2026-04-12T20:41:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
History & Ideas The Forgotten Superpower: How Ancient India Shaped the World — and Why We Were Made to Forget The numbers we use to do every calculation on every computer in the world were invented in India. The religion practiced by over half of Asia spread from India. The [...]
2025-07-05T14:39:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR, History|
The global order today is in flux, caught between the collapse of the post–World War II liberal framework and the absence of a coherent replacement. As conflict spreads across continents and ideologies crumble, the world appears to be returning to an older, harsher logic of geopolitics—rooted not in shared values, [...]
2022-11-20T20:21:12+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
On October 26, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir signed the Instrument of Accession with India, thereby ending the intense angling for that princely state by rival players India and Pakistan. The prelude to it was an intricate maze of bureaucratic jostling, uncertainty, simulation of friendship by vested [...]
2022-08-01T14:22:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
The Salt March to dandi, concluding with the making of illegal salt by Gandhi on April 6, 1930, launched a nationwide protest against the British salt tax. At Dharasana, another town in Gujarat, salt production and storage was monopolized by the British. On May 4, 1930, Gandhi [...]
2022-07-26T15:15:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
On the night of 22 September 1914, Madras city was winding up another hectic day. Since the disturbances of World War 1 had not affected South India, days and nights were peaceful and as any other day, the city was getting ready for a night’s slumber, downing its lights one [...]
2022-05-07T04:44:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Let us simplify the ‘Timeline of Indian History’. This is a journey of the history of one of the greatest civilizations that the Indian Subcontinent has been. The Indian history timeline is the easiest way to understand the history of an ancient civilization with huge diversity. […]
2022-01-22T20:56:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Background:- Over centuries, India’s intellectual exploration of truth has come to be represented by six systems of philosophy. These are known as:- Vaishesika- Sage Konada/Kannada Nyaya-Sage Gotama Samkhya- Sage Kapila Yoga-Patanjali Purva Mimansa-Jaimini Vedanta or Uttara Mimansa-Vyasa These philosophies still guide scholarly discourse in the country. German-born British indologist, Friedrich [...]
2021-08-21T08:45:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
ISSUR, is a hamlet in the Western Ghats in Shikaripura taluk of Shivamogga district of Karnataka, was the first village in pre-independence India to declare itself free from the colonial yoke. In September 1942, that is, 79 years ago, Issur’s people raised a banner of revolt against the British Raj [...]
2021-08-06T23:41:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Afghanistan is a notoriously difficult country to govern. Empire after empire, nation after nation have failed to pacify what is today the modern territory of Afghanistan, giving the region the nickname “Graveyard of Empires, ” even if sometimes those empires won some initial battles and made inroads into the region. [...]
2021-07-25T20:36:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Context In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of Rudreswara Temple, (also known as the Ramappa Temple) at Palampet, Mulugu district, near Warangal in the state of Telangana has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. […]
