1) Fransisco de Almada Fransisco de Almada was the first Portuguese Governor and founder of the Blue Water Policy. 2) Alphonso de Albuquerque Alphonso de Albuquerque was the second Portuguese Governor. • He conquered Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510 A.D. • He founded the idea of ‘Portuguese empire in India and further […]
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Governor Generals (Bengal & India)
Governor General of Bengal (1773–1833) Term Name Events 1773-85 Highest tenure of all Warren Hastings Regulating Act of 1773 Act of 1781 Pitt’s India Act of 1784 Supreme Council Of Bengal Asiatic Society of Bengal by him and William Jones Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II Abolished the Dual System in Bengal Moved Treasury […]
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Timeline of Indian History – Modern India (1707-1947)
1707 to 1749 1707 Battle of Jajau, accession of Bahadur Shah I 1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh 1712 Death of Bahadur Shah I, accession of Jahandar Shah 1713 Accession of Farukh Siyar, murder of Jahandar Shah 1714 Hussain Ali becomes viceroy of the Deccan Treaty between Hussain Ali and the Marathas 1716 Execution of […]
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Dodital Lake, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
Dodital is a freshwater lake in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India, situated at a height of 9,921 ft. Assi ganga river rises from dodital and joins bhagirathi. The confluence is at Gangotri According to one of the popular legends Lord Ganesha chose this place as his abode. There is a temple devoted to Lord Ganesha here. […]
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NINO DA CUNHA
Born: 1487; Kingdom of Portugal Died: 1539; Cape of Good Hope Nationality: Portuguese Office Governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1529 to 1538 NINO DA CUNHA Nino da Cunha assumed the office as the governor in November 1529 and almost one year later shifted the headquarters of the Portuguese government in India from Cochin […]
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The rock-cut architecture represents one of the most important sources of our knowledge of early Indian art and history. Discuss
Rock-cut architecture has served as an important means to decipher the culture, religion, customs and skills of our very talented artisans. Rock-cut architectures are a great reservoir of knowledge holding and carrying forward the legacy for centuries. An important source of knowledge: Society: The earliest caves were inhabited by humans for the purpose of paintings, […]
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Lord Macaulay’s Minute
On 2 February 1835, British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his ‘Minute on Indian Education’ that sought to establish the need to impart English education to Indian ‘natives’. The famous Lord Macaulay’s Minute settled the row in favour of Anglicists— the limited government resources were to be devoted to the teaching of Western […]
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Wood’s Despatch
Charles Wood was a British Liberal politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852. Later he became the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company. In 1854 he sent the “Wood’s despatch” to Governor General Lord Dalhousie. In 1854, Charles Wood prepared a […]
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ALFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE
Albuquerque, who succeeded Almeida as the Portuguese governor in India, was the real founder of the Portuguese power in the East. His Policy was of dominating entire oriental commerce by setting up forts in strategic places in Asia and Africa supplemented by a strong navy. He secured for Portugal the strategic control of the Indian […]
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Francisco De Almeida
In 1505, the King of Portugal appointed a governor in India for a three-year term and equipped the incumbent with sufficient force to protect the Portuguese interests. Francisco De Almeida, the newly appointed governor, was asked to consolidate the position of the Portuguese in India. Almeida’s vision was to make the Portuguese the master of […]