india on eve of british conquest Flashcards
muhammad shah
1719-48;
hyderbad, bengal, awadh and punjab independent states
nadir shah attacks
persian;1738-39; kohinoor n peacokck throne loot
ahmad shah abdali
succesor of nadir shah
1st battle of panipat
1526;
babur and ibrahim lodi
babur won
2nd battle pf panipat
1556;
akbar and hemu;
akbar won
third battle of panipat
1761;
marathas and ahmad shah abdali(won)
grand trunk road constructed
shershah suri 1540-45;
on NH 19 AND 44
RULERS AFTER AURNAGZEB
BAHADUR SHAH 1 1709-1712 JAHANDAR SHAH 12-13 FARRUKHSIYAR 13-19 RAFI-UD-DARJAT 1718 RAFI UD DAULA / SHAH JAHANA 2 1719 MUHAMMAD SHAH 1719-48 RANGEELA BATTLE OF KARNAL AHMAD SHAH 48-54 ALAMGIR 2 SHAHJEHAN 3 SHAH ALAM 2 1759 - 1806; BATTLE OF BUZAR AND PANIPAT AKBAR 2 BAHADUR SHAH 2
who abolished jajiya
jahandar shah(1712-1713)
battle of karnal
1739; between nadir shah and muhammad shah rangeela; nadir shah won
battle of plassey
1757; fought in reign of alamgir 2
3rd bt of panipat(1761) and battle of buzar(1764)
farman of diwani in bengal, behar and orissa
treaty of allahabad(1765,aug)
in reign of shah alam 2
sardeshmukhi and chauth
an additional 10% levy on top of the chauth. Chauth and sardeshmukhi were the taxes collected not in theMaratha kingdom but in the neighbouring territories of the Mughal Empire or Deccan sultanates.
Chauth was one fourth of the land revenue paid to the Marathas in order to avoid the Maratha raid
khalisa
Khalisa refers to land owned by the Emperor directly. It was the sole property of the emperor and was not a part of the royal treasury of the empire
jagir of mughal
iqta of delhi sultanate
The Jagirdari system was an integral part of the mansabdari system which developed under Akbar and underwent certain changes during the reign of his successors. During Akbar’s period all the territory was broadly divided into two: Khalisa(Crown Land) and Jagir(Land Assignments).
collection of the revenues of an estate and the power of governing it were bestowed on an official of the state.
awadh
founder saadat khan also k/a burhan-ul mulk
succeded by safder jung
Wajid Ali Shah, the then Nawab, was imprisoned, and then exiled by the company to Calcutta (Bengal). In the subsequent Revolt of 1857, his 14-year-old son Birjis Qadra son of Begum Hazrat Mahal was crowned ruler
Ahmadullah Shah
, born in 1787, more famously known as Maulavi of Faizabad, was one of the leading figures of the great Indian revolt of 1857.
In the Awadh region, Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the ‘Lighthouse of Rebellion
bengal
founder: murshid quli khan
1857; Mansur Ali Khan
mysore
wodeyars
haiderali
tipu sultan
kerala
martanda verma estb independent rule with TRAVANCORE AS CAPITAL
JATS
vhuraman and badan singh; jat of bharatpur
suraj mal took it to zenith
sikhs
guru gobind singh
banda bahadur
ranjit singh
import item- persian gulf region
pearls raw silk wool dates; dried fruits rose water
import item-arabia
coffee, gold, drugs, honey
china- imports
tea, sugar, poreclain, silk
tibet imports
gold, musk, woolen cloth
africa import
ivory and drugs
europe import
woolen cloths, copper iron lead paper
export items
cotton raw silk+silk fabric hardware indigo saltpetre opium rice wheat sugar pepper stones drugs
textile centres in india
dacca, murshidabad, patna, surat ahmedabad, broach, chander burharnpur,jaunpur, varanasi, lucknow agra, multan, lahore masulipatnam, aurangabad, chichacole, vishakhapatnam bangalore coimbatore madurai
ship building
maha, andhra, bengal
kerala coast of calicut and quilon
chatuspathis or tols
bihar, bengal called them these
centre for higher education
centres for sanskrit education
kashi, tirhut(mithila); nadia, utkala
persian education centre azimabad is in?
bihar
bada imambada
1784; asaf ud daula
sawai madhav sinngh
built: pink city jaipur
5 astronomical observatory: in DELHI JAIPUR BENARES MATHURA AND UJJAIN
PREPARED jij muhammad shashi (for studies of astronomical studies)
padmanabhpuram in kerala
tayumanavar
enriched tamil language with sittar poetry
was against temple rule and caste system
sittar poetry of south india reached heights during?
reign of travancore ruler
heer ranjha composed during this time be?
warris shah
risalo, composed by?
shah abdul latif
