The Regulating Act, 1773 First attempt by the British Parliament to regulate the affairs of the Company. End of Dual Government. Provided for centralization of Administration of Company’s territories in Indian. Governor of Bengal became Governor-general for all British territories in India. Governor General and council of 4 members appointed for Bengal. Bombay and Madras […]
Read More »Introduction: India was a direct colony of the British and the impact of this colonial rule over the economy, society and polity of India has been quite deep. Many serious consequences of the British Colonial Rule are still persisting and this makes the study of colonial phase of India very relevant for understanding many contemporary […]
Read More »Burma under the Burma Rule: Burma began to take a new shape under British rule. Basically she remained a colony to be exploited by the mother country. But at the same time there was modernization of country both in the economic and political life. In words of Clyde: “By the beginning of the 20th century […]
Read More »Expansion of British rule in BURMA: British control over Burma was fully established after Anglo-Burmese wars, which ultimately resulted in the fall of Burma and the victory of the Britishers. The third and last of these wars was fought in 1886, when finally Burma was annexed to British and Empire. Entry of the British […]
Read More »Burma in the 19Th century: In the beginning of 19th century Burma was being ruled from Ava. Hinyana Buddhism was the religion of the people. In the mountains and hills people lived in a state which was near primitive society. They had borrowed many traditions from India. Sanskrit and Pali were common languages spoken by […]
Read More »Early history : India and Burma have very close contact with each other since long. The west coast of the country known as Arakan is inhabited by Tibeteo-Burmese while on the east coast lived the Shans. Pagan was the main cultural centre of Burma in the ancient period. The Mongol invasions : In the 13th […]
Read More »Introduction: Burma is a small Asian nation bordering India and china. She was a part of India till 1937 and was a part of British imperialism as well. She was declared as an independent country by the Government of India Act, 1935. It has a land area of 261,789 square miles and a population of […]
Read More »Post-Independence era The Indian archaeology reached its present form of high level academic maturity after passing through various theoretical approaches and scientific discourses. The initiatives undertaken by the Asiatic Society led to the basic understanding of India and also paved a way for creation of colonial conceptions. The colonial conception were countered by nationalistic trends […]
Read More »Mortimer Wheeler: The British Government appointed Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler as the Director General of the Archaeological survey in 1944 to fulfill the recommendation made by the distinguished British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in 1939. The greatest contribution of Mortimer Wheeler is the introduction of scientific methods in Indian archaeology and the establishment of a […]
Read More »Robert Bruce Foote; The development of principles of stratigraphy in Geology in Europe also received some impetus in India. The surveyors in the Geological Survey took an intensive survey in documenting geological wealth and natural resources of India. Although prehistoric studies were neglected and remained in isolation, the efforts of Robert Bruce Foote paid much […]
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