Risultati di ricerca
9 ore fa · When British rule came to an end on August 14-15, 1947, celebrated annually as Independence Day, the subcontinent was partitioned along religious lines into two separate countries—India, with a majority of Hindus, and Pakistan, with a majority of Muslims; the eastern portion of Pakistan later split off to form Bangladesh.
- Developments in The Ganges Basin
India - Ganges Basin, Agriculture, Civilization: In the...
- Daily Life and Social Customs
India - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: For almost all Indians...
- The Beginning of The Historical Period, C. 500–150 BCE
India - Ancient History, Indus Valley, Vedic Period: For...
- Shah Jahān
India - Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal: On his...
- Rajasthan in The 18th Century
India - Rajasthan, 18th Century, Mughals: Such relatively...
- The Transfer of Power and The Birth of Two Countries
India - Partition, Independence, Freedom: Elections held in...
- India
India - Government, Act, 1858: On August 2, 1858, less than...
- Mutiny, Revolt, 1857-59
India - Mutiny, Revolt, 1857-59: When soldiers of the Bengal...
- Developments in The Ganges Basin
23 ore fa · India, officially the Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
2 giorni fa · British Indians are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India. Currently, the British Indian population exceeds 1.9 million people in the UK, making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country.
2 giorni fa · Partition of India, division of British India into the independent countries of India and Pakistan according to the Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament on July 18, 1947. Set to take effect on August 15, the rapid partition led to a population transfer of unprecedented.
2 giorni fa · In December 1911 King George V of Britain decreed that the capital of British India would be moved from Calcutta (which is today called Kolkata) to Delhi. Construction began in 1912 at a site about 3 miles (5 km), south of the Delhi city centre, and the new capital was formally dedicated in 1931.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 giorno fa · "The British were unwilling to commit enough soldiers to maintain order and were eager to rid themselves of the problem," writes historian William Dalrymple in The New Yorker. "A bloody partition would be better than a united, independent India…Britain was broke and the British wanted to get out fast." With Hindu-Muslim tensions running high ...
2 giorni fa · The East India Company ( EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian ...