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PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS BRANCHES

  What is psychology?  The answer for this question includes various definitions. As a student of education, lets discuss and understand the basic definition of psychology and its branches. “PSYCHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE” – Langfield. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY             Psychology  can be defined as the study of mind and behaviour . It encompasses the biological influences, social pressures and environmental factors that affect how people think, act and feel. The word Psychology is dervied from the Greek letter Ψ "Psi ". It is the combination of two words 'psyche' and 'logus'. Psyche means soul and logus means science. Thus, psychology can be defined as the Science of the soul. It is also referred as the Science of mind and the Science of behaviour by various scholars.  Psychology helps you to understand the mental activities, experiences, and behaviour of humans. It deals with the experiences of Conscious, Sub-conscious a...

AKBAR

  JALALUDDIN MOHAMMED AKBAR  (1556-1605)           After the death of Humayun, his son Akbar came to power in 1556 CE. Akbar was born on 1542 CE. He became a king at the age of 14. As Akbar lost his father he was brought up by his step mother Maham Anaga. Akbar's guardian name was Bairam khan. Later, he killed Bairam khan and brought his family to delhi In Early stage of rule, Akbar ruled his empire under the advisory of his step mother. So, it was known as petticoat government. His step mother wanted her own son to ascend the crown. But later, Akbar killed him. Akbar gave a post of Khan-i-kanna i.e poet laureate to Bairam khan's son Abdul rahim.  FIRST BATTLE: HEMU VS AKBAR             Akbar faced his first battle at panipet, 1556. The battle of panipet II was between the Afghan ruler Adil shah(king), Hemu (commander-in cheif) and Akbar. In that war, Hemu became blind because of an arrow attacked on his eyes. Fortuna...

STATUS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ENGLISH TODAY

  STATUS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ENGLISH TODAY INTRODUCTION:             ENGLISH is a popular language, known all around the world. It is a West Germanic language of Indo-European family. It was originally spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England and named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples who were migrated to the area of Great Britain. English is the most spoken language in the world and the third-most spoken native language in the world. It is the most widely learned second language and it is official language of more than 67 countries. Now, it is considered to be the “World’s Official Language” (common official language of world) and it is the Co-Official language of the United States, European Union and many other international organizations.                                 ✒  " THE ENGLISH LANG...

Indestructible Mughal Empire

As in the previous post, we came to know about Delhi Sultanates. From that point of perspective, India urged to accept many invasions and many conquerors as its king. One of such greatest eras was the rule of the Mughal Kingdom. No one can deny its reign which marked many establishments and even many destructions. Let's hustle to know about the Mughal Kingdom and its rulers. MUGHALS(1526-1707) The last Delhi Sultanate was the Lodi Dynasty where Ibrahim Lodi was the ruler. To defeat Ibrahim Lodi his close relatives Daulat Khan Lodi, Dilvara Lodi, and Rana Sanga persuaded Babur who conquered Kabul and Gazini. Babur had also an intense motive to rule Hindustan. Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Panipat in 1526 and laid his footprint in India as the great Mughal Emperor.  BABUR (1483-1530). JAHIRUDDIN MUHAMED BABUR Babur was born in Uzbekistan in 1483. His real name was " Jahiruddin Muhamed Babur" which means trustworthy person. Babur was a descendant of Timur from...

DELHI SULTANATES

  DELHI SULTANATES             As we know from our previous posts, Delhi sultanates were of Turkish origin and their leader was Khalifa and we known about their dynasties. In this post, we are going to know about their Trade/ Business, Architecture, Education and some other historical facts and information of Delhi Sultanates period. TRADE & BUSINESS:           Many new inventions came into India during this period of sultanates.   Paper- making technology, Spinning wheels, treadle discovered by Chinese were came into India. These technologies helped in trade & business. Spinning wheel enlarged the yarn production and developed the trade. Sericulture was introduced during this period. Sericulture centre was established in Bengal. ARCHITECTURE:           Building activities were largely developed using bricks and mort...

SAYYID DYNASTY AND LODHI DYNASTY

SAYYID DYNASTY(1414-1451) Tuglaq dynasty came to end by the invasion led by Timur who was a Turk. He appointed Khizr Khan to oversee after the Tuglaq dynasty Timur and Khizr Khan Khizr Khan founded the Sayyid Dynasty. There is nothing much about the conquest and rule of this dynasty. There comes many rulers to rule the Dynasty. The last ruler of this Dynasty had a specific quality. He denied the royal privilege and led a normal life with his people. His name was Alauddin Alam Shah. So this Dynasty ended. This gave way for the new Dynasty to form.  LODI DYNASTY Lodi Dynasty was the last dynasty in Delhi Sultanate.  Bahlul Lodi Bahlul Lodi was the founder of the Lodi Dynasty. Then came Sikander Lodi who has created Agra and kept his capital. Lodi Dynasty has many loopholes and doesn't have any unity to survive with power as sultan. They often fought for the throne. No one had the responsibility to conquer the lands and expand the territory. Within the family, there were a lot of...

TUGLAQ DYNASTY

  TUGHLAQ DYNASTY    After the decline of Khaliji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty came into power in 1320 CE.   GHIYAS-UD-DIN TUGHLAQ (1320-1325):                   Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq founded this dynasty. His other name was Khazi Malik. He reigned only for nearly five years upto 1325. Khazi Malik died in 1325.  MOHAMED-BIN TUGHLAQ (1325-1351):                After Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq's death, his son Junakhan became the ruler. Junakhan changed his name as  Mohamed-bin Tughlaq .  He made many expiditions. He defeated warangal ruler and captured it. He brought many changes during his reign. But, it didn't brought him great success. He changed his capital from Delhi to Devagiri. He changed his capital name as Daulahadabad. But it had drawbacks. The capital was in the centre of his empire. So, it had many difficulties. The soldiers who were in boundaries felt difficult in ...