Advent of European in India Upsc Notes, Portuguese Dutch English French

advent of european

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

Battle of Bedara Upsc and Dutch in India

Battle of Bedara Upsc and Dutch in India

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

Blue water policy Upsc

Portuguese trade and Blue water policy in India Upsc

Bluewater policy of Portuguese Its basic idea is to make Portugal a powerful country in the maritime region under this strategy. In India, it is the fortification of the Indian Ocean for establishing Portuguese business in the Indian Ocean. The aim of the blue water policy of the viceroy of Possession in India, Francisco de … Read more

Art, Jewellery and craft of Indus valley Civilization Upsc

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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

Role of Women in Freedom Struggle Tnpsc

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

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

Early uprising against British rule Tnpsc

Early uprising against British rule Upsc

The conquest of territories, expansion policy, agrarian relations, land revenue system, judicial administration, 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 or early … Read more

Indigo revolt and Deccan riots 1875 Upsc

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 Tnpsc

Dravidian movement in Tamilnadu Tnpsc

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

Kamarajar Tnpsc notes

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Kamarajar Life History He was born on 15th July 1903 at Virudupatti now known as Virudhunagr, Madras Presidency, British India. Kamarajar was one of the greatest freedom fighters of India from Tamil Nadu. His political guru is S.Satyamurti . Kamarajar entered into the freedom movement of India by taking part in Vaikam Satyagraha in 1924. … Read more

* * All the Notes in this blog, are referred from Tamil Nadu State Board Books and Samacheer Kalvi Books. Kindly check with the original Tamil Nadu state board books and Ncert Books.