Monthly Archives: May 2015

THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM- A general parallelism with earlier Greeks , Romans and Japan

    Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Considered historically, the present caste system is a remnant of medieval times, in ancient India, caste was by no means so rigid or exclusive. In Buddhistic … Continue reading

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THE EFFECTS OF THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN INDIA

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India In 1908, when Lala Har Dayal wrote these articles for the “Punjabee” I laboured under the belief that some kind of education was better than no education, but … Continue reading

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The Great Indian Mutiny or War of Independence of 1857

  Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India The great Indian mutiny of 1857, was the first Indian political movement of the nineteenth century. The movement was national as well as political. The underlying causes … Continue reading

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INDIA from 1757 to 1857 A. D.- the century of struggle, both military and diplomatic.

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Aurangzeb, the 6th Mogul Emperor of India, died in 1707 A. D. Within fifty years of his death, the Mogul sovereignty in India was reduced to its last … Continue reading

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Lord Curzon and Indian Education- Neither appropriate nor opportune

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India “The Educational policy devised by Lord Curzon has given a correct analysis of the brighter and darker aspects of the contemporary Indian education; but unfortunately though the diagnosis … Continue reading

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