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Things Fall Apart is the debut novel of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. [1] The novel depicts the events of pre-colonial life in Igboland , a cultural area in modern-day southeastern Nigeria , and the subsequent appearance of European missionaries and colonial forces in the late 19th century .
The Tripartite Struggle (785–816), also called the Kannauj Triangle Wars, were a series of wars in northern India fought over the control of the throne of the Kingdom of Kannauj. It involved the three powerful royal houses of the era – the Pratiharas, the Palas and the Rashtrakutas. [3]: 20 The war ultimately resulted in the Pratiharas ...
The company was launched in 2014. [1] Its name Vedantu is derivative Sanskrit words Veda (knowledge) and Tantu (network). [2] The organization is run by IIT alumni Vamsi Krishna (co-founder & CEO), Pulkit Jain (co-founder and head of product), Saurabh Saxena (co-founder) and Anand Prakash (co-founder and head of academics).
Simon Gikandi A prevalent theme in Achebe's novels is the intersection of African tradition (particularly Igbo varieties) and modernity, especially as embodied by European colonialism. For example, the village of Umuofia in Things Fall Apart is violently shaken with internal divisions when the white Christian missionaries arrive. Nigerian English professor Ernest N. Emenyonu describes the ...
Followed by. Arrow of God. No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by a Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe. It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Nigerian colonial civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.
B. R. Ambedkar. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal ...
The Great Bengal famine of 1770 struck Bengal and Bihar between 1769 and 1770 and affected some 30 million people. [1] It occurred during a period of dual governance in Bengal. This existed after the East India Company had been granted the diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal by the Mughal emperor in Delhi, [2][3] but before it ...
1 November: British Raj (to 1947) Marks the Beginning Of Direct British Rule Over India For 89 Years(1858–1947). 7 November: Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) 1859: 18 April: Death of Tatya Tope: 1861: 7 May: Rabindranath Tagore is born. 1862: The high courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established. [50] 1863: 12 January: Swami ...