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Advent of the European Powers in India The Europeans came to India is mainly for trade and commercial contracts. India has had relations with the Europeans for thousands of years. The coming of Alexander is great evidence. There is a great demand for Indian Silk, spices, muslin, and handlooms fabrics in European markets. India exported … Read more
Dutch East India Company was founded in 1603 AD. Dutch first settlement was Machilipatnam which was captured in 1605 AD. Pulicat was the main center of trade for the Dutch until 1689. After 1689 Nagapatnam turned to be the main center of Dutch trade in India. Their other settlement was Bhimunipatnam near Vishakhapatnam which was … Read more
What is Blue Water Policy? The Blue Water policy was introduced by the Portuguese in India to control sea trade instead of expanding inland territories. It focused on naval dominance and monopoly over the Indian Ocean trade routes. Its basic idea is to make Portugal a powerful country in the maritime region under this strategy. … Read more
Indian Sculptors and Bronze Mastery Indian sculptors had mastered the bronze medium and the casting process as much as they had mastered terracotta sculpture and carving in stone. The cire-perdu or ‘lost-wax’ process for casting was learnt as long ago as the Indus Valley Culture. Along with it was discovered the process of making alloy … Read more
The arts of the Indus valley civilization came throughout the last half of 3000 BCE. The artworks of the Indus valley civilization embrace Sculptures, seals, pottery, gold ornaments, terracotta models, etc. The artworks of the Indus Valley Civilization are extremely realistic in the portrayal of human and animal figures. The two major sites of this … Read more
This article is written for Tnpsc for the topic ‘role of women in freedom struggle Tnpsc’. Women Freedom Fighters of Tamilnadu Velunachiyar (1730–1796) and Kuyili Velunachiyar was born to royalty, she was well-versed in English, French, and Urdu and good in martial arts. She was married to Raja of Sivagangai, Muthu Vadugar at the age … Read more
Early Revolts against British rule in Tamil Nadu The East India Company started to consolidate and extend its power in India after defeating the French and their Indian allies in three Carnatic Wars. But the local kings and chieftains resisted. The first resistance to East India Company came from Puli Thevar of Nerkattumseval in Tirunelveli. … Read more
The conquest of territories, expansion policy, agrarian relations, land revenue system, judicial administration, and the disrupted agrarian economy made people unrest. People from all classes, from disposed of kings and their descendants, to zamindars, palayakarars, peasants, tribals, artisans etc to revolt against the East India Company. In this article, we are going to see revolts … Read more
Peasant Revolts under Crown or British Rule Indigo Revolt (1859-60) Before chemical dyes, natural indigo dye was of high value around the world. Many Europeans tried to become indigo planters in India. The Europeans employed local farmers to grow the Indigo. These Indigo plants were processed into dye at the planter factories. The dye produced … Read more
Dravidian movement in Tamilnadu The Dravidian movement started with the formation of Justice by C.Natesa Mudaliar, T.M.Nair, P.Theagaraya Chetty on 20 November 1916. Dravidian movements consist of: Abolition of Devadasi System Self Respect Movement Justice Party Dravidar Kazhagam DMK and ADMK To know about the Dravidian movement in Tamilnadu, it is important to know about … Read more