modern history Flashcards
1
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who was appointed as bengal’s subedar
A
murshid quil khan
2
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battle of plassey
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1757
3
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battle of buxar
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1764
4
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who ended dual system of government
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warren hastings
5
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first anglo mysore war
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1766
haider ali defeated british
result- treaty of madras 1769
6
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haidar ali was succeeded by
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tipu sultan
7
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which treaty ended the 2nd ango mysore war
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treaty of manglore 1784
8
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10th and last guru
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guru gobind singh
9
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who founded sikh rule in india
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ranjit singh
10
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which treaty ended anglo sikh war
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treaty of lahore
11
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first chief commissioner of punjab
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john lawerence
12
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when were railways intro in india
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1853
mumbai to thane
13
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first banking system in india
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awadh commercial bank 1881
14
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post and telegraph was founded in
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1853
15
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drain of wealth
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dadabhai naoroji
poverty and un brit rule in india
16
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who intro perm settlement
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cornwallis
17
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ryotwari system
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intro in bombay and madras
thomas munro and charles reed
18
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first peasant movement
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indigo revolt 1859
19
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atmiya sabha
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ram roy
20
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brahmo samaj
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r roy
21
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tattvabodhini sabha
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debendranath tagore
22
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arya samaj
A
dayandand saraswati
23
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ramkrishna mission
A
swami vivekanada
24
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servants of indian society
A
gokhale
25
who took over the leadership of brahmo samaj after r roy
debendranath tagore
26
og name of swami vivekananda
narendranath dutta
27
satya shodhak samaj
jyotiba phule
28
depressed class welfare institute
br ambedkar
29
harijan sevak sangh
gandhi
30
1857 mutiny started in
merrut
31
emperor of india
bahadur shah zafar
32
who wrote first indian war of independence
karl marx
33
british india association
devendranath tagore
34
east india association
dadabhai naoroji
35
indian national congress
1885
ao hume
pres wc bannerji
36
who found kesari, maratha, home rule league and gita rahasya
tilak
37
who founded national school at lajore
lala lajpat rai
38
who found new india and vande matram
bipin chandra pal
39
who started jugantar
aurobind ghosh
40
partition ofbengal
1905
41
muslim league set by
nawab salimullah
42
leadership at calcutta session of inc 1906
dadabhai naoroji
43
surat split
1907
extremists and moderates
44
morely minto reforms
1909
45
all india home rule league changed its name to
swarajya sabha
46
who founded natal indian congress
indian ambulance core
indian opinion
pheonix
tolstoy farm
gandhi
47
satyagraha ashram is along the river of
sabarmati
48
first non cooperation movement
kheda satyagraha
49
wife of gandhi
kasturbais
50
sec of gandhi
mhadev desai
51
when did gandhi die
1948
52
where was gandhi born
porbander
53
mother of gandhi
putali bai
54
political guru of gandhi
gokhale
55
who gave the title of mahatma to gandhi
tagore
56
rashtrapita title given to gandhi
bose
57
ina was the brain child of
mohan singh
58
ina was formed by
ras bihari bose
59
moutbattens earlier plan
plan balkan
60
city found by akbar
fqatehpur sikhri
61
city of festivals
madhurai
62
one of the sacred cities also called avanti
ujjain
63
baba saheb
badshah khan
beacon of light of asia
chacha
cr
tathaggat
father of indian unrest
father of local self govern
frontier gandhi
gurudev
indian bismarck
indian einstein
mahamana
martin luther of india
patriot of patriots
ambedkar
gaffar
bose
neru
gopalachari
buddha
tilak
lord rippon
gaffar
tagore
sv patel
nagarjuna
madan malviya
dayanand saraswati
bose
64
who took peackock throne to iran
nader shah
65
which diamond was embedded in peacock throne
kohinoor
66
father of shivaji
shahaji
67
which maratha was kept in mughal captivity and later released
shahu
68
balaji baji rao was also known as
nana saheb
69
first nawab of bengal
murshid quil khan
he turned jagirdari system into mal jasmani system
70
mongols declined due to which pandemic
black death pandemic
71
who started the modern credit system
medici bankers
72
who roundec cape of good hope
bartholomew dias
73
who found an alternate sea route to india
columbus
74
who dicovered india
vasco da gama
75
battle of diu
1509
battle against portugese
76
first people to try stopping sati
portugese
77
first dutch factory in india
masulipatnam
andhra pradesh
78
richest pvt company in world history till then
VOC-dutch
79
worlds first joint stock company
muscovy company
80
first to circumnavigate the world
francis drake
81
who undertook the first brit sea voyage to indian ocean
james lancaster
82
east india house in
london
83
who was sent to the court of jahangir
william hawkins
84
british's first factory at
surat
85
brit first trading post at
andhra pradesh
86
who got permission to set up factoies in india
thomas roe
87
chennia municpial hq
st george
88
portugal hands over whuch city as dowry to princess catherine
bombay
89
hq of wesern pres
bombay
before-surat
90
first governor of eic in bengal
william hedges
91
first factory of french
surat
92
carnatic wars were against
france
93
battle of plassey
1757
siraj was defeated
94
battle of buxar
1764
95
offensive and defensive treaty signed by
robert clive
96
master stroke by robert clive
treaty of allahabad
97
bengal famine
1769-72
98
who stopped dual system in india
warren hastings
99
3rd battle of panipat
1761
100
treaty of allahbad
1765
101
first governor of bengal
robert clive
102
first governor gen of india
warren hastings
103
mysore dynasty
haider ali
104
who wrote fathul majhahidin
tipu sultan
105
who planted tree of liberty in their capital
tipu sultan
capital-srirangapattnam
106
first ever large scale sepoy mutiny under company rule
vellore mutiny
107
who was known as maratha machiavelli
nana phadanvis
108
treaty of surat
1775
109
treaty of purandar
between nana phadanvis and warren hastings
1776
110
last peshwa
peshwa baji rao 2
111
anglo maratha war is also called
pindari war
112
policy of ring fence
warren hastings
113
subsidiary allimace
wellesley
114
doctrine of lapse
dalhousie
115
first subs alliance with
nizam of hyderabad
116
warren hastings regulating act
1773
117
who found the asiatic society of bengal
william jones
1784
118
who translated gita in english
charles wilkins
119
pitt's act
1784
120
charter's act
cornwallis
1793
121
hindu college at calcutta in 1817
by r roy and david hare
122
first british who enacted reforms for the social welfare of indian subjects
william bentick
123
william bentick replaced which language as the official language in courts
persian
124
first governor general of india
william bentick
125
slavery was abolished from india in
1843
126
who gave the doctrine of sepeartion of powers
montesquieu
127
youngest governor gen
james broun ramsay / lord dalhousie
128
maker of modern india
father of indian telegraph
father of indian postal system
father of indian engineering services
widow remarriage act
dalhousie
129
first telegraph line in india
agra to calcutta
130
who played a major role in enforcing widow remarriage act
ishwarchandra vidyasagar
131
summer capital
shimla
132
dalhousie annexed which state
awadh
133
first viceroy of india
canning
134
bengal famine
1770
135
idea of perm settlement
john shore
136
who intro ryotwari system
thomas munro
137
who intro mahalwari system
holt mackenzie
138
the wealth of nations written by
adam smith
139
who wrote anand math
bankim chandra c
140
first captain of indian team
ck naidu
141
first crickter to be knighted during an active test career
maharajkumar of vizianagram [vizzy]
142
paika rebellion
1817
orissa
143
ahom revolt
1828
assam
144
which language was used as the court language after replacing persian
english
145
mangal pandey was part of which infantry
34th native infantry
146
where did mangal pandey refuse to use new rifle cartridges
barrackpore, bengal
147
where did the revolt begin
meerut
148
eic shifted the capital from delhi to
allahabad
149
liyaqat ali was the leader of
allahabad
150
who annouched queen's proclamation at allahabad durbar in 1858
lord canning
151
licensing act
1857
152
first viceroy of india
canning
153
first sec of state for india
charles wood
154
white mutiny happened during the reign of
canning
155
who intro crpc and ipc
canning
156
indian councils act
1861
157
kaiser-i-hind
queen victoria
158
who was the famine commissioner
richard strachey
159
vernacular press act
1878
160
arms act
1878
161
indian factory act
by lord rippon
162
first indian journalisst to be arrested
surendranath bannerjee
163
durand line
india and afghanistan
164
give gave r roy the title of raja
akbar shah 2
165
who was a polyglot
r roy
166
who established atmiya sabha and wrote tahfat ul muwahiddin and precepts of jesus
r roy
167
who found hindu clg
r roy and david hare
168
who translated vedas to bengali
r roy
169
who started samwad kaumudi
r roy
170
first newspaper to be published edited and mangaed by an indian
samwad kaumudi- r roy
171
weekly- mirat ul akbar published by
also vedanta college
r roy
172
widown remarriage movement
dhondo karve
173
first nationalist poet of modern india
henry derozio
174
widown remarriage act
1856
175
who opened sanksrit college to non brahmins
vidyasagar
176
ladies social conference
ramabai ranade
177
first women medical college in india
lady dufferin college
178
first major womens org set up by indian women
bharat stree mahamandal
by sarla chaudhurani
179
father of marathi journalist
balshastri jambhekar
180
title of mahatma given in maharashtra
jyotiba phule
181
satyashodhak samaj
jyotiba phule
182
ramkrishna mission was found in and at
belur, bengal in 1897
183
who gave a speech on hinduism at parliament of world religions at chicago
vivekananda
184
og name of dayanand sarsawati
moolshanker
185
who said go back to the vedas
dayanand saraswati
186
india for indians
dayanand saraswati
187
bharat dharma mahamandal
malviya
188
landholders society
dwarakanath tagore
189
brit india society
william adam
190
brit india association
debendranath tagore
191
east india assoc
dadabhai naoroji
192
indian national congress
anand mohan bose and sn banerjee
193
radical democratic party
r roy
194
who called inc a safety valve
lala lajpat rai
195
gandhian era
1917 to 47
196
he was also called indian
burke
surendranath banerjee
newspaper: bangalee
founded indian association
197
grand old man of south india
subramanya aiyar
he founded THE HINDU - 1878
198
who published voice of india
dadabhai naoroji
199
india's unofficial ambassador to uk
dadabhai naoroji
1st indian to become mem of brit house of commons
also part of welby commission
200
who published sudharak
gokhale
201
indian councisl act
1892
202
first inc session
1885
wc bonnerjee
203
first muslim pres to appeal muslims to join inc
syed tyabji
204
first eng pres of inc
george yule
205
indian universities act
1904
206
where is curzon gate
bardhaman west bengal
207
who announced partition of bengal
curzon
208
real founder of anti brit movement in india
tilak
209
who wrote arctic home of vedas and gita rahasya
tilak
210
who founded indian home rule league in us
lala lajpat rai
211
university of calcutta came to be known as
ghulam khana
212
who intro rakhi bandhan day
tagore
16th oct
213
who sung vande matram for the first time
tagore
214
all india muslim league
1906
hq-lucknow
first pres- aga khan 3
215
who started the policy of proud reserve
lytton
216
graveyard of empires
afganistan
217
who set up the ghadar party
lala hardayal
in us
218
defence of india act
1915
219
delhi durbar 1911
george 5 and queen mary
220
what was the summer cap since 1863
shimla
221
devil's dye
bengal indigo
222
first civil disobedience movement
champaran satyagraha
223
gaya session of congress
1922
pres cr das
224
kakori conspiracy
1925
train robbery
225
lahore conspiracy case
for the murder of saunders
226
maxwell-broomfied commission
227
initially which date was fixed as the first indep da
jan 26 1930
228
first round table comference headed by
ramsay macdonald
229
gandhi irwin pact
1931
230
karachi comgress session headed by
sardar v patel
231
fundamnetal rights were adopted at
karachi session
232
act between gandhi and ambedkar
poona pact
233
lucknow session 1936
pres-nehru
234
national plannimg committe apointed and headed by
bose and nehru
235
an indian pilgirm written by
bose
236
day of deliverance
dec 22 1939
237
who coined the term pakistan
rehmat ali
238
who published now or never also called pak declaration
rehmat ali
239
who was expelled from pak
rehmat ali
240
pres of ramgarh session of congress 1940
maulana abul kalam azad
241
first to offer satyagrapaha
acharya bhave
242
quit india movement
1942-44
243
quit india slogan
yusuf mehrally
244
pak day
23rd march
245
anti comrpomise conference
bose
246
ina all women's regiment was led by
lakshmi sahgal
247
gandhi was given the title of father of the nation
gandhi
248
food and agri min
rajendra prasad
249
finance min
liaquat ali khan
250
works mine and power min
ch bhabha
251
external affairs and commonwealth relations
nehru
252
edu and arts min
cr
253
radcliffe boundary
india pak
254
