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  2. History of the Nagas - Wikipedia

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    The club wrote to the Simon Commission in 1929 demanding that "Nagas should not be included within the Reformed Scheme of India". [8] On 14 August 1947, the day before India gained independence from British rule, the Nagas were the first ethnic group from the northeast to declare their territory an independent state, not belonging to the new ...

  3. History of India - Wikipedia

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    Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across

  4. Black Hole of Calcutta - Wikipedia

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    The book is the story of Holwell's life leading up to the incident. The Black Hole of Calcutta is also mentioned in Chapter IV of Sara Jane Lippincott's book titled "History of my Pets," in reference to a pet toad (named Phibby) she had left locked in the cabin of a wooden ship. The poor toad was later found suffocated as a result.

  5. The History of British India - Wikipedia

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    The History of British India is a three-volume work by the Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher James Mill, charting the history of Company rule in India. The work, first published in 1817, was an instant success and secured a "modicum of prosperity" for Mill.

  6. Princely state - Wikipedia

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    A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign [1] entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, [2] subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

  7. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The other Hindu nationalist organisation, and Mahasabha affiliate Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had a tradition of keeping aloof from the anti-British Indian self-rule movement since its founding by K.B. Hedgewar in 1925. In 1942, the RSS, under M.S. Golwalkar completely abstained from joining in the Quit India Movement as well. The Bombay ...

  8. Britons in India - Wikipedia

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    In the centuries before the "Second" British Empire, the motives of British individuals arriving in India generally centred around gaining wealth. [3] One example of contemporary British views of India can be found in Shakespeare's writings, whose mentions of India paint a picture of a mysterious, wealthy land.

  9. Dadabhai Naoroji - Wikipedia

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    Naoroji published Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901. [13] Naoroji in 1892. Naoroji moved to Britain once again and continued his political involvement. Elected for the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central at the 1892 general election, he was the first British Indian MP. [14] [15] He refused to take the oath on the Bible, as he was ...