8 = EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POLITICAL FORMATIONS Flashcards
death og auranzed
1707
battle of karnal
1739 —–Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran, vs mohammad shah rangila
This invasion was followed by a series of plundering raids by the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali, who invaded north India five times between 1748 and 1761
the only Rajput state which defied Mughal authority
wewar
Sawai Jai Singh,
the ruler of Amber
constructed five
astronomical
observatories,
one each in
Delhi, Jaipur,
Ujjain, Mathura
and Varanasi.
constructed five
astronomical
observatories,
Sawai Jai Singh,
the ruler of Amber
the Khalsa
rose in revolt against the Mughal authority under
banda bahadur
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, reunited these groups and
established his capital at
lahore 1799
became the capital of the Maratha kingdom.
pune
founder of marata kingdom
shivaji
gurmatas
take collective decisions known as “resolutions of
the Guru
the Sikhs organised themselves into a
number of bands called
jathas, and later on misls
Their combined forces were known as
Their combined forces were known as
A system called ———- was
introduced, offering protection to cultivators on the
payment of a tax of 20 per cent of the produce.
rakhi
Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
Chauth
25 per cent of the land revenue claimed by zamindars. In the
Deccan, this was collected by the Marathas.
Sardeshmukhi9 –10 per cent of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector in the Deccan.
third battle of Panipat
1761
