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Mukhi (mukhia) is the title used for a head of community or village elites [1] and their local government in Western India and Sindh. [2] It is derived from the word mukhiya meaning 'foremost', and prior to Indian independence they were the most powerful person in each community, imbued with both civil and judicial powers. [3] [4]
India's population growth accelerated under the Mughal Empire, with an unprecedented economic and demographic upsurge which boosted the Indian population by 60% [137] to 253% in 200 years during 1500–1700. [138] The Indian population had a faster growth during the Mughal era than at any known point in Indian history before the Mughal era.
Radhakamal Mukerjee (7 December 1889–24 August 1968) was an Indian social scientist who was Professor of Economics and Sociology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lucknow. Mukerjee played an important and constructive role in the Indian independence movement .
Although ancient India had a significant urban population, much of India's population resided in villages, whose economies were largely isolated and self-sustaining. [citation needed] Agriculture was the predominant occupation and satisfied a village's food requirements while providing raw materials for hand-based industries such as textile, food processing and crafts.
The historian Shireen Moosvi estimates that in terms of contributions to the Mughal economy, in the late 16th century, the primary sector contributed 52%, the secondary sector 18% and the tertiary sector 29%; the secondary sector contributed a higher percentage than in early 20th-century British India, where the secondary sector only contributed 11% to the economy. [20]
Bajirao is credited with expanding the Maratha Kingdom tenfold from 3% to 30% of the modern Indian landscape during 1720–1740. [59] The Battle of Palkhed was a land battle that took place on 28 February 1728 at the village of Palkhed, near the city of Nashik, Maharashtra, India between Baji Rao I and Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I of
500 BC Silver punch-marked coins [1] were minted as currency belonging to a period of intensive trade activity and urban development by the Mahajanapadas. [2] [3]1 AD Indian subcontinent under the Gupta Empire united much of the subcontinent, contained 33.21% of the world’s population and contributed to around 33 to 35% of World's GDP [3] and generated an estimated average of $450 (1990 ...
A multiple choice question, with days of the week as potential answers. Multiple choice (MC), [1] objective response or MCQ(for multiple choice question) is a form of an objective assessment in which respondents are asked to select only the correct answer from the choices offered as a list.