Festivals In India

There is a history attached with each and every festivals that people celebrate in india. Diwali is celebrated when Lord Ram came back from the long time spent in jungle and people of Ayodhaya ignited diyas in the happiness of his return from the jungle after 14 years. There is different history with different festivals celebrated the people in different states. What is your main festival and what is the history behind that. Let us discuss it here.

India is a Multi-Religious country with various cultures and their special rituals adds glow to Indian heritage. With overall population of more than 1.18 billion, festival starts from welcoming the New Year, the rains and the full moon day. Behind each festival, there is different history present.

It is true that in india 1.18 billion festival celebrated.
In india every festival may belongs to different group of people,
but some peoples of other community too take part in them,
my favourate festival is 15 - Aug, 26 - Jan, because it is that festival 
which is equally distributed among indians, no religion,no cast...
Jay Hind...

The History Of India : Modern History of India

The History Of India : Modern History of India: Modern History of India During the late 16th and the 17th Centuries, the European trading companies in India competed with each other...

The history of the rupee

The history of the rupee

The history of the rupee traces back to 15th century, when the first "rupee" is believed to have been introduced by Sher Shah Suri(1486–1545), based on a ratio of 40 copper pieces (paisa) per rupee. Ancient India in circa 6th century BC, was one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world, along with the Chinese wen and Lydian staters. The origin of the word "rupee" is found in the Sanskritrūpya "shaped; stamped,

impressed; coin" and also from the Sanskrit word "rupa" meaning silver.

The original rūpaya was a silver coin weighing 175 grains troy (about 11.34 grams). The silver coin remained in use during the Mughal period as well as in British India. Among the earliest issues of paper rupees include; the Bank of Hindustan (1770–1832), the General Bank of Bengal and Bihar (1773–75, established by Warren Hastings), and the Bengal Bank (1784–91).

The Indian rupee was a silver based currency during much of the 19th century; which had severe consequences on the standard value of the currency, as stronger economies at that time were on the gold standard. During British rule, and the first decade of independence, the rupee was subdivided into 16 annas. Each anna was subdivided into either 4 paisas, or 12 pies. So One rupee was equal to 16 Annas, 64 Paises of 192 Pies. In 1957, decimalisation occurred and the rupee was divided into 100 Naye Paise (Urdu/Hindi for new paisas). After a few years, the initial "Naye" was dropped.

For many years in the early and mid-20th century, the Indian rupee was the official currency in several areas that were controlled by the British and governed from India; areas such as East Africa, Southern Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

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First Indian Budget

First Indian Budget 

The Budget was first 

Mr Wilson

introduced in 

India on 7th April, 1860 

from East-

India Company to British 

Crown. The 

first Indian Budget was 

presented by 

James Wilson on February 

18, 1869. 

Mr Wilson was the Finance Member of the India Council 

that advised the Indian Viceroy. He was Scottish 

businessman, economist and Liberal politician. He 

foundedThe Economist and the Standard Chartered 

Bank.

But he was also a largely selftaught man who had worked in his family occupation making and selling hats, before becoming a scholar and a writer largely based on his brilliance and knowledge of economics and commerce.

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THE INDIAN HISTORICAL VIDEO

Old And Rare Photographs From Indian History

THE INDIAN HISTORICAL VIDEO

The history of the Republic of India

The history of the Republic of India

The history of the Republic of India began on 26 January 1950. The country became an independent nation from the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Concurrently the Muslim-majority northwest and east of British India was separated into the Dominion of Pakistan, by the partition of India. The partition led to a population transfer of more than 10 million people between India and Pakistan and the death of about one million people. Nationalist leader Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel became the Deputy Prime Minister of India and its Minister of Home Affairs. But the most powerful moral leader Mahatma Gandhi accepted no office. The new constitution of 1950 made India a secular and a democratic state. It has a Hindu majority, a large Muslim minority, and numerous other religious minorities including Sikhs and Christians.

The nation faced religious violence, casteism, naxalism, terrorism and regional separatist insurgencies, especially in Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern India. India has unresolved territorial disputes with China, which, in 1962, escalated into the Sino-Indian War, and with Pakistan, which resulted in wars in 1947, 1965, 1971 and 1999. India was neutral in the Cold War, but purchased its military weapons from the Soviet Union, while its arch-foe Pakistan was closely tied to the United States.

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Partition Of India

Union's Integration

Constitution

1947 War with Pakistan

Nehru administration (1952–1964)

Indian Emergency

Rajiv Gandhi administration

Janata Dal

Era of coalitions

Congress rule returns

Economic transformation

Modern History of India

During the late 16th and the 17th Centuries, the European trading companies in India competed with each other ferociously. By the last quarter of the 18th Century the English had outdone all others and established themselves as the dominant power in India. The British administered India for a period of about two centuries and brought about revolutionary changes in the social, political and the economic life of the country.

Once the British set their foot solidly on Indian soil, they began the commercial exploitation of the natural resources of India. By the middle of the 19th Century arrogant exploitation of the people had tried the patience of the Indians to the limit. The British imperialism reached its zenith between the middle of the nineteenth century and the First World War. The exploitative policies of the British in India saw the birth of nationalist agitation against it. With increasing intrusion of aliens in their lives, a group of middle class Indians formed the Indian National Congress (1885).

The anti British struggle became truly a mass movement with the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948). It was followed by numerous movements against the British rule. With the passage of time and stubbornness of the Indians the British had come to realize that the day was not far off when they will have to quit India. Successive campaigns had the effect of driving the British out of India in 1947, but with independence came the independence of the country into Pakistan.


Freedom Fighters India

His brave deeds earned Vallabhbhai Patel the title of the iron man of India. For his role in the Bardoli Satyagraha, Patel came to be called the Sardar. Sardar Patel was a famous lawyer but gave up his practice in order to fight for the freedom of the country. After independence he became the deputy PM of India and played an important role the integration of India by merging numerous princely states with the Indian Union.

Indian Independence

The feeling of nationalism had started growing in the minds of Indians as early as the middle of the nineteenth century but it grew more with the formation of the Indian national Congress in 1885. Though the Congress started on a moderate platform but with the passage of time and apathetic attitude of the British government, the national movement began to shape well. 

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 2nd October 1869. He was the most popular as well as the most influential political and spiritual leaders of India. His contribution to the freedom struggle of India is priceless and the country owes its independence, partly, to this great man. The Satyagraha movement, which led to India's independence, was founded by Mahatma Gandhi only.