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Kisan Sabha Movement The Kisan Sabha Movement was a peasant uprising that took place in the former United Provinces’ Awadh area (U.P). The poor living circumstances of the U.P. peasants brought on by the policies of the British Government and the Awadh Taluqdars were the primary cause of this movement. After the political transfer of …

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Justice Movement In order to gain employment and legislative representation for non-Brahmins, C.N. Mudaliar, T.M. Nair, and P. Tyagaraja founded the Justice movement in the Madras Presidency. The Madras Presidency Association was established in 1917 to call for lower castes to have distinct representation in the assembly. As we study Modern Indian History for the …

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Wardha Scheme Read complete details about Wardha Scheme. Nai Talim, Basic Education, Buniyadi Talim (Shiksha), and Basic Shiksha are additional names for the Wardha Scheme of Education. The plan was the result of Mahatma Gandhi’s wise planning, who started and supported a number of positive programmes for the population’s economic, educational, and social growth. He …

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Civil Service under British Administration Civil Service under British Administration was established for the benefit of its commercial affairs and developed into a well-organized apparatus to handle the administrative affairs of India’s acceded territories. In fact, the phrase “civil service” was originally used to distinguish between the Company’s employees working in the military and naval …

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British Administration System Read all about British Administration System. The first war of independence, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, shocked the British government. Political instability, social injustice, and economic exploitation all contributed to the 1857 uprising. The British kings were forced to abandon their conquering and annexation policies in favor of a circumspect and deliberate …

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Kheda Satyagraha Kheda Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi is credited with starting the first Non-Cooperation Movement with the Kheda Satyagraha in 1918. The peasant-Patidar community of Kheda, who refused to accept a 23 percent tax increase imposed on them despite a devastating crop failure and an outbreak of plague and cholera, served …

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