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Tarapur Massacre of Bihar

Tarapur Massacre of Bihar

Tarapur Massacre of Bihar The Tarapur massacre was the biggest carried out by the British police after the one in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919. On February 15, 1932, a group of young freedom fighters planned to hoist an…

Centenary of the Chauri Chaura Incident

Centenary of the Chauri Chaura Incident

Centenary of the Chauri Chaura Incident Chauri Chaura is a town in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The town of Chauri Chaura was the scene of a violent incident with far-reaching consequences during the freedom struggle a century ago On 4thFebruary, 1922, this town witnessed…

Parakram Diwas

Parakram Diwas

Parakram Diwas The Indian government on Tuesday decided to celebrate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday on January 23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ every year. Born to advocate Janakinath Bose in Odisha’s Cuttack on January 23, 1897, Netaji played a crucial role in…

Treaty of Amritsar 1809

Treaty of Amritsar 1809

Treaty of Amritsar 1809 The Treaty of Amritsar of 1809 was an agreement between the British East India Company and Ranjit Singh, the Sikh leader who founded the Sikh empire. Significance of Treaty of Amritsar: Kashmiris protesting the security lockdown…

Treaty of brest-litovsk

Treaty of brest-litovsk

Treaty of brest-litovsk Treaties of Brest-Litovsk, peace treaties signed at Brest-Litovsk (now in Belarus) by the Central Powers with the Ukrainian Republic (Feb. 9, 1918) and with Soviet Russia (March 3, 1918), which concluded hostilities between those countries during World…

Moplah Rebellion of 1921

Moplah Rebellion of 1921

Moplah Rebellion of 1921 The centenary of Moplah rebellion is approaching this year and the decision to make a movie on the subject has erupted controversy in Kerala. Moplah rebellion of 1921 happened in Malabar was arguably the greatest challenge…

Post Mauryan Era

Post Mauryan Era UPSC

Sungas founder of the Sunga dynasty was Pushyamitra Sunga, who was the commander-in-chief under the Mauryas a most important challenge to the Sunga rule was to protect north India against the invasions of the Bactrian Greeks from the northwest Greeks…

Imperial Cholas

Imperial Cholas UPSC

Imperial Cholas After the decline of the Sangam period, the Cholas became feudatories in Uraiyur. They became prominent in the ninth century and established an empire comprising the major portion of South India. Their capital was Tanjore. also extended their sway…