History - Modern India Flashcards
___ received Vasco da Gama when he arrived at port of Calicut [1498].
Zamorin, King of Calicut
Initial capital of Portuguese
Cochin
- later shifted to Goa by Cunha
First Governor of Portuguese in India
Francisco Almedia
- introduced the ‘policy of blue water’
____ introduced policy of imperialism in India
Albuquerque
- arrived in 1503
First Portuguese factory was established here
Calicut, Kerala
Dutch lost to British in this battle.
Battle of Bedera [1759]
English East India Company was started by a group of merchants called ___.
Merchant Adventures in 1599
____ visited Jahangir’s court for permission to trade in India
Sir Thomas Roe
- ambassador of King James I
First factory of East India Company was set up here.
Surat
The Danes arrived in India in 1616 and set up their establishment in ___ & ___.
Tranquebar [Tamil Nadu] & Serampore [Bengal]
French East India Company was set up by ____. The first was set up in ___ and then in ___.
Colbert, Surat, Masulipatnam
- under Louise XIV
___ & ___ revived the French power in India in 1700s.
Lenoir & Dumas
___ founded Hyderabad in 1724.
Nizam-ul-Mulk
- aka Chin Qilich Khan
- supported British in Revolt of 1857
Founder of Awadh.
Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
Haider defeated the British in this war.
First Anglo-Mysore War, 1769
- died in 2nd Anglo-Mysore War
___ planted the Tree of Liberty in Srirangapatnam.
Tipu Sultan
- succeeded Haider Ali
- member of Jacobian Club
- died in 4th Anglo-Mysore War
First Nawab of Bengal
Murshid Quli Khan
- transferred capital from Dacca to Murshidabad
This treaty was signed in 1757 between Robert Clive of the British East India Company, and the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daula
The Treaty of Alinagar
The Black Hole Tragedy of 1756 occurred here.
Fort William, Calcutta
- Siraj ud-Daulah held British prisoners of war
Siraj-ud-Daula lost to the British in this battle.
Battle of Plassey, 1757
First British Governor of the Bengal
Robert Clive
- in 1765
____ ended the dual system of Government in India in 1772
Warren Hastings
- first Governor-General of Bengal
The first Carnatic war between these two armies ended in the treaty of ____.
France & England
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
The second Carnatic war ended in the treaty of ____.
Treaty of Pondicherry / Godehu
____ invented the Gurmukhi script for Punjabi language
Guru Angad
___ founded Amritsar.
Guru Ramdas
___ compiled the Adi Granth, a sacred scripture of Sikhism.
Guru Arjun Dev
___ organized the Khalsa community of warriors.
Guru Gobind Singh
First commissioner of Punjab
John Lawrence
___ first cited the Drain of Wealth Theory: the idea that Britain was draining and bleeding India for nothing.
Dadabhai Naoroji
- in ‘Poverty and un-British rule in India’
____ was declared Shahenshah-i-Hindustan
Bahadur Shah II
- leader of Revolt in Delhi in 1857
___ was the leader of the revolt against the British in Jhansi in 1857,
Rani Lakshmi Bai
The Revolt of 1857 was also known as:
- First war of Independence
- Sepoy mutiny
Hasting and William Jones founded the ____.
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Father of Civil Services in India
Lord Cornwallis
- created the post of ‘District Judge’
___ introduced the first charter act 1793
John Shore
- famous for policy of non-interference
___ introduced the system of subsidiary alliance.
Lord Wellesley
- rulers of states had to pay subsidy to British
- Nawab of Hyderabad was first to accept
Father of Modern Western Education in India
William Bentinck
- first governor-general of India
- abolished sati
First medical college in India was opened here.
Calcutta
Liberator of the press.
Charles Metcalfe
___ introduced the Doctrine of Lapse.
Dalhousie
- introduced the railways, postal system and telegraph in India
First Viceroy of India
Lord Canning
- revolt of 1857
- passed the Government of India Act 1858 which ended the rule of East India Company
Income tax was introduced for the first time in ___.
1858
____ established the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Lord Mayo
- only viceroy to be murdered in office
First census of India was conducted in ___.
1872
____ passed the Vernacular Press Act 1878
Lord Lytton
Father of Local Self-Government in India
Lord Ripon
This bill was a controversial measure proposed in 1883 that allowed senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India.
Ilbert Bill
Archaeological Survey of India was founded by ____.
Alexander Cunningham
_____ was the Viceroy of India when Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on April 13, 1919.
Lord Chelmsford
Last governor general of free India
C. Rajagopalachari