Category: History
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History Of India – ” Vijayanagara Kingdom – Krishnadevaraya “
India is known for its rich culture and varied heritage is a home for many empires in the past. The group of states or countries that are ruled by a single monarch is nothing but an empire. One of which is the Vijayanagara Empire, which means ‘city of victory’. Although it’s not as famous as…
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Historiography: All you need to know in 2800 Words
Meaning: Historiography as an intellectual and academic discipline has been hard to define. Shrouded by abstract theoretical, philosophical and methodological jargon, professional historians themselves have not been able to achieve common consensus on the specific definition of the term, describing it to mean the writing of history, the study of historical methodology, the analysis of…
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Colonialism: Meaning, History, Types, and Evolution
What is colonialism? It is a sort of domination policy through which a political party/ power of one territory or area, by force, tries to establish its own colony in another territory. Once the colony is set up, then the party seeks to expand its magnitude. But in order to prevent the colony from collapsing,…
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Relationship of Sociology with other Social Sciences
Sociology is such a vastly dynamic field, that to limit it’s definition to a few words would be an injustice to it. It is one of the several social sciences which deal with man and his activities in society; while the other sciences being history, geography, philosophy, political science, economics or even anthropology. In other…
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Churchill, Sukarno, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mao-ts-tung
Great Personalities of the world 1.Winston Churchill(1874-1965) British statesman, Author, Historian, son of Randolph Churchill and descendant of the great Duke of Marlborough. In early life, Churchill served the Army in India and as a newspaper correspondent as a conservative in 1900 but changed his allegiance in 1905 and held various posts in liberal governments. On…
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The Principal Organs of the United States : Summary
The Principal organs of the United Nations General Assembly Security Council Economic and Social Council Trusteeship Council International Court of Justice Secretariat 1.The General Assembly: The General Assembly consists of all the members of the united nations.Each member state has one vote only.The General Assembly meets once a year, but it may also meet in special…
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October Revolution, Emergence of USSR, February Revolution
Some Important Notes Regarding the October Revolution and the Emergence of USSR During 1917, there were two revolutions in Russia, or it would be more correct to say that there was a single revolution which developed into two phases. The Political phase or March revolution, that occurred in March 1917, and it sealed the fate…