in british india, moslems according to political & social conditions began cultural activities, especially the thinkers established institutions for islamic education. among the first islamic schools in the midle of 19th century, dar ul-ulum of deobands has a special position.its founders has used the new system of instruction, but they insisted on the old islamic books for instruction. also th...

Sulabha Brahme is active in th e participatory and sustainable development movement in India . She has a PhD. in Economics from the UniversityofPoona,/ndia . She is retired from the research fa culty of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics , where she specialized in planning and policy studies on urbani zatio n , agricultural development and rural and regional planning . U y oday's C...

The period 1700 to 1900 saw the beginnings, and the development, of the British Empire in India. Empire was not planned, at least not in the early stages. In a sense, it just happened. The first British in India came for trade, not territory; they were businessmen, not conquerors. It can be argued that they came from a culture that was inferior, and a political entity that was weaker, than that...

We conduct a standard public goods game in three small towns in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Until independence in 1947, these towns were assigned to (barely) opposite sides of a colonial border separating British India from the Princely States. One town fell on the British India side of the border on account of historical military conquest, unrelated to any geographic or commercial advantage...

India was the centrepiece of the British Empire, “the chief jewel in the imperial crown”. After the mutiny of 1857–8 it came under direct British rule, and was a major source of national pride.Queen Victoria had an almost obsessive interest in the subcontinent. Although she never visited India herself, her various homes were full of Indian memorabilia and she employed many Indian servants, some...