Points to Remember

Warrent Hastings set up a madrasa in Calcutta in 1781. Jonathan Duncan laid the foundation-stone of Sanskrit College in Banaras in 1791. The Charter Act of 1813, for the first time acknowledged state responsibility for the promotion of education in India. A general Committee of Public Institution was set up in 1823 to look after …

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Tripartite Struggle The tripartite struggle between the Palas, Pratiharas and Rashtrakutas for the control of Kanauj was the most important feature between 750 AD and 1000 AD. Pratihara Two branches- one founded by Harichandra near modern Jodhpur and other founded by Nagabhatta I in Malwa ( Ujjain)- of the Pratiharas ruled in this period. Nagabhatta …

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The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser, brought out in 1780 by James Augustus Hickey, is the first newspaper to be published in India. The first newspaper written in an Indian language (Samachar Darpan or Bengal gejeti) was published from Bengal. The Censorship of Press Act, 1799 was enacted by the Governor General of Bengal …

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