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Top 100 GK (General Knowledge) questions on Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, and one of the most revered leaders not just in India, but the world over. Lets see how much you know about Bapu. Q) Gandhi ji’s full name?Answer: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Q) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on which date? Answer: […]

Here’s how to make History Projects for Class 9 students. Find sample projects and the best structure to incorporate while making History projects. General Instructions Your written work must be complemented with relevant pictures/ photographs. It’s a good practice to use a caption for all the pictures /photographs that you use. If possible, try and […]

Raja Ram Mohan Roy and His Reforms to Eradicate Social Evils. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a great reformer and thinker, much ahead of his times, and fought hard to get rid of various social evils from the Indian society. He is well known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child […]

World war 1 (History): Causes, consequences, strategies & technologies used in the war. World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919, with the fighting lasting until 1918. The […]

ICSE Class-6 History & Civics: Syllabus, Revision Notes, syllabus, question and answers, worksheets. ICSE Class-6 History & Civics: Syllabus The following chapters are included in ICSE Class-6 History & Civics subjectTheme: The River Valley Civilizations Chapters: The Mesopotamian Civilization . The Egyptian Civilization . The Indus Valley Civilization . The Chinese Civilization. Theme: The Vedic […]

Rural Local Self Government in India, its functions and levels. Government is a body of people with the powers to govern or administer the country or state. The basic duties of a government are to protect the rights of the people and look after the public welfare. For effective administration, the government of India operates […]

World History Resources: Medieval Society, Era of Revolution, Modern (conventional) history. ICSE Class 10 ICSE Class 10 History and Civics subject includes the ‘Contemporary World’ history section which includes chapters on world history. Some of the Chapters of the Contemporary World include: First World War. Rise of Dictatorship Second World War. The two world wars […]

“Electoral Politics” – ICSE Class 9 – Civics – Notes, Questions and Answers. The most common form of democracy in our times is for the people to govern through their representatives. In this chapter we will look at how these representatives are elected. Why do we need elections? Elections take place in a democracy regularly. […]

“Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution” – ICSE Class 9 History & Civics – Notes, Questions and Answers. The Age of Social Change The French Revolution had a great impact on the world and the powerful ideas of freedom, individual rights and equality circulated in many parts of the world including Europe and Asia. […]

Main causes of World War II Dissatisfaction with the treaty of Versailles Rise of Fascism and Nazism Japanese Invasion of China Failure of the League of Nations Invasion of Poland by Hitler (Immediate Cause) Spread of the war Axis Powers: Germany, Italy and Japan Allied Powers: Britain, France, USA Starting date of the war is […]

Learn history through movies. Movies on Mahatma Gandhi Oct 2 is celebrated in India as Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday (known as Gandhi Jayanti), a man who changed the course of the future of India, with his ideas of non violence. Gandhi (1982) While several movies have been made on Bapu, the most successful one was Richard […]

Topic: India’s Independence and Partition. The Partition of India of 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. But the process of partition was attended by mass migration and ethnic violence that has left a bitter legacy to this day. Learning Objectives: […]

After sensing the huge resistance to British rule in India, which undoubtedly emerged from the nonviolent mass movement for independence led by Mahatma Gandhi, the British took a political decision after World War II to leave India and began the decolonisation process. Fortunately for Indians, the British acted in a responsible manner before leaving India, […]

Lord Mountbatten (India’s last viceroy) proposed a plan in 1947 according to which provinces were to be declared independent successor states with the power to choose whether to join the constituent assembly or not. Known as the Mountbatten Plan, the plan provided for the partition of India into two states that were granted the rights […]

Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, people across India came together as part of the Quit India Movement to uproot British imperialism. In 1942, in a fiery speech in Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi gave a ‘do or die’ call to the people of India in a final push to make the British quit. The Quit India […]

The final and the decisive phase of the Indian Nationalist Movement [1917-1947], also known as the Gandhian Era, began after Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa in January 1915. This period belonged to Mahatma Gandhi as he emerged the biggest leader of the National Movement in British India. Gandhi was successfully able to convert […]

Here are the main features of the Assertive Phase (1907 – 1916), some also refer to the period (1905-1918), (1906-1916). Growth of Assertive Nationalism People finally started seeing the true side of the British rule and were convinced that the British were to be blamed for the economic ruin of India and her growing poverty. […]