Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
—Indian
Sociologist (London, Shyamji Krishnavarma), Bande Matram
(Paris, Madam Cama), Talwar (Berlin, Virendranath
Chattopadhyay), and Ghadar (San Francisco, Lala Hardayal)—
to infuse a feeling of nationalism among Indians living
abroad
Tamil writers
like Girija Devi and Ramatirtha Thammal, who wrote Mohanra
Rajani (1931) and Dasikalin Mosa Valai (1936) respectively.
Thakazhi Siva
Sankara Pillai became prominent for his two extremely well
written works in Malayalam, Tottiyude Makan (Son of a
Scavenger, 1948) and Chemmin (Shrimps, 1956).
Relief of
Lucknow, painted by Thomas Jones Barker in 1859,
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The beginning of the Marxist approach in India was heralded
by two classic books—Rajni Palme Dutt’s India Today and
A.R. Desai’s Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
Prince
Henry of Portugal, who was nicknamed the ‘Navigator’;
1498:
Arrival of Vasco-da-Gama at Calicut and his grand
reception by the local king, Zamorin.
1503:
Establishment of the first Portuguese fort at Cochin.
1505:
Establishment of the second Portuguese fort at Cannanore.
1509:
Defeat of the combined fleet of Gujarat, Egypt and Zamorin
by the Portuguese governor Francisco Almeida.
1510:
Alfonso Albuquerque, the Portuguese governor, captures
Goa from Bijapur.
1530:
Declaration of Goa as the Portuguese capital.
1535:
Subjugation of Diu.
1559:
The Portuguese capture Daman.
1596:
Ouster of the Portuguese by the Dutch from South-east
Asia.
1612:
Loss of Surat to the English.
1663:
The Dutch win all Portuguese forts on the Malabar coast
to oust the Portuguese from India.