HISTORY AND CULTURE Flashcards
WHAT IS SHATAKANTHA RAVANA?
100 HEADED RAVANA IN KARNATAKA’s LEATHER SHADOW PUPPET TRADITION (TOGALU GOMBEYAATA).
WHAT IS PALKHI FESTIVAL?
1000 YEAR OLD TRADITION FOLLOWED BY WARKARI SECT, PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THE CUSTOM CALLED WARI.
PALKHI FESTIVAL SHOWCASES THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF_________ CULTURE?
MAHARASHTRIAN.
WHAT DOES PEOPLE DO IN PALKHI FESTIVAL?
SINGING, DANCING AND CHANTING DNYANBA-TUKARAM IN DINDIS (A GROUP OF WARKARIS) TO THE HOLY TOWN OF PANDHARPUR.
WHERE IS THE MAIN SEAT( PEETH) OF VARKARI SECT SITUATED AND WHO IS THE PRESIDING DEITY THERE?
PANDHARPUR, VITHOBA OR VITTHAL (VISHNU) IS PRESIDING DEITY.
WHO INTRODUCED PALKHI AND WHEN ?
1685 TUKARAM’s YOUNGEST SON NARAYAN BABA WISHED TO BRING SOME CHANGES IN THE DINDI- WARI TRADITION BY INTRODUCING THE PALKHI WHICH IS A SIGN OF SOCIAL RESPECT.
WHO ARE THE TEACHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THE WARKARI MOVEMENT?
DNYANESHWAR
TUKARAM
NAMDEV
CHOKHAMELA.
BORN IN THE YAVATMAL DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA, HE JOINED THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE AT THE AGE OF 17, WITH THE BLESSINGS OF MAHATMA GANDHI. HE PUT UP STIFF RESISTANCE TO THE BRITISH BY LOOTING THE NIZAM’s BANK, REPLACING THE UNION JACK WITH TRICOLOR IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ESTABLISHING THE BRANCH OF AZAD HIND SENA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE AND UNDERTAKING A 400- MILE PADYATRA UNDER BHARAT CHHODO ANDOLAN TO GENERATE AWARENESS AMONG THE CITIZENS FOR WHICH HE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE JABALPUR JAIL FOR 21 MONTHS. IN A TRIBUTE TO HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION, THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RELEASED A 5 RUPEE POSTAGE STAMP IN 2005 AND A 100 RUPEE COIN IN 2023. WHO IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THIS?
JAWAHARLAL DARDA.
GONGADI SHAWLS IS THE ANCIENT WOOL CRAFT OF?
TELANGANA.
HOW ARE GONGADI SHAWLS MADE?
MADE ORGANICALLY WITHOUT USING ANY COLOUR.
WHICH SHEEP’s WOOL IS USED TO MAKE GONGADI SHAWLS?
ROUGH AND COARSE WOOL OF HARDY DECCANI SHEEP LOCALLY KNOWN AS NALLA GORRAE.
GONGADI SHAWLS ARE CREATED BY WHICH COMMUNITIES?
KURUMA AND KURUBA PASTORAL COMMUNITIES.
CAPITAL OF MARATHA QUEEN AHILYABAI HOLKAR BETWEEN 1766-95?
MAHESHWAR.
WHO SHIFTED THE HOLKAR DYNASTY’s CAPITAL TO INDORE AND WHEN?
MALHAR RAO HOLKAR III IN 1818.
WHO SEPARATED THE STATE’s REVENUE FROM THE PERSONAL USE OF THE RULING FAMILY IN HOLKAR DYNASTY?
AHILYABAI HOLKAR.
IDENTIFICATION OF DEVANAMPIYA AND ASHOKA AS THE SAME PERSON IS ESTABLISHED BY WHICH INSCRIPTION/S?
MASKI AND GUJARRA INSCRIPTIONS WHICH USE BOTH THESE TERMS FOR THE KING.
NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX IS LOCATED IN?
INDUS VALLEY REGION OF LOTHAL (GUJARAT).
NODAL MINISTRY OF NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX?
MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS.
FUNDING SOURCE OF NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX?
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES, ORGANIZATIONS AND CSR.
HUL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN?
1855.
LEADERS OF HUL OR SANTHAL REVOLUTION?
SIDHU MANJHI, KANHU MURMU, CHAND AND BHAIRAV MURMU. FOUR BROTHERS.
REGION OF HUL REBELLION?
DAMIN-I-KOH REGION (SKIRTS OF THE HILLS)
○ PRESENT DAY JHARKHAND AROUND RAJMAHAL HILLS.
REASON FOR HUL REBELLION?
● IT WAS AN ORGANIZED WAR AGAINST COLONIALISM LED BY THE SANTALS, STANDING AGAINST THE OPPRESSION BY THE BRITISH AND THEIR COLLABORATORS SUCH AS ZAMINDARS, THE POLICE.
SIGNIFICANCE OF HUL DIWAS?
HUL DIWAS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE SANTAL REBELLION.
WHO WERE SANTALS, WHERE DID THEY CAME FROM?
● SANTAL PEOPLE OR SANTALIS WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF MODERN DAY SANTHAL PARGANA.
● THEY HAD MIGRATED FROM THE BIRBHUM AND MANBHUM REGIONS (PRESENT DAY BENGAL).
● 1770 FAMINE IN BENGAL CAUSED THE SANTALS TO BEGIN MOVING AND SOON THE BRITISH TURNED TO THEM FOR HELP.
WHICH FREEDOM FIGHTER IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS MANYAM VEERUDU?
ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU.
MANYAM VEERUDU (JUNGLE WARRIOR).
ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU FOUGHT AGAINST WHICH OPPRESSIVE ACT?
MADRAS FOREST ACT, 1882.
WHERE ARE REMAINS OF ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU BURIED AT?
KRISHNADEVI PETA IN VISHAKHAPATNAM.
WHICH REBELLION WAS LED BY ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU?
RAMPA REBELLION.
RAMPA REBELLION IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS?
MANYAM UPRISING.
LOCATION OF RAMPA REBELLION?
MADRAS (ANDHRA PRADESH).
TIME PERIOD OF RAMPA REBELLION?
IT BEGAN IN AUGUST 1922 AND LASTED UNTIL RAJU GOT ARRESTED AND MURDERED IN MAY 1924.
FLASHPOINT OF RAMPA REBELLION?
THE MADRAS FOREST ACT, 1882 WAS PASSED, WHICH RESTRICTED THE FREE MOVEMENT OF THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND PROHIBITED THEM FROM ENGAGING IN THEIR TRADITIONAL PODU AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM.
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RAMPA REBELLION?
● THE BRITISH RAJ AIMED TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC UTILITY OF LANDS IN THE GODAVARI AGENCY, AN AREA KNOWN FOR ITS ABUNDANCE OF MALARIA AND BLACKWATER SICKNESS.
● TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WERE HAMPERED WHEN THE STATE AQUIRED THE CONTROL OF THE FORESTS, MAINLY FOR COMMERCIAL OBJECTIVES SUCH AS FOR CONSTRUCTING RAILWAYS AND SHIPS, WITH NO CONSIDERATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S NECESSITIES.
JOTO MOT TOTO POTH (THERE ARE AS MANY PATHS AS THERE ARE OPINIONS) SAYING THAT NOT EVERY PATH LEADS TO THE SAME DESTINATION IS TEACHING OF?
RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHANSA.
WHAT DOES LAMKA MEANS?
IT MEANS CROSSROADS IN KUKI DIALECTS- CAN BE TRACED TO THE 1917-1919 ANGLO-KUKI WAR.
REASON OF ANGLO KUKI WAR OF 1917-1919?
IT WAS A RESULT OF KUKI CHIEFS OPPOSING BRITISH DEMANDS FOR RECRUITING PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR CORPS FOR WORLD WAR 1 (BETWEEN 1914 AND 1918).
SALIMGARH FORT WAS BUILT BY?
SALIM SHAH SURI IN 1546 ON A RIVERINE ISLAND.
SHAH JAHAN’s ORIGINAL CITY HAD 14 GATES, INCLUDING THE WATER GATE WHICH WAS KNOWN AS?
KHIZRI GATE.
WHEN IT WAS INAUGURATED, SHAH JAHAN ENTERED THE FORT THROUGH THE __________ DARWAZA. THERE WAS A JASHN-E-MAHTABI AND THE QILA WAS ILLUMINATED BY CANDLES. IT IS THROUGH THIS SAME GATE THAT BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR LEFT ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1857 AFTER THE FALL OF DELHI.
KHIZRI GATE.
YAMUNA RIVER BEGAN TO MOVE AWAY AS RIVERS DO IN THE TIME OF WHICH SULTAN?
MUHAMMAD SHAH RANGILA
(REIGN 1719-48).
NAMDA ART IS PRACTICED WHERE?
KASHMIR.
FABRIC OF NAMDA ART?
NAMDA ARE FELTED RUGS THAT ARE MADE BY ENMESHING WOOL FIBRES WITH WATER, SOAP AND PRESSURE AND THEN EMBROIDERING THE RESULTANT FABRIC.
QUALITY OF WOOL AND QUANTITY OF COTTON USED IN NAMDA ART?
LOW QUALITY WOOL AND SMALL QUANTITY OF COTTON IS USED.
COTTAGE INDUSTRIES OF NAMDA ART ARE CONCENTRATED IN?
● ANANTNAG
● RAINAWARI
● BARAMULA
MIHIR BHOJ WAS THE RULER OF THE ____________ DYNASTY IN THE___________ CENTURY.
GURJARA PRATIHARA DYNASTY IN THE 9TH CENTURY.
CAPITAL OF GURJARA PRATIHARA DYNASTY?
KANNAUJ.
TITLES GIVEN TO MIHIR BHOJ?
VARAHA AND PRABHAS IN HONOUR OF VISHNU.
GWALIOR PRASHASTI IS ASSOCIATED WITH?
MIHIR BHOJ’S ACHIEVEMENTS.
WHAT IS SIMLA CONVENTION?
CHINA DISPUTES THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE MCMOHAN LINE, THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TIBET AND BRITISH INDIA THAT WAS AGREED AT THE SIMLA CONVENTION OF 1914, AND INDIA’S INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SOVEREIGNTY OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
AFTER ANNEXATION OF KINGDOM OF NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH HE WAS EXILED TO?
GARDEN REACH IN METIABRUZ, A SUBURB OF KOLKATA.
NEW RAGAS COMPOSED BY NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH AND THE LIGHT CLASSICAL FORM CREATED BY HIM?
NEW RAGAS- JOGI, JUHI, SHAH-PASAND ETC
LIGHT CLASSICAL FORM- THUMRI.
NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH CONTRIBUTIONS TO DANCE?
○ HE INTRODUCED KATHAK, A MAJOR FORM OF CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE AS A COURT DANCE AFTER THE DECLINE OF MUGHALS FOR RECREATION ACTIVITY.
○ THE KING INTRODUCED THE JOGIA JASHAN, A MAGNIFICENT EVENT FEATURING RAHAS (DANCE DRAMA), POETRY, LYRICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND KATHAK PERFORMANCES PAVING THE WAY FOR THE GROWTH OF HINDUSTANI THEATRE.