INDIAN HISTORY Flashcards
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When did Raja Rammohan Roy found Brahmo Samaj
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1829
2
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Who founded Brahmo Samaj
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Raja Rammohan Roy
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Time period of Sir Charles Metcalfe?
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1836-1844
4
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1836-1844 was the time-period of?
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Sir Charles Metcalfe
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Time-period of Lord Hardridge?
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1844-1848
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1844-1848 was the time-period of?
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Lord Hardridge
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Who was responsible for removing restriction on media?
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Sir Charles Metcalfe
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Sir Charles Metcalfe was responsible for removing restriction on
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Media
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Time-period of Dalhousie?
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1848-1856
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Doctrine of lapse was introduced by
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Lord Dalhouse in 1847
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Bombay-Thane rail link
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1853
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Calcutta-Agra telegraph
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1853
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PWD and widow remarriage act
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1856
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Things Dalhousie was responsible for
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widow remarriage act 1856, PWD, Bombay thane 1853, calcutta-agra 1853
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Who founded Ramakrishna Mission
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Swami Vivekananda
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When was Ramakrishna Mission founded
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1896
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Time-period of Ramakrishna Paramhansa
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1836-1886
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Time-period of Vivekananda
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1863-1902
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Ramakrishna Paramhansa was a priest near
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Dakshineshwar, Calcutta
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Who founded Arya Samaj
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati(1875)
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati found
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Arya Samaj
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When was Arya Samaj founded
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1875
23
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Why was Arya Samaj founded
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In order to reform Hindu religion in North India
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Who wrote Satyarth Prakash
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Dayanand Saraswati
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When was Satyarth Prakash written
1875
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Dayanand Saraswati wrote
Satyarth Prakash(light of meaning of truth)
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Time-period of lord wavell
1944-1947
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Cabinet mission plan
1946
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Under whom was Cabinet Mission Plan introduced
lord wavell
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Who announced for a transfer of power and when
Clement atlee on 20th feb 1947 it would take place before june 1948
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Who observed Direct Action Day
Muslim League(jinnah announced)
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Direct Action Day
16th august 1946 or 1946 calcutta killings
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Last viceroy of India
Lord Mountbatten
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Time period of mountbatten
1947-1948
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first governor gen of free india
lord mountbatten
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partition of india was decided by
june 3 plan and indian independence act 1947
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When did mountbatten retire
june 1948
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First Indian governor-gen who succeeded mountbatten
c rajgopalachaari
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last gov-gen
c rajgopalachari
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When did Curzon become the viceroy
30th dec 1898
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When was bengal partitioned
16th oct 1905
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name of the new province created due to partition of bengal
East Bengal which became East Pak
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In which session did INC split in to moderates and extremists
Surat session, 1907
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Who led the moderates
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Who led the extremists
Lal Bal Pal
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When was Bal imprisoned and for how many years
July 3, 1908 for 6 yrs in Mandalay Jail
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Extremists wanted to compromise by accepting the leadership of
Res Behari Ghose
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Which period is called the Gandhian Era
1918-1947
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1918-1947 is called
Gandhian era
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When was rowlatt act codified
feb 1919
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when was rowlatt act introduced
mar 1919
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When was the rowlatt committee set up
1918 under justice rowlatt
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Who was the viceroy when rowlatt act was introduced
Chelmsford
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when was rowlatt satyagraha introduced
6 apr 1919
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when was MKG arrested
8th april 1919
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MKG's arrest triggered unrest in
delhi, ahemdabad, punjab
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Date of Jallianwala bagh massacre
13th apr 1919
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whose arrest led to jallianwalah
dr kitchlu and dr satyapal on 10 apr 1919
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Who launched the khilfat movement
mhd ali and shukat ail in 1920
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when was non cooperation introduced
1920
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in which sesssion did inc approve of non cooperation
sept 1920
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When did INC decide to launch CDM
Ahemdabad in dec 1921
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When was Non cooperation withdrawn
12th feb 1922
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Who founded Swaraj Party
CR Das and Motilal Nehru on 1st jan 1923
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Offcial name of swaraj party
congress khilafat swarajya party
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aim of swaraj party
contest election as per montford reforms of 1919
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when did cr das die
1925
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when did swaraj party disband
1926
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where was the swaraj party in power
bengal
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how many seats did it(SP) capture in the 1923 elections
45/145
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Significance of Lahore session 1929
Adoption of poorna swaraj under the presidentship of Nehru
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When was the newly adopted tri-colour unfurled
31st dec 1929
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Duration of salt satygraha
20th mar 1930-6th apr 1930
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how many followers were a part of dandi march
79
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when was MKG arrested
5th may 1930
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where was a parallel govt estbd. and by whom
sholapur, by textile workers
77
Gandhi-Irwin pact
5th march 1931
78
who acted as peacemakers before the gandhi-irwin pact
sapru and jayakar
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When did the second roundtable conference take place
sept-dec 1931
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who was the viceroy during the second roundtable conference
Lord Willingdon
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Who was the PM of Britain during the second roundtable conference
Ramsay Macdonald
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when did the second roundtable conference end
11th dec 1931
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Who introduced the communal award for depressed classes and when
Ramsay Macdonald on 16th august 1932
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When was the Poona Pact introduced
sept 24, 1932
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Where was the Poona Pact introduced
Yerwada jail, Poona
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When was the third roundtable conference held
nov 17, 1932
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What formed the basis of govt of india act 1935
Simon report submitted in 1930
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When did GOI Act 1935 receive royal assent
4 aug 1935
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Popular representation goes back to
1892
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Dyarchy and ministerial responsibility goes back to
1921
91
When were safeguards introduced
1919
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Duration of Quit India Movement
1942-1945
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Quit India Resolution's date and place
8th august 1942-bombay session
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When was MKG arrested
9th august 1942
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When did atlee make an official declaration regarding british cabinet mission
15 march 1946
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Who all were sent to india as a part of the cabinet mission
AV Alexander, Stafford Cripps, Lord Lawrence
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When did muslim league accept the cabinet mission plan
6 june 1946
98
When was an interim govt formed
2nd sept 1946
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Fist governor general of pak
MA Jinnah
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Who assassinated dyer when and where
Udham Singh in UK in 1940
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Invasion of Alexander The Great
326 bc
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Beginning of Vikrami era
58 bc
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Beginning of Saka era
Ad 78
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First invasion of India by Mahmoud Ghazni
AD 1001
105
Accession of Razia Sultana to the throne of Delhi
AD 1236
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Discovery of Indian sea route by Vasco Da Gama via Cape of Good Hope
1498
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When was the first battle of Panipat fought
1526
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Between whom was the first battle of Panipat fought
Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
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Which battle led to the establishment of Mughal rule in India
Battle of Panipat in 1526
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When was the Battle of Kannauj fought
1540(between sher shah suri and humayun)
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When was the second battle of Panipat fought
1556( between akbar and hemu)
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When was the Battle of Haldighati fought
1576 (between rana pratap and akbar)
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When was the East India Company established
1600
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Who was the 9th sikh guru?
Guru Teg Bahadur
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When was Guru Teg Bahadur executed
1675
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When and who fought the battle of Plassey
23rd June 1757; b/w Siraj-ud-daulah=french allies and EAC under clive
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Who was the last nawab of bengal
Siraj-Ud-Daulah
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When did Shah Alam II become the emperor of India
1761
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Who become the emperor of India in 1761
Shah Alam II
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When and between whom was the third battle of Panipat fought
14 Jan 1761; Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
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When and between whom was the Battle of Buxar fought
Mir Caseem and the East India Company led by Henry Munro on 22/23 oct 1764
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When was the Pitt's India Act passed
1784
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When was Permanent Settlement introduced in Bengal
1793
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When was Sati abolished
1829
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Who first established the Azad Hind Fauj and when
Captain General Mohan Singh on 17th feb 1942
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When did bose takeover azad hind fauj
oct 1943
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When did the Bengal famine happen
1943
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When was MKG assassinated
30th Jan 1948
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When and between whom was the Battle of Hydaspus fought
326 BC between Alexander and Porus
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When did Ashoka conquer Kalinga
261 BC
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Who invaded Sind in 712 AD
Mohd Bin Qasim
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When did Mohd. Bin Qasim invade Sind
712 AD
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When was the first battle of Tarain fought
1191 AD
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Between whom was the first battle of Tarain fought
Mohd. Ghori and Prithiviraj Chouhan
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When was the second battle of tarain fought
1192 AD
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When was the battle of Chhandwar fought
1194 AD
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Between whom was the Battle of Chhandwar fought
Jaichanda of Kannauj and Mohd Ghouri
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When was the Battle of Khanua fought
1527
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Between whom was the Battle of Khanua fought
Babur and Rana Sanga
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When did Babur defeat the Afghans
1529
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Between whom was the Battle of Ghaghra fought
Afghans and Babur
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When and between whom was the battle of chausa fought
1539; sher shah suri and Humayun
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When and between whom was the battle of kannauj fought
1540; Humayun and Babur
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Who represented Akbar in the second battle of Panipat in 1556
Bairam Khan
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When was the battle of talikota fought
1565
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between whom was the battle of talikota fought
an alliance of ahemadnagar, golkonda, bijapur, bidar, defeated vijaynagar represented by sadasiva
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When and under whose rule did Mewar submit to the mughals
1615; under Amar singh(mewar) and jahangir(mughals)
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When did the Mughals lose Kanadhar to Persia
1649
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Name the place lost by Mughals to Persia in 1649
Kanadhar
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In which battle did Aurangzeb defeat Dara Shikoh
Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh in 1658
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When was the battle of dharmat and samugarh fought
1658
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Between whom was the battle of dharmatt and samugarh fought
Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
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When did Jai Singh defeat shivaji
1665
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When was the treaty of Purandar signed
1665
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Between whom was the treaty of Purandar signed
Shivaji and Jai Singh
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When did Shahu defeat Tarabai
1708; Battle of khed
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Between whom was the battle of khed fought
Shahu and Tarabai
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When was Battle of Bhopal fought and between whom
1737; Bajirao defeated Mohd. Shah
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When and between whom was the Battle of Karnal fought
1739; Nadir Shah defeated Mohd Shah
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Bajirao and Mohd Shah fought which battle in 1737
Battle of Bhopal
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Nadir Shah and Mohd Shah fought which battle in 1739
Battle of Karnal
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When and where was the Battle of Wandiwash fought
22 jan 1760; Vandavasi
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Between whom was the battle of wandiwash fought
french and british
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When and between whom was the first anglo-mysore war fought
1767-1769
165
Between whom was the first anglo mysore war fought
Hyder ali and the british
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When was the second anglo-mysore war fought
1780-1784
167
When was the treaty of mangalore signed
1784
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When did Hyder Ali die
1782
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When was the battle of Udgir fought
1770
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When was the first anglo-maratha war fought
1766-1769
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Between whom was the battle of udgir fought
Nizam and marathas (1770)
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When was the third anglo-mysore war fought
1789-1792
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Which treaty was signed after the third anglo-mysore war
Treaty of Serirangapatna
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when was the treaty of serirangapatanam signed
18 mar 1792
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When was the fourth anglo mysore war fought
1799
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When was the second anglo-maratha war fought
1803-1806(british defeated)
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When was the third anglo-maratha war fought
1817-1819
178
When is National Maritime Day celebrated
5th april
179
When is Quit India Day celebrated
9th august
180
When is National rededication day celebrated
31st october
181
When is National Flag Day celebrated
7th dec
182
When is National Integration Day celebrated
9th nov
183
When is National Law Day celebrated
26th nov
184
When is martyr's day celebrated
30th jan
185
When did the Indian Army march into Hyderabad after the violent actions of the razakars
13th september 1948
186
Under whose reign did Megasthenes visit India from Greece
Chandragupta Maurya
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Under whose reign did Fahein from China visit India
Chandragupta Maurya II
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Under whose reign did Heun Tsang visit India
Harshvardhan
189
who has written tariq-i-hind/kitab-i-hind
al beruni
190
name the book written by al-beruni
tariq-i-hind or kitab-i-hind
191
Under whose reign did Ibn Batuta visit india
mohd bin tughlaq
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Who was accompanied by Mehmood of Ghazni
AL BERUNI
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Under whose reign did Amir Khusro visit India
Balban, Alauddin Khilji and Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
194
Name the first newspaper of India
Bengal Gazette
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Who started the first newspaper of India and when
James Augustus Hickey in 1780
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Where was Bengal Gazette started
Calcutta
197
Name of Annie Beasant's newspapers
Common Wheel and New India
198
Name of Maulana Azad's newspaper
Al-hilal
199
Name of Mahatama Gandhi's newspapers
Harijan and Young India
200
Name of Tilak's newspapers
Kesari and Aharatta
201
Who was the first European president of INC and in which session
George Yule; Allahbad ; 4th session; 1888
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Who was the first woman president of INC and in which session
Annie Beasant; 1917; Calcutta; 33rd session
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Who was the president of congress in 1919
Motilal Nehru; 36th session
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In which session did MKG assume presidentship
Belgaum; 1924; 42nd session
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First woman CM of a state
Suchita Kriplani
206
First woman minister
Vijjayalakshmi Pandit
207
First woman central minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
208
First woman speaker of Lok Sabha
Meira Kumar
209
First woman president of Indian National Congress
Annie Beasant; 1917
210
First woman president of UNGA
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
211
First woman to swim across the English Channel
Mrs Arti Gupta(earlier Arti Saha)
212
First woman to climb Mt Everest
Bacchindri Pal
213
First woman to circumnavigate
Ujjwala Rai
214
First woman IAS
Anna George Malhotra
215
First woman IPS
Kiran Bedi
216
First woman advocate
Cornelia Sorabji
217
First woman judge
Anna Chandi
218
First woman judge of a high court
Anna Chandi
219
First woman chief judge of a high court
Leila Seth
220
First woman judge of a supreme court
Fathima Bibi
221
First woman doctor
Kadambini Ganguly
222
First woman to pass MA
Chandra Mukhi Bose
223
First woman editor of an English newspaper
Dina Vakil
224
First woman chief engineer
PK Theresia
225
First woman to receive a sena medal
Constable Bimla Devi-88 BN of crpf-1990
226
Youngest woman to climb the mount Everest
Dicky Dolma from Manali in 1993
227
First Indian woman to climb the Everest twice
Santosh Yadav (ITBP 1993)
228
First lady magistrate
Omanna Kunjamma
229
First woman to win the Nobel
Mother Teresa
230
First to be crowned Miss India
Pratima (Ester Victoria Abraham) (1947)
231
First woman to be crowned Miss Universe
Sushmita Sen
232
First woman speaker of a state assembly
Shano Devi (Punjab)
233
First Indian to swim across the English Channel
Mihir Sen
234
First Indian to climb Mt Everest
Tenzing Norgay
235
First Indian to climb Mt Everest without oxygen
Phu Dorjee
236
First Indian to join ICS(now IAS)
Satyandra Nath Tagore
237
First Indian to win the Nobel
Rabindranath Tagore
238
First Indian cosmonaut in space
Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
239
First British Governor General
Warren Hastings
240
First Governor General of free India
Lord Mountbatten
241
First viceroy of India
Lord Canning
242
Last governor general of free India
C Rajgopalachari
243
First Muslim president of India
Dr Zakir Hussein
244
First Sikh President
Giani Zail Singh
245
First speaker of Lok Sabha
GV Malvankar
246
First CJI
HL Kania
247
First Indian to become a member of viceroy's executive council
Lord SP Sinha
248
First Indian to become the president of the ICJ
Dr Nagendra Singh
249
First field marshal
Manekshaw
250
First commander-in-chief
| (now field marshal) of the army
K.M. cariappa
251
First chief of army staff
Gen Maharaja Rajendra Sinhji
252
First chief of naval staff
Vice admiral RD Katari
253
First chief of Air force staff
Subroto Mukherjee
254
First Indian in the British Parliament
Dadabhai Nairoji
255
First Indian recipient of the victoria cross
Khudada Khan
256
First Indian to circumnavigate the globe
Lt Col KS Rao
257
First Indian to reach the South Pole
Lt Col JK Bajaj (1989)
258
First Indian High court Judge
Mehmood Syed (1878)
259
First Indian to make a solo flight
JRD Tata
260
First Indian to visit England
Raja Rammohan Roy (1878)
261
First Indian member at the house of lords
Lord SP Sinha
262
First bar-at-law
JM Tagore
263
First chairman of rajya sabha
S Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)
264
First air marshal
Arjan Singh
265
First judge to face impeachment proceedings
V Ramaswami
