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In the Samkhya philosophy, one of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy, pralaya means "non-existence", a state of matter achieved when the three gunas (principles of matter) are in perfect balance. The word pralaya comes from Sanskrit meaning "dissolution" or by extension "reabsorption, destruction, annihilation or death".
Indian National Congress: Government dismissed in spite of Nilamani Routray enjoying majority support in Assembly 16. 17 February 1980 Gujarat: Babubhai J. Patel: Janata Party: Madhav Singh Solanki: Indian National Congress: Government dismissed in spite of Babubhai J Patel enjoying majority support in the Assembly 17. 17 February 1980 Bihar ...
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
Dissolution in politics is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region dissolves or ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities, or being annexed. This can be carried out through armed conflict , legal means , diplomacy , or a combination of any or all of the three.
The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan Migration with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...
The defeated Indian rulers were forced to sign this treaty, granting the East India Company diwani rights, which allowed them to collect revenue from the territories of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa on behalf of the Mughal emperor. This gave the company immense economic control, enabling them to pass financial policies to exploit the resources of ...
It comprises the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, the Indian Air Force, and the Indian Coast Guard. [291] The official Indian defence budget for 2011 was US$36.03 billion, or 1.83% of GDP. [ 292 ] Defence expenditure was pegged at US$70.12 billion for fiscal year 2022–23 and, increased 9.8% than previous fiscal year.
Administrative divisions of India in 1951. Note that Sikkim was an Indian Protectorate until 1975.. British India, which included present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, was divided into two types of territories: the Provinces of British India, which were governed directly by British officials responsible to the Governor-General of India; and the Indian States, under the rule of ...