East India Company The East India Company was an English joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. Shares of the company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company operated its own large army with which it controlled major portions of India. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton‚ silk‚ indigo dye‚ salt ‚ saltpetre‚ tea
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Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle established the Company rule in Bengal which expanded over much of India for the next hundred years. The battle took place at Plassey (anglicised version of Palashi) on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (another name of Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta)‚ about 150 km north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad‚ then capital of Bengal. The belligerents were Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah‚ the last independent Nawab of Bengal‚ and
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brings her to the heat and dust of Satipur‚ India She discovers that Olivia was a woman smothered by the social restrictions placed upon her by the British society. Olivia was shunned and despised by the British society after falling in love with the Nawab‚ being impregnated by him and then aborting the baby. In discovering the truth about these events‚ The narrator finds herself in love with an Indian man‚ Inder Lal. Eventually‚ she develops an understanding towards herself and India. The theme of
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popular ragas include Shuddha Kalyan‚ Miyan Ki Todi‚ Puriya Dhanashri‚ Multani‚ Bhimpalas‚ Darbari‚ and Ramkali. He was considered a purist and has not dabbled in experimental forms of music‚ except for a well-known series of Jugalbandi recordings with the Carnatic signer M. Balamuralikrishna. Patriotic music Bhimsen Joshi was widely recognized in India due to his performance in the Mile Sur Mera Tumhara music
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city on the banks of the river Ghagra.Nawab-the plural of the word naib‚meaning assistant-was the term given to governors appointed by the mughal emperors all over India to help the in managing the empire.Awadh under the rule of the idiosyncratic nawabs was a heady mix of flourishing arts‚literature‚sports and most importantly- a culturally evolve lifestyle & exotic cuisines. Clever prime ministers‚beauty power begums‚eccentric chefs-that’s what Oudh is all about! To think of lucknow is to think
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One of the issues discussed is of the problems posed by arranged marriages. Here Begum Jan is married of to an aging Nawab. Both the husband and wife are poles apart as there is a difference in their ages as well as disparity in their social status‚ the Nawab belonging to the feudal class while Begum Jan belonging to a comparatively lower class. Eventually‚ after the marriage the Nawab discards his new wife and she merely remains a piece of furniture in his large house. Thus‚ the relationship is only
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Lucknow and Chikancraft Chikan is one of the prides of the city of Nawabs that is Luknow. Although chikankari is an ancient form of white floral embroidery it has become synonym of nazakat and nafasat of the tehzeeb of Lucknow .For centuries this fine white tracery on transparent white fabric has delighted the hearts of the kings and commoners alike. The profession has always been respected that it is one vocation that affluent families have taken up without any perceived loss of societal acceptance
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2 From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power Aurangzeb was the last of the powerful Mughal rulers. He established control over a very large part of the territory that is now known as India. After his death in 1707‚ many Mughal governors ( subadars ) and big zamindars began asserting their authority and establishing regional kingdoms. As powerful regional kingdoms emerged in various parts of India‚ Delhi could no longer function as an effective centre. By the second half of the eighteenth
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two different‚ but related‚ age old‚ traditions. Both of them are very popular and come from two very different areas in India. The North Indian style is called "Hindustani"‚ which translates to India‚ and South Indian tradition‚ also known as "Carnatic". Indian music is different from Western music in two major ways: 1. All of Indian classical music is melody‚ and 2. Indian music is never written down‚ and cannot be played off a written score. If it was played off the score‚ it would lose
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