By which rule was the Sati-Pratha stopped?
The Sati-Pratha (the practice of widow immolation) was officially abolished under Regulation XVII of 1829 by Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of India. This regulation declared Sati illegal and punishable by criminal courts. The abolition of Sati was a major social reform in colonial India, driven by campaigns led by reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
Which of the following figures faced an impeachment trial in the British Parliament?
Who had devised the policy called the 'Doctrine of Lapse' in Colonial India?
In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, A History of British India. In this he divided Indian history into three periods—Hindu, Muslim and:
The First Anglo-Afghan war took place in:
The main objective of British economic policies in India was to:
What was the reason for stagnation in the agricultural sector during the colonial rule?
In which year did the Lahore Congress adopt the demand for 'Purna Swaraj'?
Which of the following kingdoms was not annexed by the East India Company under the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
