History Flashcards
who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got its independence?
Clement Attlee
Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara was written by
Mohammad Iqbal
who was the author of ‘Rajtarangini’ commonly regarded as the first genuine history of India
Author: Kalhana
Original language: Sanskrit
Rajatarangini, (Sanskrit: “River of Kings”) historical chronicle of early India, written in Sanskrit verse by the Kashmiri Brahman Kalhana in 1148, that is justifiably considered to be the best and most authentic work of its kind.
which Indian ruler was known as “Plato of his tribe”?
Maharaja Suraj Mal
Maharaja Suraj Mal was the ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India. A contemporary historian has described him as “ the Plato of the Jat people” and by a modern writer as the “ Jat Odysseus” because of his political sagacity, steady intellect, and clear vision.
which act formally introduced the principle of the election in India for the first time?
The Indian Councils Act 1909:
- formally introduced for the first time the principle of elections to the legislative councils
- gave general power to the government of India to disallow politically dangerous candidates
- kept income qualification of Muslims lower than that of Hindus for voting
Sati Pratha was declared illegal in British India during the Regime of
Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.
The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829, by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck. The regulation described the practice of Sati as revolting to the feelings of human nature
who first translated Bhagavad Gita into English?
Charles Wilkins
In 1785, the Bhagavad Gita was first translated into English by Charles Wilkins and published as “Bhagvat-Geeta or Dialogues of Krishna and Arjoon” by the British East India Company with an introduction by Lord Warren Hastings, the first British Governor-General of India.
during the time of which Mughal Emperor did the East India Company established its first factory?
emperor Jahangir
In 1615, Sir Thomas Roe, an English emissary of King James I reached out to the court of the then Mughal emperor Jahangir (1605-1627), in order to get a farman to establish a factory at Surat.
which was the first newspaper to be published in India
Hickey’s Bengal Gazette
Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in jail for debt.
under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi in the civil disobedience movement started in 1930 from
Sabarmati
It began with the famous Dandi March of Gandhi. On 12 March 1930, Gandhi left the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmadabad on foot with 78 other members of the Ashram for Dandi, a village on the western sea-coast of India, at a distance of about 385 km from Ahmadabad.
Natya Shastra the main source of India’s classical dances was written by
Bharat Muni
the grant of Diwani of Bengal Bihar and Orissa is associated with
Great Mughal Shah Alam
Grant of the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company by the Great Mughal Shah Alam (1765) Introduction: After Robert Clive had conquered Bengal in 1757, imposing a Nawab (governor) of his choice, the Great Mughal offered him the Diwani (civil administration) of the province.
Last British Emperor of India was
First monarch: Victoria
Last monarch: George VI
the capital of India was transferred from Kolkata to Delhi in the year of
12 December 1911
On 12 December 1911, during the Delhi Durbar, George V, then Emperor of India, along with Queen Mary, his Consort, made the announcement that the capital of the Raj was to be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi while laying the foundation stone for the Viceroy’s residence in the Coronation Park, Kingsway Camp.
the first Shaka king in India was
Maues
The first Shaka king in India was Maues or Moga (c. So B.C.), who established Shaka power in Gandhara. His successor, Azes, successfully attacked the last of the Greek kings in northern India, Hippostratos.
Sher Shah is well known for his administrative skill specialist
land revenue system
A monument resembling Taj Mahal was created by Aurangzeb in
Aurangabad
Bibi Ka Maqbara
In the following years, her tomb was repaired by her son Azam Shah under Aurangzeb’s orders. Bibi Ka Maqbara was the largest structure that Aurangzeb had to his credit and bears a striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum of Dilras’ mother-in-law, Empress Mumtaz Mahal, who herself died in childbirth.
the maximum work in popularising the female education in the 19th century was done by
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
he strongly protested against polygamy and child marriage. He also favored widow remarriage and women’s education in India. Due to his contribution to such issues, the Widow Remarriage Act was passed in 1856. It made the marriage of widows legal. He worked towards providing education to women.
the most earned ruler of Delhi Sultanate was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
He was the Sultan of Delhi and his father name is Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq.
the permanent settlement was introduced to
to fix the land revenue.
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was brought into effect by the East India Company headed by the Governor-General Lord Cornwallis in 1793. This was basically an agreement between the company and the Zamindars to fix the land revenue.
which modern Indian historian
and has described the events of 1857 as “neither first nor national nor a war independence
R.C. Majumdar
the earliest codified laws (Civil and Criminal) that defined and demarcated for the first time in India during 335-345 AD was followed in the
Sakka Region
the famous Queen Chand Bibi who fought gallantly against Akbar belong to
Ahmednagar
Chand Bibi is best known for defending
Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar in 1595. Chand Bibi was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah I and Ahmednagar, and the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk the Sultan of Ahmednagar.
which Indian ruler established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines
Tipu Sultan
established embassies in Egypt, France, and Turkey on modern lines.
what was the political cause of the 1857 revolt?
The doctrine of Lapse or Dalhousie’s Annexation Policy
The main political cause for the great revolt of 1857 was the policy of Doctrine of Lapse. It was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie as per which any princely state or territory under the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler died without a male heir.
which governor-general created the covenanted civil service of India was later came to know as Indian Civil Service
Charles Cornwallis
Hence, Charles Cornwallis is known as ‘the father of civil service in India’. Cornwallis introduced two divisions of the Indian Civil service—covenanted and uncovenanted. The covenanted civil service consisted of only Europeans (i.e., British personnel) occupying the higher posts in the government
who were the official Congress negotiators with Cripps mission
Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad
On 11 March 1942, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the British Cabinet, would be sent to India from 22 March to 11 April to work out a formula for India’s participation in the war and partial transfer of power acceptable to all three, the Hindu and Muslim parties in India
who wrote mudrarakshasa?
Vishakhadatta
Mudrarakshasa. The Mudrarakshasa (IAST: Mudrārākṣasa, The Signet of the Minister) is a Sanskrit-language play by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya ( r . c. 324 – c. 297 BCE) to power in India. The play is an example of creative writing, but not entirely fictional.
Lumbini is a place where Buddha
Born
who destroyed the Somnath Temple in Gujarat
Mahmud of Ghazni
In 1024, during the reign of Bhima I, the prominent Turkic Muslim ruler Mahmud of Ghazni raided Gujarat, plundering the Somnath temple and breaking its jyotirlinga. He took away a booty of 20 million dinars.
Prophet Muhammad was born in
571 AD
when was the first world war declared
28 July 1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
the Mughal Emperor Akbar died in the year of
27 October 1605
who was the founder editor of Kesari?
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
the British East India Company was formally dissolved by an act of parliament of United Kingdom called
East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act
The East India Company itself was formally dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1874. Thus began the British Raj, direct imperial rule of India by the British state.
which ruler is considered as the contemporary of the poet Tulsidas
Akbar
Tulsidas wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi; he is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama’s life in the vernacular Awadhi dialect of Hindi. He was a contemporary of Akbar.
when was the National Anthem of India first sung?
27 December 1911, Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress
“Jana Gana Mana ” is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritised (Tatsama) Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It was first sung in [1] Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911.
Chili pepper and tobacco were introduced in India by
Portuguese traders,
who – aware of its trade value and resemblance to the spiciness of black pepper – promoted its commerce in the Asian spice trade routes. It was introduced in India by the Portuguese towards the end of the 15th century.
who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of Sajda?
Ghiyasuddin Balban
which is widely regarded as a milestone in the field of education in India
Hunter Commission Report
The commission submitted its report on 26th May 1920. In it, the majority of the members reprimanded Dyer for a ‘mistaken concept of duty’. It concluded that the gathering was not the result of a conspiracy by Indians.
Public Works Department was set up in India by
Lord Dalhousie
CPWD came into existence in July 1854 when Lord Dalhousie established a central agency for execution of public works and set up Ajmer Provincial Division. It has now grown into a comprehensive construction management department, which provides services from project concept to completion, and maintenance management.
the theory of economic drain from India to England was propounded by
Dadabhai Naoroji’s
work focused on the drain of wealth from India to England during the colonial rule of British in India. One of the reasons that the Drain theory is attributed to Naoroji is his decision to estimate the net national profit of India, and by extension, the effect that colonization has on the country.
the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress held in September 1920 passed a resolution which led to the
Non-Cooperation Movement
the policy of British East India company in during the period of 1813- 1858 is described as
The policy of Subordinate Isolation
which event LED Rabindranath Tagore to renounced his knighthood
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
He was awarded a knighthood by King George V in the 1915 Birthday Honours, but Tagore renounced it after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
assigning which pact with Gandhiji did Ambedkar give up his demand for separate election
Poona Pact
Vande Mataram is composed by
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
“Vande Mataram” (also pronounced “Bande Mataram”) (IAST: Vande Mātaram) ( transl. Mother, I bow to thee) is a Bengali poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1870s, which he included in his 1882 novel Anandamath. The poem was first sung by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896.
the person who conceptualized the idea of Pakistan
Mohammed Iqbal
Actually the idea of a separate state in the sub-continent was first espoused by Mohammed Iqbal during an address to the Muslim League in 1930. The name ‘Pakistan’ was coined by a Cambridge student Rahmat Ali and was published on 28 January 1933 in the pamphlet Now or Never
