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The Dominion of India, officially the Union of India, [7] was an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations existing between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950. [8] Until its independence , India had been ruled as an informal empire by the United Kingdom.
Kittur Chennamma (23 October 1778 – 21 February 1829) was a queen of Kittur, a former princely state in present-day Karnataka. [4] In 1823-29, she led an armed resistance against the British East India Company, in defiance of the Paramountcy, in an attempt to retain control over her dominion.
The list is compiled from the 2016 and 2018 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India. [1] [2] [3] As of 2016, Delhi is the least safe State/UT with the highest cognizable crime rate of 160.4 (per 100,000 persons). Nagaland has the lowest incidence of crime based on the percentage of share.
In 1917, the first women's delegation met the Secretary of State to demand women's political rights, supported by the Indian National Congress. The All India Women's Education Conference was held in Pune in 1927, it became a major organisation in the movement for social change.
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...
The Committee on the Status of Women in India released a report in 1974, and had a significant influence in the reemergence of activism towards gender equality. The report highlighted the significant differences between men and women in India, including the disparity in the sex ratio, mortality rates, employment, literacy, and wage discrimination.
In India, women's issues first began to be addressed when the state commissioned a report on the status of women [clarification needed] to a group of feminist researchers and activists. The report recognised the fact that in India, women were oppressed under a system of structural hierarchies and injustices.