Mahe River

Mahe River

Mahe River which is also called by the name Mayyazhipuzha is in Mahe. Mahe was a former French settlement which lies in Kannur district but is officially part of Pondicherry.  During the rule of the British, Mahe River was popularly called as the English Channel.

It was named so as this river separated British ruled Thalassery and French ruled Mahe. The river originates from the forests of Wayanad and has a length of 54 kms. Some of the villages through which the river passes are Vanimel, Iringanoor Peringalam, Edachery, Eramala, Kariyad, Mahe etc. After travelling through all these villages, it empties into the Arabian Sea.

Subaltran Studies

Subaltran Studies 

Introduction

History writing is an important process.‘Subaltran studies’ is a new trend of writing histo r y, lik e o th er tr en d s i.e. I mp er ialis m,Premitivism, Nationalism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Feminism, Ambedkarism. The need of rewriting and revoluation on the basis of narration of history is being expressed.

Objectives

1. Explain the meaning and nature of the Subaltern History. 2.  A study of rise of the Subaltern History writing. 

3. A study of available sources for the Subaltern History Writing. 

4. The survey of early contribution of Subaltern History writing in the India.

PM’s Address at 150th Year of the Archeological Survey of India

PM’s Address at 150th Year of the Archeological Survey of India

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed the 150th year of the Archeological Survey of India at a function in New Delhi today. The following is the text of the Prime Minister’s address on the occasion:

“It gives me great pleasure to be present here at this unique event to commemorate and celebrate the 150th year of the Archaeological Survey of India.

 PARTITION OF BENGAL

1. Reason: Curzon’s imperialist policy of ‘divide and rule’ manifested itself most glaringly in the partition pf Bengal. The reasons given were --The area and population of the Provinces of Bengal was too large. There was a problem of communication. Highways were not safe. The peasants of this province were a harassed lot.

2. But actually the cause behind the partition was much more political than administrative. Bengal was becoming the nerve centre of nationalist activities in India.

IMPORTANT WARS

IMPORTANT WARS-In Indain Soil

1) First Carnatic War- 1745-48-Austrian War cause- Nawab ofCarnatic supported British but lost- Victory forFrench- difference between Dupleix andLa Bourdaunaris- Treaty of  Aix.La Chapple- Madras given back-Proved superiority of foreign army over Large local Army

2) Second Carnatic War-1749-54-Originally Dupleix,Chanda Sahib, and Nasir Jung joined and defeated Md Ali in the battle of AMBUR.

INDIA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

1.Political and other Conditions Generally it was fluid and past deteriorating. Disintegration of Mughal Empire, Growth of Marathas and Peshwas and rise of autonomous states and foreign invasions were the salient future.

Women were treated badly and were victims of Saty, Child marriage, Infanticide, Purdha  (both muslims and higher caste Hindus wore it) and Devadasi system in Orissa and Tamil Nadu.

Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu or Sarojini Chattopadhyaya , also known by the sobriquet Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

Administrative Changes after Revolt of 1857

Administrative Changes after Revolt of 1857

For more reasons than one, the revolt of 1857 marks a turning point in the history of India.

In a sense it demonstrated that the hold of the company on was still rather weak, and its lessons continued to influence British administration in India for several generations. It directly produced three important changes in the system of administration and the policy of government.

Literature As Reflection Of The Society;War Songs With Special Reference To Cheroor PadaPattu.

Literature As  Reflection Of The Society;War Songs With Special Reference To  Cheroor PadaPattu.

Literature is an important source material for the process of historical reconstruction.So a researcher may required to take a literary work which predominantly uses history as its subject matter,so that he could examine the  ways  and  the  extent to which  an imaginative  work  appropriates  history.

In any study of literature, a carefull attempt is necessary to distinguish between two different approaches to the text, literary scholarship and literary interpretation.