The important provisions of the 1st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951 are as follows: Empowered the state to make special provisions for the... View Article
The Twelfth Amendment Act, 1962 incorporated Goa, Daman and Diu in the Indian Union. India acquired the three territories such as Goa, Daman and... View Article
A constitution is not merely a statement of values and philosophy. But, a constitution is mainly about embodying these values into institutional... View Article
The right to live with human dignity is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 in the Indian Constitution. It means that every... View Article
There are in general four essentials of the tort of defamation. These include: There must be a defamatory statement. The defamatory statement... View Article
Article 14 (Right to Equality), 19 (Right to Freedom) and 21 (Right to Life and Liberty) are popularly known as the ‘golden triangle’ of the... View Article
Article 22 grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained. Article 22 has two parts - the first part deals with the cases of ordinary... View Article
In the Mughal Empire, Jagirdars were holders of land assignments in lieu of assigned duties towards the empire such as police, judiciary etc, ... View Article
Mir Bakshi was the head of the Military Administration in the Mughal Empire. The responsibility of Mir Baksh was to gather intelligence and make... View Article
Iqta refers to the land grant while Jagirdari was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar... View Article
The Tanka and Jital were introduced by the Delhi Sultan Iltutmish. Becoming the basis for the subsequent coinage of the sultanate, the Tanka was... View Article
An Iqta holder is called an Iqtadar. Iqta was a form of tax farming prevalent in the Middle-East and Asia during the middle ages. For further... View Article
Sultan Alauddin Khilji is known to have the largest standing army as a result of his military reforms. For further reading check the following... View Article
The Dagh was a system of branding horses specifically for wars. These horses would undergo special training to be elite horses. The system was... View Article
Lakh Baksh is usually referred to those who give away property and wealth to the needy and poor. The most famous of these was Sultan Qutub-ud-din... View Article
The Iqta system was a unique type of land distribution and administrative system introduced during the reign of Iltutmish. In the Iqta system the... View Article
The Iqta system was abolished by Alauddin Khilji in order to bring the small fiefs under central authority. It is widely regarded as an important... View Article
Shamsa ud-din Iltutmish of the Delhi Sultanate is credited with introducing the Iqta system in India. The concept was based on Muhammad Ghori’s... View Article
