Indus valley civilization, which flourished between 2800 BC and 1800 BC, had an advanced and flourishing economic system. The Indus valley people practiced agriculture, domesticated animals, made tools and weapons from copper, bronze and tin and even traded with some Middle East countries.

Agriculture was the main economic activity of the people in the Vedic age but with the second urbanization a number of urban centers grew in North India. This gave a major fillip to trade and commerce. Th...

In the year 1919, one of the tragic incidents in the worlds history happened that is “JALLIANWALA BAGH” tragedy. Bhagat singh was 12 years old at that time. He was very much disturbed by that incident. At the age of 13,  he decided to go with the freedom movement. He asked permission of his father Kishan singh, his father allowed him to take part in the freedom movement. First he fought against the foreign cloths and encouraged to use the khadi cloths, which was initiated by MK Gandhi.

The East India Company had the unusual distinction of ruling an entire country. Its origins were much humbler. On 31 December 1600, a group of merchants who had incorporated themselves into the East India Company were given monopoly privileges on all trade with the East Indies. The Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608. Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, as the emissary of King James I in 1615, and gained for the British the right...