Famous Quotations about History

Famous Quotations about History1-History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man.  ~Percy Bysshe Shelley2-If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.  ~Pearl Buck3-History is philosophy teaching by examples.  ~Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War4-People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.  ~James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son5-The...

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Lord Canning

Lord Canning (1856-62)1. Revolt of 1857. It was suppressed in 1858.2. He was the last Governor General and the first Viceroy.3. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1st November 1858) and passing of the IndiaAct of 1858. This Act ended the rule of East India Company in India4. Doctrine of Lapse started by Lord Dalhousie was withdrawn in 1859.5. Foundation of the universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857.6. Indigo Revolt...

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Robert Clive

Robert Clive (1757-60) (1765-67)1. Robert Clive started his career as a clerk in the English East India Company, and he became the Governor of Bengal, following the victory of the Company forces under him in the Battle of Plassey (1757). The Battle of Plassey laid the foundation of the British Empire in India.2. Roger Drake held the post of the Governor of Bengal for a brief period before Clive.3. Governor of Bengal twice;...

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ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES

ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES1-The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–32 were a series of conferences organised by the British government to discuss constitutional reforms in India.2-They were conducted as per the recommendation by the report submitted by the Simon Commission in May 1930. Demands for swaraj, or self-rule, in India had been growing increasingly strong.3-By the 1930s, many British politicians believed...

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