Background: The idea of forming the Indian National Army (INA) was conceived by Mohan Singh in Malaya. The main objective was to form an anti-British force to liberate India, as well as to check Japanese misconduct towards Indians in SE Asia. Till then, Japanese had allowed only the civilian Indians to form anti-British organizations. In [...]
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Nuremberg Principles
The regime of Hitler in Germany indulged in serious violation of human rights of various communities. Concentration camps were freely used for genocide, extermination, torture, and slave labour, which constituted the issues of the Holocaust. Such issue of crime required an adequate punishment. This issue began to be discussed before the end of the war. [...]
Geneva Convention
The origin of the Geneva Convention goes back to the bloody battle of Solferino (1859). It was here that Henry Dunant a Swiss citizen, who was witness to this battle made effort to create relief societies that would look after the wounded during the times of war and also work for relief during peace times. [...]
Caste outside Hinduism
India is a land of complex mixing of traditions and cultures. Through its ever continuous evolution, it has developed local flavours of religions. It has adopted practices, assimilated traditions, and even transformed the religious practices that have emerged in foreign lands to the local situations and needs. One such social institution is that of caste. [...]
Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 4)
[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Imperial Issues & Economic Consequences: Britain in India was the [...]
Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)
[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 A major critique of the drain by the Nationalists was [...]
Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)
[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Another important aspect of the economic exploitation was the process [...]
Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)
[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The Drain of Wealth Theory: The Drain of Wealth theory [...]
Surat
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Surat © Anup Mukherjee Surat is situated on the Western Coast of Gujarat, on the left bank of river Tapti, on the Gulf of Cambay (Khambhat). It has been a very important centre of [...]
Calicut
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Calicut (Kozhikode) © Anup Mukherjee Calicut is situated on the on the Malabar Coast of the Kerala province in India. It is connected to hinterland through the Palghat gap. The place is famous for [...]
