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Dr. Gaurav J. Sontake Polity Article 342A Article 342 A empowers the President to specify socially and educationally backward classes in various states and union territories. He can do this in consultation with the Governor of the concerned State. However, law enacted by Parliament will be required if the list of backward classes is to be amended. 102nd Constitution … Read more
Swamp Deer ●The barasingha, also called swamp deer, is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. ●Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal. ●It is extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh. ●Swamp deer occur in the Kanha National Park of Madhya Pradesh, in two localities in Assam, and in … Read more
Sufism ●Sufism as Tasawwuf is mysticism in Islam, “characterized by values, ritual practices,doctrines and institutions”. ●It is variously defined as “Islamic mysticism”,”the inward dimension of Islam” or “the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam”. ●Sufis have often belonged to different ṭuruq or “orders” – congregations formed around a grand master referred to as a wali who traces a direct chain of successive teachers back to … Read more
Inscriptions study is called epigraphy and the study of the old writing used in inscriptions and other old records is called palaeography. Inscriptions were carved on seals, stone pillars, rocks, copper plates, temple walls and bricks or images. In the country as a whole, the earliest inscriptions were recorded on stone. But in the early … Read more
Q.278) In what ways did the navel mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India? (10mark) (150words) The Royal Indian Navy mutiny of 18, February 1946 proved to be a major break though in the history of the Indian freedom struggle. The mutiny started with the strike … Read more
Vedanta Philosophy ●Initially was connotation for the Upanishads comprising the Brahman Sutras and the Bhagavadgita. ●There are many schools of Vedanta including the well propagated schools of Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita, and Dvaita. ●It is a Sanskrit word meaning “end of knowledge”, a compound of two words “Veda” meaning “Knowledge” and “ Anta” meaning “End” ●Its … Read more
Bill of Rights A democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights and that the government will always recognise these rights. Therefore it is often a practice in most democratic countries to list the rights of the citizens in the constitution itself. Such a list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is called … Read more
Q. 276) How different would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi? Discuss. Before the advent of Gandhi to India, the Indian national movement was restricted to the few English educated middle class who hardly represented the society. The women, labourers, peasants, tribals and students were largely out of the freedom struggle. … Read more