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Communist Movement in India The Communist Movement in India was established following the second Commintern Conference by M.N. Roy, Abani Mukherji, and others. It was established in Tashkent in 1920. (now the capital of Uzbekistan). The first chosen Commintern leader was M.N. Roy. Parties for workers and peasantry proliferated across the nation, disseminating Marxist and …

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Anushilan Samiti A group called Anushilan Samiti advocated using revolutionary violence to overthrow the British Empire in India during the first three decades of the 20th century. It had two branches: the Jugantar Group in Kolkata and the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti in Dhaka. The Samiti was influenced by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s “Anandmath,” as well as …

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Viceroy of India List of Viceroy of India: The governor-general of India, formerly known as the viceroy of India, served as the monarch of the United Kingdom’s representative, and upon Indian Independence in 1947, the viceroy took on the role of the head of state of India. A Viceroy refers to a delegate of a …

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Socio-Religious Reform Movement All Indian communities saw social and religious reform movements. They battled prejudice, superstition, and the influence of the clerical elite. They advocated against sati, child marriage, the purdah system, castes, untouchability, socioeconomic inequality, and illiteracy. Some of these reformers received sponsorship from British authorities, either directly or indirectly, and some of the …

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Judicial System in British India A common law system based on documented court precedents was first established by the East India Company in Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta in the year 1726. The Mughal legal system was replaced when the Company transitioned from a commercial company to a governing force, adding new components. This post will …

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Poona Pact Poona Pact was signed by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi on September 24, 1932, in the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune. The administration emphasizes the agreement as a modification to the Communal Award. The pact is a result of the fusion of two diametrically opposed ideas (Gandhi’s Social Approach and Ambedkar’s Political …

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