dalhousie invited the resentment of both the Muslims and the Hindus. The attempt of Lord Dalhousie evicts the Mughal emperor from the Red Fort and the annexation of Oudh contrary an earlier agreement stunned the Muslim community. The refusal to grant pensions) Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the last peshwa, Baji Rao II roused the wrath of ll Hindus. This political more...