The Day I Became a Runner starts from a striking premise-that, since running is a solitary activity conducted in the public sphere, women who take up this sport pose a more direct challenge to patriarchy than those who play sports such as badminton, cricket and tennis. To support this thesis, award-winning journalist Sohini Chattopadhyay presents the compelling stories of eight athletes spanning the entire history of independent India and involving women from a wide range of social and geographical backgrounds.
Whether it is Ila Mitra, who could have been the first Indian-origin woman at the 1940 Olympics, or Mary D'Souza, who ran and played hockey for India through the 1950s; Kamaljit Sandhu, a star hockey player who made history for India in Bangkok, 1970, or P.T. Usha, who redefined the 1980s and the decades that followed for women in sport across the country, each of the women in this book will inspire and encourage the women reading it to break barriers and chase their dreams.
Written with remarkable insight and poignancy, The Day I Became a Runner is an alternative account of the Indian republic chronicled through the lens of its women athletes. In that sense, it is a women's history of India.
Book Structure: 23 Reference Maps, 46 Practice Maps, Answers, Book Features, Coverage of all relevant maps of History and Geography NCERT Textbooks, Lots of practice maps with a labelled map, Answers for all the Practice Maps. Why this Book? Have mastery in map work with a lot of practices, Provides the right approach to students about how to practice for map work, Covers all the maps given in the syllabus and in NCERT textbooks.
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Contents: - 1. प्राचीन भारतीय ज्ञान परम्पराएं 2.ऋग्वेद 3.यजुर्वेद 4.सामवेद 5.अथर्ववेद 6.उत्तर वैदिक काल 7.उपवेद, आयुर्वेद 8.धनुर्वेद 9.गंधर्व वेद 10.भारतीय स्थापत्य कलां 11.पष्ठ वेदांग 12.उपांग तथा धर्म शास्त्र 13.मीमासा 14.पुराण 15.तर्कशास्त्र.
भारतीय छात्रों के लिए यह वर्तमान पुस्तक किसी भी समय तकनीकी और इंजीनियरिंग छात्रों के अध्ययन के लिए उपयुक्त है। यह पुस्तक हिंदी में लिखी गई है और संस्कृत के श्लोकों का हिंदी में अनुवाद है। आशा है कि यह पुस्तक वर्तमान पाठकों को इस ग्रंथ से लाभान्वित करेगी और स्वेच्छा से स्वीकार्य होगी। प्रशस्त पुस्तक "प्राचीन भारतीय ज्ञान सार" भारतीय परम्परा पर आधार चार वेद तथा उपवेदो के श्लोकों का प्रयोग और उनका भावार्थ हिंदी में दिया गया है यह पुस्तक निम्नालिखित है की इसमे सारे विषय शामिल है।
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This book is the last part of the threevolume series of History of Medieaval Hindu India. This book focuses largely on the impact of Hindu Kingdoms with the advent of Turkish invasions in the Indian subcontinent under Mahmud Ghazni. The Mohyal Brahmins popularly known as Hussaini Brahmins the rule of Raja Jaipal the Hindu Shahi kingdom of Kabul which is the last Hindu kingdom in Afghanistan and its decline are some of the interesting histories are covered in this book. Raids under the Turkish Sultans at Mathura Multan Kangra Kannauj Somnath and Thanesar and the conquest of Punjab and Kabul under Ghaznavids forms a significant part of the volume. Profiles of the major kingdoms of North and South India like Palas GurjaraPratiharas Cholas Gangas Kakatiyas Hoysalas Yadavas Himalayan kingdoms and so forth are covered in great detail. The latter part of book covers the ruling elites the decline of Rajput states caste stratifications religious history and changes in the politics administration language and literature arenas. About the Author C.V. Vaidya 18611938 was a historian and Chief Justice of Gwalior State. He was also part of the Democratic Swarajya Party. He authored books both in English and Marathi. His works include Mahabharat A Criticism History of Sanskrit Literature Shivaji The Founder of Maratha Swaraj Epic India or India as Described in the Mahabharat and the Ramayan and The Riddle of the Ramaya? etc.
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Rajputs are a warrior caste who established major kingdoms in Northern India in the early medieval times. During the Sultanate and Mughal rule Rajputs played a key role in kingship. This book is the second volume of History of Medieaval Hindu India’s threevolume series which covers the history of the Rajput community starting from ad 750 till ad 1000 when the Turkish invasions began. The book has three parts. The first part starts with the genealogical origins of the Rajput clan especially their foreign origins propounded by contemporary scholars. The second part covers the historical profile of kingdoms in Northern India and Deccan regions such as Chahamanas Chandellas Palas Rashtrakutas and others. This book also contains the description of Rajputs made by the Arab chroniclers who visited India during the said period. The concluding part deals with the language cultural religious political civil and administrative roles and responsibilities of Rajputs in the medieval period. About the Author C.V. Vaidya 18611938 was a historian and Chief Justice of Gwalior State. He was also part of the Democratic Swarajya Party. He authored books both in English and Marathi. His works include Mahabharat A Criticism; History of Sanskrit Literature; Shivaji The Founder of Maratha Swaraj Epic India or India as Described in the Mahabharat and the Ramayan and The Riddle of the Ramaya? etc.
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This book is the first part of the threevolume series of History of Medieaval Hindu India. It is divided into two parts. The author starts with the reign of Harsha and the kingdoms in North and Central India which were contemporary to Harsha’s reign. This volume covers the social religious political civil and military aspects from c.500800. The book further examines the Sindh kingdoms and the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate into the Sind the profile of Kabul Shahis and the Hindu kingdoms of Kashmir in greater detail. The author also covers the popular kingdoms such as Vallabhis Chalukyas Pallavas Kesaris of Orissa and other minor kingdoms throughout the Indian subcontinent before the establishment of Delhi Sultanates. About the Author C.V. Vaidya 18611938 was a historian and Chief Justice of Gwalior State. He was also part of the Democratic Swarajya Party. He authored books both in English and Marathi. His works include Mahabharat A Criticism History of Sanskrit Literature Shivaji The Founder of Maratha Swaraj Epic India or India as Described in the Mahabharat and the Ramayan and The Riddle of the Ramaya? etc.
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This book provides an account of the organisation practices and history of the DasanamiSa mnyasi s one of the largest sects of sadhus holy men in South Asia. According to tradition the sect was founded by the legendary southIndian philosopher Sankaracarya whose floruit was most probably around 700 ce. While the first three chapters of this book examine the sect’s organisation and its various branches the latter chapters explore its history. This is the first fulllength study of the DasanamiSa mnyasis to be published since the 1970s and will be particularly useful both for students of Hinduism and for readers with a particular interest in the religious history of mediaeval India. About the Author Matthew Clark Ph.D. 2004 School of Oriental and African Studies University of London contributed an article on sadhus Sadhvi s to the 2nd edition 2005 of the Encyclopedia of Religions and currently works as an independent academic.
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This monograph deals with the social and political context of commercial activity in early modern India a period during which Eastern India and Bihar experienced the transition to British colonial rule. As a point of departure from existing scholarly literature that usually studies this transition in material terms this volume uses an approach that takes into account the configuration of social relations and political connections within which it argues commercial activity was embedded. Using merchants and bankers as its subjects this book deals with the structure of trade and banking the position of merchants in the cultural order and the role of the state in perpetuating this order. About the Author Kumkum Chatterjee Ph.D. in History Calcutta University is Assistant Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University. The author of several journal articles she has a broad research interest in the social and economic history of early modern India
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John Palmer a merchant in Calcutta dominated commercial life in India and the Far East for over thirty years in the early nineteenth century. He ran a global business an ‘agency house’ which engaged in banking the opium trade shipping and plantation agriculture. The book explores how Palmer developed close relations with Indian society crossing ethnic and religious divides in an effort to sustain his commercial empire. It provides a snapshot of commercial and personal life in early British India and tells an often poignant tale of enterprise love stoicism prejudice and personal folly. When Palmer & Co went bankrupt in 1830 owing millions to its creditors it set off a crisis of confidence which by 1834 had destroyed all the agency houses and plunged the British Indian Empire into the worst economic depression in living memory. This is the first indepth study of an Indian agency house but it is more than just a business history. Palmer’s personal and family life was inextricably intertwined with his business interests and his domestic circumstances shaped the development of his firm and its ultimate fate. About the Author Anthony Webster is Head of Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire.
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This book examines the development of British commercial financial and political relations with India and the Far East during the final period of the East India Company’s reign as the sovereign power in India. This was a most turbulent period for British commerce with India. The period began with the renewal of the East India Company’s Charter and its component monopolies of trade with India and China but this was quickly followed by the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars which spread to the east and saw the completion of Britain’s assertion of power over India and much of southeast Asia. However the war also strengthened those political forces in Britain campaigning against the Company’s monopolies of trade with India and China which were consequently abolished under the Charter Acts of 1813 and 1833. The spectacular growth of the British economy following industrialisation brought new forces to bear upon India with the rise of manufactured exports to the east. But the course of commercial relations did not run smoothly and economic crises in Britain and India in 1833 and 1848 swept away commercial firms in both countries and caused severe economic retrenchments. This instability severely hampered efforts to facilitate the export of capital to India during the first half of the century. Finally the rebellion of 1857 spelt the death knell for the Company and ushered in a new phase of AngloIndian economic relations in which British foreign investment grew substantially. About the Author Anthony Webster is Head of the History Department at Liverpool John Moores University.
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