World History (हिन्दी)

Weber, Domination and forms of legitimate authority. This is not all encompassing lecture on Max Weber but merely a glimpse of his ideas

Liberal genius, combined enlightenment with romanticism of 19th century. But a reluctant democrat. This is not all encompassing but a glimpse of J. S. Mill and his ideas.

Utilitarianism and Bentham's Opposition to French Revolution and Natural Rights. This is not all encompassing but a glimpse of Jeremy Bentham and some of his ideas.

Epistemology. Categorical Imperative. League of Peace/League of Nations. Democratic Peace Theory. This is not all encompassing but a glimpse of Kant and some of his ideas.

The Two Treatises and Amour Propre. The Social Contract and General Will. He came up with one solution to deal with society and Amour Propre. But in his boom call the social contract he came with a new solution of General Will This is not all encompassing. Its just a glimpse of Rousseau and his political ideas

A new season is back. This time on Political thinkers and their political philosophy

British reach Kabul through the Bolan pass with their Army of Indus to remove Dost Mohammad and install Shah Shuja. They occupy Afghanistan but that's when the real fight begins. They fail to ensure their control over Afghanistan. The Army of Indus is destroyed and the British send their Army of Retribution to retake Kabul, only to re-install the ruler who ruled before the British intervention. Do...

East India Company defends Assam (ruled by Ahoms) from Burmese attacks and plants the seeds for incorporation of Burma to British ruled India in 19th century. Subsequent wars further weakened Burmese sovereignty. The Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852–1853) led to the British annexation of Lower Burma for its valuable resources. The Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885 resulted in the full annexation of Bu...

Ranjit Singh was a force in himself. He built the last Indian Empire that fell to the British East India Company. A offered a secular or religiously liberal state where people from many faiths lived and served his empire.

The Peshwa makes a one last attempt to assert Maratha sovereignty. The Peshwa ultimately surrendered in June of 1818. But some of the Maratha leaders kept fighting till 1919. Ex. The fortress of Asirgarh was lost by Maratha commander Jeswant Rao Lar after a long siege and battle from East India Company in April 1819. While Amir Khan had surrendered early on. the Pindari leader, Karim Khan, surrend...

In this episode we shall cover the Anglo Nepalese War

Sikhism, the rise of new monotheistic religion in India. Formation of Misls and how one Misldar Ranjit Singh builds the Sikh Empire

Hi I am coming up with a new season in English with episodes covering Sikhism-Sikh Empire, Anglo-Nepalese War, Anglo Maratha War III, Anglo-Sikh Wars, Anglo Afghan Wars.

The writing on the wall was clear and the Syrian government fell. it now has a new government with Islamists of HTS in the helm. The new rulers claim to be more moderate than before but time alone shall tell how they govern and behave. This(or the latest episode in the long series of violence in middle -east) all started on October 7, 2023 with the Hamas attack on Israel border communities close t...

On October 7 Israel came under a surprise attack from Hamas & Co. Ever since there is a new long war that continues till this date. When would the Palestinians get a state and when shall the Israelis get peace? Meanwhile a new phase has begun in the ongoing yearlong War. The northern borders of Israel and the regions of southern Lebanon seem to be on the way to face for more this. Today, minut...

As of posting this episode, Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader has been assassinated in Tehran, Iran on July 31, 2024. So have some top Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon and some Hamas commanders in Gaza. Last night on August 12, 2024 Israel Defense Forces(The Tzahal) went on Peak Alertness with the expectation of an Iranian attack as Iran readied its missiles and drones. As of August 13, this morning...

This is in continuation of the previous episode on Israel Palestine Conflict. It brings in a few more perspectives including a comparison of Israel with Pakistan and India with Palestine. In case of India, it understood the stark reality of its partition and the creation of an artificial state of Pakistan from within it along religious lines. India took the path of a secular republic, six years la...

Urge you to watch this: A Palestinian and an Israeli, Face to Face | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0juLRi90kRg After the October 7 attacks by Hamas and other groups on Israeli civilians, Israel has embarked on a series of offences that have lasted over 7 months by now. In the October 7 attacks many Israeli lives were lost. In the military actions that have followed...

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Indo Greeks(Bactrians), Indo-Scythians(Shakas), Indo-Parthians, Kushanas all came and ruled parts of northern India. Kanishka the Great was the most famous among all these rulers. They accepted Indian cultures, beliefs and added it to their own. Many of their rulers are today known for their religious tolerance. In this episode we shall cover the details of the Central Asian rulers(their origins o...

Democracies, Politicians and the games they play have been known since ancient times. Remember Theron from the movie 300. Many(maybe not most) politicians are like Theron pretending to be Leonidas. True test of a democracy is whether politicians can be criticised and taken down in verbal duels as any other man/woman. A true democracy is not a place where politicians(or their family) can get away w...

During the time of the Mauryan Empire in India we see the rise of Qin Shi Huangdi in China after the period of Warring States. In Europe there were the Punic Wars that Roman Empire Won. In India, Mauryan Empire saw further development of the second phase of Urbanisation that started in 6th century BC.

The Mauryan Economy was much ahead of much of rest of the world. They used currency had taxation and the state took it upon itself to build roads and infrastructure. The products from India were seen in Egypt and Vietnam. All this was made possible due to the surplus agricultural wealth made possible by availability of Iron, furnaces and production of better quality Iron.

Administration of Mauryan Empire was complex. Megasthenes and Greek writers have called a it a centralised top down system. But this was probably not centralised when we use the term in the modern sense. It had 4 main administrative regions apart from the capital region. The military was well organised and there was a strong regulated bureaucracy. Senior officials were well paid. There were hierar...

The story of Ashoka the Great. The Emperor of the Mauryan Empire of India.