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There were several evil customs and practices which had become a part of Hindu social system. They were (i) Casteism, (ii) Sati, (iii) Infanticide, (iv) Child marriages and (v) Belief in superstitions…

Communalism is a great obstacle in the functioning of Indian democracy. Communalism is religious rigidity towards one’s faith and wrong understanding about others. India, being a country of many diver­sities..

An important development took place in the Congress in the early phase of Indian National Movement. It was rise of extremism. The nationalist movement under the influence of the new trend i.e. extremism, gave up…

UNCTAD and GATT failed to prevent the continuously increasing gap between the rich and poor. The record of UNCTAD clearly shows that the efforts of the developing countries to attain self-sustained growth have not received adequate support….

The Indian National Congress put its conditions for participation in the War. It demanded the establishment of an Indian Government in India responsible to the Central Legislative Assembly and a promise to grant freedom…

The Swadeshi and Boycott Move­ments were powerful instruments directed against British rule. It was launched on August 7, 1905 to oppose the partition of Bengal. Swadeshi, literally means ‘of one’s own country’ aimed at promotion of…

The features of Nehruvian socialism are democratic socialism, peaceful methods, mixed economy, Science and Technology, Priority to Planning, Agrarian Reforms, Industrialization…

Simon Kuznets has criticized Rostow’s stages of Growth Theory in the following way which may be quoted as follows…

The Cold War was a normal crusade for moral values-for good against bad; right against wrong; religion against atheism. The nature of Cold War underwent constant changes during over four decades of its duration. However, Kegley Jr. And Wittkopf …..

He was the first extremist leader who fearlessly declared ‘Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it’. He organised the nationalist movement in Maharashtra in order to bring it into conflict with, the British Government…

The ARF is characterized by minimal institutionalization, and consensus decision making. It is premised on a gradual three-stage process of evolution-developing from confidence-building to preventive diplomacy and, in the long term, conflict resolution….

Socialism as an economic system has certain advantages like greater economic efficiency, egalitarian society, planned economy, rapid economic growth and greater freedom. The  shortcomings of socialism are misallocation of resources etc…

In 1905, Lord Curzon divided Bengal into two provinces. The Bengalis considered this as an insult to the fair name of their mother-land. The sentiments of the people of Bengal were hurt. It led to strong opposition and Indians started a movement against the British Government.

The role of Swami Dayanand Saraswati in reforming the Indian society are….

This art has come to be called Gandhara School of Art after the name of the country of its origin. Under this school of art, life-like statues of Buddha began to be made in large numbers . Most of the statues and sculptures made have been discovered in Gandhara….

Important factors which promoted na­tionalism in India….