Emergence of Indian National Congress.

Indian National Congress known as Congress party, The Indian National Congress was founded by Allan Octavian Hume in 1885. Hume was a retired Civil Service Officer. Congress party is one of the parties who fought against British rule in India. He saw a growing political consciousness among the Indians and wanted to give it a safe,…

(TINM) The Indian National Movement.

The First World War (1914-1918) had a great impact on The National Movement in India. Historiography means the history of historical writing or the art of writing history. The Indian National Movement was undoubtedly one of the biggest mass movements modern Society has ever seen, It was a movement which zinked millions of People of all…

The Brhmachari – shine like sun and quick in all what they do.

The importance of Brahmacharya is clearly explained in Yejurveda. In this modern life very few only understand this and practice it. All Vedas and other scriptures of Hinduism lay great emphasis regarding Brahmacharya. In vedic period a student is also known as Brahmachari. By preserving the energy, strength and vitality of mind and various organs…

The Early Vedic Society

There has been a continuous increase in the population during the later Vedic period due to the expansion of the economy based on agriculture. The family was the basic unit of the Rigvedic society. It was patriarchal in nature Monogamy was the usual norm of marriage but the chiefs at times practiced polygamy. Marriages took…

The Rigveda – A collection of 1,028 hymns

The Rigveda is a collection of 1,028 hymns divided into 10 mandalas. They are the earliest compositions and hence depict the life of the early Vedic people in India. The Samaveda is a collection of verses mostly taken from the Rigveda but arranged in a poetic form to facilitate singing. The Yajurveda is found in…

The Vedic Age – The time when the Aryans settled in India

What is veda? The word veda is derived from the root vid which means ‘to know’. The word veda means the sacred knowledge contained in the texts known as Vedic text. Two categories of texts are included in the corpus of the Vedic literature. These are Mantra and Brahmana. The Mantra category forms the core…

The Ancient Indian Civilization (TAIC)

India has a continuous history covering a very long period. Evidence of neolithic habitation dating as far back as 7000 BC has been found in Mehrgarh in Baluchistan. However, the first notable civilization flourished in India around 2700 BC in the north western part of the Indian subcontinent, covering a large area. The civilization is…