The full form of RTGS is real-time gross settlement. RTGS helps in transferring funds or securities instantly. You can read about the RBI - Know... View Article
The full form of UTR is Unique Transaction Reference (UTR) number. UTR reference number helps in identifying a RTGS, IMPS or NEFT transaction.... View Article
As per guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the validity period of cheque from the date of issue is 3 months. These guidelines came into... View Article
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was established by the RBI and Indian Banks Association (IBA). The purpose of creating NPCI was to... View Article
The Marathas won Delhi in 1757, but this gain would be reversed following the third battle of Panipat. It would only be in 1771 when they would... View Article
The Maratha Empire was founded by Chhatrapati Shivaji. Its formation was a result of the chaos and misrule that prevailed in the Deccans in the... View Article
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in order to end the conflict between the East India Company on one side and the Nawabs of Bengal and Awadh and... View Article
The last European peoples to arrive in India were the French under the auspices of the French East India Company. The French East India... View Article
England became so powerful because of the following reasons: England had a powerful navy that outlassed most of its European rivals in terms of... View Article
The Lytton Report argued that Japan’s control of Manchuria was against international law and recommended that it should be an autonomous... View Article
The forward policy followed under the Viceroyalty of Lord Lytton was a set of foreign policies applicable to territorial ambitions and disputes... View Article
The Ring-Fence policy was a doctrine enacted by Warren Hasting which involved defending their neighbors' frontiers in order to safeguard their... View Article
Following the end of the second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, the Kohinoor was given by Duleep Singh to Lord Dalhousie as part of the treaty of Lahore.... View Article
Maharaja Ranjit Singh won Lahore in July 1799. This event would lead to the formation of the powerful Sikh Empire that would dominate the... View Article
Lala Lajpat Rai is known as the Lion of Punjab. He was an independence activist who played a crucial role in the Independence movement. Lala... View Article
The decline of the Sikh Empire can be attributed to the following factors: The death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh led to internal corruption and... View Article
The Sikh Empire was defeated in a series of conflicts with the British Empire known as the Anglo-Sikh Wars. The cause for the downfall of the... View Article
Punjab was conquered by the East India Company in 1849. It was one of the last regions of the Indian subcontinent to fall to the British. In... View Article
The Arab Umayyads carried further military campaigns in India after the conquest of Sindh in 712 AD. Major arab expeditions were defeated by:... View Article
