The Santhal Rebellion was the most serious challenge faced by the English East India Company in the first century of its rule. Operations by landlords and money lenders, accompanied by a huge increase in revenue burden, had caused enough disaffection among the tribal peasants. Over and above this, … [Read more...]

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (also Jallianwala Killings, Amritsar massacre) happened on 13th April, 1919. In protest of the Rowlatt Act, nearly 10,000 people gathered in a meeting in a bounded garden near Amritsar on 13th April, 1919 around 4.30 p.m. At this time, Brigadier Michael-O-Dyer was the … [Read more...]

Swami Vivekananda was a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Vivekananda believed in a humanist religion in which serving the poor was more important than practicing rituals. In 1895 he went to Chicago to participate in the World Religious Conference. His defense of Hinduism made an impression on … [Read more...]

Shyamji Krishna Varma was an revolutionary freedom fighter in India. He was the son of Karsan Bhanushali. He was born in 1857. The Indian revolutionaries felt the necessity of setting up revolutionary centers in foreign countries in order to secure foreign help. One of the earliest Indians to … [Read more...]

Historians differ regarding the nature of the Sepoy Mutiny. According to some this was a struggle between the whites and the black, some found feudal reactions and dying voices of feudalism in it, while others regard it as a revolt of the sepoys. Some attribute the revolt to the annexation policy of … [Read more...]

Swadeshi Movement in India Introduction: `Swadeshi Movement’ was complementary to 'Boycott Movement'. With the boycott of foreign goods the use of `Swadeshi' or indigenous goods increased. `Swadeshi’ was not altogether a novel idea. In India some eminent personalities preached the idea in the 19th … [Read more...]

The civil population joined the rebellion triggered by the sepoys. There are may reasons for this: First and foremost, the sepoys were ‘peasants in uniform’. Because they were firmly rooted in peasant society, their grievances were shared by their brethren in the countryside. Moreover peasants of … [Read more...]