Indian Rebellion of 1857

as he controlled almost the whole of the Indian subcontinent and kept the vast Mughal Empire united until his death. Aurangzeb was the most authoritarian Mughal ruler and ordered the destruction of several Hindu temples during his reign. He imposed a religious tax, Jizya on non-Muslims and prosecuted Hindus and Sikhs on flimsy charges. He executed the Sikh preacher, Guru Tegh Bahadur on charges of blasphemy. By 1660, there were rising incidents of rebellion in the Deccan as Shivaji Bhosle, a…

to his policies and their subsequent effects that remain prevalent today, especially to Indigenous peoples. Since it is valuable to consider the viewpoints of different sources, Drew Hayden Taylor’s play, Sir John A.: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion is also an important source on the policies and consequent legacies from a unique and contemporary Indigenous perspective. With the use of the…

caused starvation because of inactive farmers and many people died. The dead corpses weren’t buried properly and so it caused diseases which also decreased the population. The government was corrupted and was seen as a weak government. This lead to rebellions and a civil war, leaving China in a state of chaos and allowed imperialistic countries to come in and control the weakened nation. The government saw opium as a threat and wanted to stop the trade of the narcotic. Commissioner Lin Tze-su…

People have migrated from one place to another with different purposes. Some of them were prompted by longing for better living conditions while some by political or geographical reasons. Migration continues today too. The impact of the new environment on the migrants has been diverse. The arrival of a new community evoked diverse response from the native people too. The immigrants who moved away from their home environment could not create a space for themselves in the new nation they adopted.…

INRODUCTION The spirit of patriotism is necessary for regeneration of any nation. India attained its cultural and political independence after a series of political history, such as Anticolonial movements, Nationalist consolidation, choice of political system after independence, economic strategy etc. India had to face a big problem in order to attain Purna Swaraj. In 1911, the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi. A city came up on what was previously farmland and shrub…

Throughout the comprehensive strength of all of the countries in the world today 's, undoubtedly United States is the most powerful one. Human 's instinct is like to be close with the stronger one, from the past to the present, the United States has been a lot of different people. People arrive to the United States from all over the world, some people in order to make money and some people are in order to have the identity of the United States of America. However, the United States has always…

Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his revolution through a so called “Literary Club”. The club plotted their uprising to take place in December; however, the plot was uncovered in early September and Hidalgo’s collaborators were arrested. Word reached…

Powderly William Graham Sumner John P. Altgeld Samuel Gompers What was the impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century? 2) How did the huge industrial trusts develop in industries such as steel and oil, and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The…

What was being done about it? The Government was trying to prepare the First Nations people for the white society of 1928. There, the government would end either, ‘Indian Problem’ within two generations. Decades later the aboriginal people were sharing their stories and demanded Acknowledgments and compensation for their stolen childhoods. My second Case study will be on the Spanish Conquest (1519 -1521)…

amongst the horses closely imitates the way in which pets are selectively bred in human societies, it also mirrors the laws forbidding interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws) passed by the British in the colony of India following the 1857 Indian Rebellion. By placing an explicit prohibition on the intermarriage of individuals from different races, the Houyhnhnms (and by extensions the Europeans) have placed an emphasis on the superiority of certain races. In the real-life situation in…