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15 ore fa · 11,197 likes. shethepeopletv. Ayahs first emerged as a distinctive occupational group in India with the arrival of British wives from the late eighteenth century, to become the mainstay of childcare work for the British in India. The British mistresses, also known as "memsahibs," depended greatly on these women.
12 ore fa · Genomic analyses found two routes: the first a route to West Asia, some 1,200 years ago, “coinciding with various Islamic dynasties”, and the second route, around 390 years ago, “coinciding with the European colonial period,” likely aided by the Dutch and British East India Companies, says the paper.
20 ore fa · Today, we remember the Father of Indian History, Sir William Jones, on his birth anniversary. Jones was a British scholar and judge who played a crucial role in shaping the study of Indian history and culture. He founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784, which played a pivotal role in the translation and preservation of ancient Indian ...
13 ore fa · With India in the midst of a general election, ... In 1947, when India became independent from British colonial rule, its literacy rate was less than 20%, and women’s literacy less than 10%.
11 ore fa · The image of Gandhi on Indian currency notes is not a caricature but a cut-out from a 1946 photograph where he is standing with British politician Lord Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence. This image was chosen for its suitable expression of Gandhi smiling. The Reserve Bank of India’s Department of Currency Management designs Indian currency ...
7 ore fa · Ahmad Hindi's father, Din Ali Shah, had migrated to India from central Iran earlier in the 18th century. Ahmad Hindi was born in around 1800 near Barabanki, some 30 kilometres east of Lucknow. It was the time when the British colonial power was gaining control over India after defeating the Mughals.
20 ore fa · By 1700, Mughal India had an urban population of 23 million people, larger than British India's urban population of 22.3 million in 1871. Nizamuddin Ahmad (1551–1621) reported that, under Akbar's reign, Mughal India had 120 large cities and 3,200 townships.
