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I study in St. Peters Academy. It is the oldest one in this region. It was established by a Christian Missionary in 1980. It has created many historie...
Urdu/Hindi language Mathematics Social study, Drawing.
1. According to Mahatma Gandhi, colonial education created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians. He said it made them see Western civilisati...
Mahatma Gandhi wanted to teach children handicraft because of the following reasons: People would work with their hands. The craft would develop ...
James Mill was the strongest critic of the Orientalists. He declared that the British should not teach what the natives wanted, or what they respecte...
William Jones came to represent a particular attitude towards India. He shared a deep respect for ancient cultures, both of India and of the West. Jo...
(i) William Jones → (b) Respect for ancient cultures (ii) Rabindranath Tagore → (d) Learning in a natural environment (iii) Thomas Macaulay → (a) ...
In 1854 the first cotton mill in India was set up as a Spinning mill in Bombay. By 1900, over 84 mills started operating in Bombay. Many of these were...
Weavers were given a lot of importance during the national movement. During the national movement, Mahatma Gandhi urged people to boycott imported tex...
Indian weaver knew the art of weaving intricate designs. This was not possible in weaving machines that produced cloth in England. There was a great d...
Some of the weaver’s community in India were: The tanti weavers of Bengal The julahas or momin weavers of north India. Sale and kaikollar and de...
In 1764, the spinning jenny was invented by John Kaye which increased the productivity of the traditional spindles. The spinning jenny is a multi-spoo...
In 1720, the British government banned the use of printed cotton textiles from India. This law was called 'Calico Act'.
Some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century were Chintz Cossaes Bandanna Kasimbazar Patna Calcutta Orissa C...
(i) It is an odhni. It carries bandanna design. (ii) In this odhni, two tie-and-dye silk pieces are seamed together with gold thread embroidery. (...
(i) Surat (ii) It was an important port in the early 17th century that Dutch and English trading ships used.
(i) Weavers wrote the petition to the Company government. (ii) The petition stated the miserable condition of the weavers. As the Company had abolis...
Jamsetji Tata had decided to spend a large part of his fortune to build a big iron and steel industry in India. But this could not be done without ide...
(a) Patola weave: It came into existence in the mid-19th century. It was woven in Surat, Ahmedabad, and Patna. It was highly valued in Indonesia. It b...