Tag: history

In 1887, Charles Booth conducted the first social survey of low-skilled London workers in the East End of London. He found that as many as 1 million Londoners were very poor and were expected to live only up to an average age of 29.

The rent control Act of 1918 was passed in the Bombay Presidency. It was passed to keep the rent under control as the private landlords charged high rents from the poor migrants and provided them with low-quality housing. This Act was not successful as it created a housing crisis and houses were not available for the migrants and they were put to a lot of hardship.

During the First World War London began manufacturing motor cars and electric goods, and the number of large factories increased until they accounted for nearly one-third of all jobs in the city.

Libraries, art galleries and museums were established in the nineteenth century to provide people with a sense of history and pride in the British achievements.

The company appointed a paid servant called gomastha to supervise weavers, collect supplies, and examine the quality of cloth.

Its population multiplied fourfold in the 70 years between 1810 and 1880, increasing from 1 million to about 4 million.

Bombay became the capital of Bombay Presidency in 1819, after the Maratha defeat in the Anglo-Maratha war.

As established in the history of Bombay, the island was transferred from the Portuguese to the British as part of the dowry for the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza.

The principle of the Garden City was developed by architect and planner Ebenezer Howard to solve the problem of the growing congestion and pollution of the city of London. The Garden City was a pleasant space full of plants and trees, where people would both work and live.

Banaras Hindu University is a central public university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the oldest universities established in 1916 by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Annie Besant.