After the downfall of the Mughal Empire, the progress of education in India declined. - After the battle of Buxar, the East India Company became a territorial power. The Court of Directors of the East India Company was reluctant to shoulder the responsibility for education of the people of India and: left education to private efforts. However, the British Parliament; [...]
During the rule of the British East India Company, the Anglo-Indians and Europeans began to publish newspapers and journals. Hicky began to publish a weekly by name The Bengal Gazette in 1780 and did not hesitate to criticize the actions of the then Governor General Warren Hastings. Hicky is justifiably considered as the pioneer in the history of journalism in [...]
The Growth of Nationalism in Europe! A nation may be described as a community having a common homeland, a common culture and common traditions. European nationalism, in its modern sense, was born out of the desire of a community to assert its unity and independence. In the 19th century there began a determined struggle to realise nationalist aspirations. The French [...]