Tag: india's contemporary economic condition

The fleet of  Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama landed Calicut, in 1498. There the King of Calicut, the Samudiri received them with traditional hospitality and a grand procession.

Portuguese were the first to discover a direct sea route to India from Europe via Atlantic Ocean. The voyage was undertaken by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who on May 17, 1498, landed in near Calicut in Kerala.

The first passenger railway operated in Great Britain in 1825 between Stockton and Darlington. It used a steam locomotive built by George Stephenson .

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. He was born in 1460 in the town of Sines in Portugal.

Agriculture is essential to fulfill the need for food. Therefore, a vast system needs to be created which includes factories to manufacture tools and equipment used for farming, banks to provide loans to farmers, a market for the goods produced, etc. The existence of many systems makes  a stable society.

Sir Henry Bessemer was a prominent British engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He developed the first cost-efficient process for the manufacture of steel in 1856.

The first commercially successful steam locomotive named as  "Locomotion No. 1" was created by George Stephenson. It was used to carry passengers on a first public rail line in Britain, between the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 .

The first ever prototype of Davy’s miner’s safety lamp. Created in 1815, it was designed to be lit safely for miners to use without allowing the heat from the flame to explode the concentration of methane gas often found as miners dug deeper.