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(a) From the late 18 th century, the demand for foodgrains
increased in Britain due to population growth. As urban areas expanded due to industrialisation, the demand for agricultural products went up, pushing up foodgrain prices.
Under pressure from landed groups, the government also restricted the import of corn. The laws allowing the government to restrict the import of corn were commonly known as the Corn Laws.
(b) The Corn Laws were abolished because industrialists and urban dwellers were unhappy with high food prices. As a result, they forced the British Government to abolish the Corn Laws.
© The abolishing of Com Laws brought following results
(i) After the Corn Laws were abolished, food could be imported into Britain more cheaply than it could be produced within the country.
(ii) British agriculture was unstable to compete with imports.
(iii) Vast areas of land were now left uncultivated and thousands of men and women were thrown out of ’ work. They migrated to the cities or other countries in search of work.
(iv) As the food prices fell, consumption in Britain rose.
From the mid-19th century faster industrial growth in Britain also led to higher incomes and therefore, more food imports.
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Nationalism is the pride one has for their country, values, culture, customs, traditions etc. They love what they are born as and take every opportunity to show their pride with happiness.
Examples may include:
- Mauri people of New Zealand performing the Haka with pride and teaching visitors about Maori culture of their country.
- Indians explaining the Ganga Aarti (prayer near Ganges river in India for everyone’s well being) as a tradition with pride and welcoming visitors to do the same, in Varanasi.
- Ukrainians performing the Gopak dance for an international audience. etc.
Imperialism is when you take that pride and force it down onto others.
For example:
- Britain colonising Asian and African countries
- Arab invaders invading and forceful conversion of the ancient Pharaonic Egypt, ancient Persia etc and then by extension, parts of India
- Belgium’s conquest of Congo
- France’s 19 subjects in Africa
- Spain and Portugal’s brutal annihilation of Latin American cultures.
- Imperial Japan’s capture of China, South Korea and Pacific territories.
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Britain had a trade surplus with India. Britain used this surplus to balance its trade deficit with other countries that are with the countries from which Britain was importing more than it was selling to by helping Britain balance its deficits, India played a crucial role in the late nineteenth-century world economy. Britain's trade surplus in India also helped to pay the so-called 'home charges' that included private remittances home by British officials and traders, interest payments on India's external debt and pensions of British officials in India.
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Simon Commission :
(i) The new Tory government in Britain constituted a Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon.
(ii) It was set up in response to the nationalist movement.
(iii) The commission was to look in to the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes.
(iv) The problem was that the commission didn‘t have a single Indian member.
(v) When the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’.
(vi) All parties, including the Congress and the Muslim League, participated in the demonstrations.
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1. rapid transformation of market condition depends heavily on development of transport which in the recent years have expanded locally and internationally.
2. improvement of science and technology land, water are air transport has grown manifold in the recent years. exchange of good and service between countries id called international trade
3. advancement of international trade is considered as indicator of economics growth of the country. export and import are the components of trade.
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The 1848 revolution of the liberals refers to the various national movements pioneered by educated middle classes alongside the revolts of the poor, unemployed and starving peasants and workers in Europe. While in countries like France, food shortages and widespread unemployment during 1848 led to popular uprisings, in other parts of Europe (such as Germany, Italy, Poland, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire), men and women of the liberal middle classes came together to voice their demands for the creation of nation-states based on parliamentary principles. The political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals were:
- Politically, they demanded constitutionalism with national unification, nation-state with a written constitution and parliamentary administration.
- Socially, they wanted to rid society of its class-based partialities and birthrights. Serfdom and bonded labor had to be abolished.
- Economically they demanded freedom of markets and right to property. The abolition of state-imposed restrictions on the movements of goods and capital.
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The First World War created a new economic and political situation.
• It led to a huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans and increasing taxes
• customs duties were raised and income tax introduced.
• Through the war years prices increased - doubling between 1913 and 1918 - leading to extreme hardship for the common people.
• Villages were called upon to supply soldiers, and the forced recruitment in rural areas caused widespread anger.
• Then in 1918-19 and 1920-21, crops failed in many parts of India, resulting in acute shortages of food.
• This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic.
• According to the census of 1921, 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the epidemic.
• People hoped that their hardships would end after the war was over. But that did not happen.
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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 4 months ago
- Resentment at the British after the war: Indians thought that in return for the extensive support of manpower and resources they had provided to Britain during the First World War, they would be rewarded by autonomy at the end of the war. But the Government of India Act 1919 was dissatisfactory. In addition, the British also passed repressive acts like the Rowlatt Act which further angered many Indians who felt betrayed by the rulers despite their wartime support.
- Home Rule Movement: The Home Rule Movement started by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak set the stage for the non-cooperation movement. The extremists and the moderates of the INC were united and the Lucknow Pact also saw solidarity between the Muslim League and the Congress Party. The return of the extremists gave the INC a militant character.
- Economic hardships due to World War I: India’s participation in the war caused a lot of economic hardships to the people. Prices of goods began to soar which affected the common man. Peasants also suffered because the prices of agricultural products did not increase. All this led to resentment against the government.
- The Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre: The repressive Rowlatt Act and the brutal massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar had a profound effect on the Indian leaders and the people. Their faith in the British system of justice was broken and the whole country rallied behind its leaders who were pitching for a more aggressive and firm stance against the government.
- The Khilafat Movement: During the First World War, Turkey, which was one of the Central Powers, had fought against the British. After Turkey’s defeat, the Ottoman caliphate was proposed to be dissolved. Muslims regarded Sultan of Turkey as their Caliph (religious head of the Muslims). The Khilafat movement was launched under the leadership of Ali Brothers (Maulana Mohammed Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali), Maulana Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan, and Hasrat Mohani. It got the support from Mahatma Gandhi to persuade the British government not to abolish the caliphate. The leaders of this movement accepted the non-cooperation movement of Gandhiji and led a joint protest against the British.
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SELF Help Group are small groups of 15-20 members of rural people in particular women belonging to one neighbouhood who meet and saves regularly. The members of the group can take small loan to meet their needs on low interest rate.
Functioning:
- Most of the decisions regarding the savings and loan activities are taken by the group members.
- The group decides as regards the loans to be granted- the purpose, amount, interest to be
charged, repayment schedule etc. - Group is responsible for the repayment of the loan.
- Any case of non-repayment of loan, by any one member is followed up seriously by other members in the group.
- The SHG help borrowers overcome the problem of collateral.
- They provide timely loans for a variety of purposes and at a reasonable interest rate.
- The group provrdes a platform to discuss and act on a variety of social issues such as health, nutrition, domestic violence, etc.
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The idea of nationalism spread across other Europeans countries. Nationalism came to be seen in a liberal light. Meaning, the middle class came to hate the aristocracy and absolute monarchies and wanted a popularly elected government in power.
In the economic sphere, they wanted a free market with no government interference with heavy customs duties. Earlier, there was a scattered group of states but now, they popularly wanted a common economic zone.
Return to Conservative Nationalism
After the death of Napoleon, nationalism came to be attached to more conservative ideas. The rulers of nations like Russia, Belgium, Austria and France used modernisation to return to conservative rule. Highly strict laws, a strong army and bureaucracy, etc. would now set up authoritarian regimes.
Unification by Revolutionaries
As a reaction to the autocratic conservatives, there grew a huge force of revolutionaries who still lived with the spirit of liberalism. They created underground societies and clubs and wanted a revolution to unite provinces into democratic nation states. This, along with romanticism and economic hardship created the perfect background for the unification of states and Germany, Italy, Greece and several other European ultimately became nation-states.
Imperialism and Nationalism
After the rise of nationalism culminated into the making of nation-states, these countries competing with one another even more and led to the rise of imperialism. Hence, this was a dangerous occurrence as it led to the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.
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Ratha Yatra also referred to as Ratha Jatra or Chariot festival, is any public procession in a chariot. ... Notable ratha jatras in India include the Ratha jatra of Puri, the Dhamrai Ratha yatra and the Ratha yatra of Mahesh.The legend begins in different ways. One speaks of an arrogant Indrayumna, King of Puri in the east, who tried to steal the Hindu god Krishna's heart. It had been immersed in the legendary Dwarka sea after his cremation and had reappeared to the tribes people of the place as an idol.
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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 4 months ago
The history of Puri is on the same lines as that of the Jagannatha Temple, which was invaded 18 times during its history to plunder the treasures of the temple, rather than for religious reasons. The first invasion occurred in the 8th century AD by Rastrakuta king Govinda-III (798–814 AD), and the last took place in 1881 AD by the monotheistic followers of Alekh (Mahima Dharma) who did not recognise the worship of Jagannatha. From 1205 AD onward there were many invasions of the city and its temple by Muslims of Afghan and Moghul descent, known as Yavanas or foreigners. In most of these invasions the idols were taken to safe places by the priests and the servitors of the temple. Destruction of the temple was prevented by timely resistance or surrender by the kings of the region. However, the treasures of the temple were repeatedly looted. The table lists all the 18 invasions along with the status of the three images of the temple, the triad of Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadra following each invasion
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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 4 months ago
1. The government decided to remove the barriers on foreign trade and foreign investment around 1991 as it was realized that the time had come for Indian producers to compete with producers around the globe.
2. The removal of barriers meant that goods could be imported as well as exported easily and also foreign companies could set up their factories and offices in India. In addition, the government imposed much fewer restrictions of business activity within India who was allowed to take decisions freely.
3. It was also felt that competition would improve the performance of the producers within India as they would have to improve their quality of service in comparison to the foreign competition.
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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 4 months ago
WTO stands for World Trade Organisation. The major of the aim of WTO is that all barriers to foreign trade and investment should be removed as they are harmful to the growth of a country's economy in the long run. The practice of trading should be free between countries and that all the countries in the world should liberalize their policies. Shortcomings of the WTO
1. Although the WTO is to allow a free trade for all, in practice, it has been observed that the developed nations have unfairly retained trade barriers and manipulated the situation
2. It has also been observed that the WTO rules, formulated in an exploitative manner, have forced the developing nations to remove trade barriers and initiate policies of liberalization.
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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 4 months ago
Foreign trade been integrating markets of different countries by the following ways –
(i) Foreign trade increases competition among companies in terms of quantity, quality and price.
(ii) Foreign trade enables people to sell their produce in international market rather than only in domestic market. For example, Chinese toys in India and Indian readymade garments in other countries have resulted in connecting the markets.
(iii) Foreign trade transport of one nation’s goods to other country facilitates the exchange of tradition and culture such as garments like saris, kurta, ghaghra, etc., sold by Indian traders and jeans jerseys jackets sold by international traders to India.
(iv) The Indian producers can sell their produce not only in domestic markets but also compete in markets located in other countries of the world.
(v) Foreign trade increases the exchange of foreign currency.
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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 4 months ago
Non-Renewable Resources occur over a very long geological time. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of such resources
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(i) Imagine a government that may take decisions very fast. But it may take decisions that are not accepted by the people and may, therefore, face problems.
(ii) In contrast, the democratic government will take more time to follow procedure before arriving at a decision.
(iii) However, because it has followed procedure, its decisions may be more acceptable to the people and more effective. So, the cost of time that democracy pays is perhaps worth it.
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- Barter system is a system where goods were exchanged for goods in the olden days. Various commodities used as money is known as commodity money. It is the most primitive form of money. However, certain problems such as improper standardisation, indivisibility, storage difficulty etc. made this form of money an unsuitable medium of exchange.
- Mono-metalism and bi-metalism, i.e. valuable metals such as gold and silver, were used as a medium of exchange. As society progressed, different sections of people agreed to consider some precious metals as a common medium of exchange. The gold coin was introduced in India by King Kanishka of the Kushan Dynasty during the first century AD.
- The paper currency system is a system where coins and currency notes are used as a medium of exchange. Due to the expansion of trade and commerce and an increased demand for money as a common medium of exchange, metallic money was replaced by paper money. The Central Bank of a country assumes supreme authority in issuing paper money of definite denominations and values. A medium of exchange which is generally acceptable and enforced by law is called fiat money. For example, rupee notes and coins are legal tender.
- At the final stage of evolution of money, demand deposits with commercial banks are considered bank money. Demand deposits are current account deposits with banks or other financial institutions which are payable on demand by cheques. Thus, cheques drawn on the demand deposits of commercial banks can be used as a medium of exchange.
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(i) Self Help Groups pool their savings.
(ii) A typical SHG has 15-20 members, usually belonging to one neighbourhood, who meet and save regularly.
(iii) Saving per member varies from Rs. 25 to Rs. 100 or more, depending on the ability of the people to save.
(iv) Members can take small loans from the group itself to meet their needs.
(v) The group charges interest on these loans but this is still less than what the moneylender charges.
(vi) After a year or two, if the group is regular in savings, it becomes eligible for availing loan
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Gandhiji decided to withdraw the ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ in February 1922 because of the following reasons :
- In 1922, at Chauri-Chaura in Gorakhpur, a peaceful mob turned violent and clashed with the police resulting in the deaths of several policemen.
- Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent and satyagrahis needed proper training before they were ready for a mass struggle.
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A few examples of public sector activities are provision of water, electricity and some modes of transport. The government has taken these up because water and power are needed by everyone. If the work of providing electricity and water is left to private enterprises, the latter might exploit this opportunity and sell these at rates which the masses cannot afford. Hence, to ensure that basic amenities like water and power are available for all, the government supplies these at low and affordable rates.

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