Indian History

Q. 1. Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam? (a) Maniram Dewan (b) Dev Kanta Baruah  (c) Lachit Barphukan (d) Kushal Konwar Q. 2. Who among the following tribal leaders was called Father of the World and regarded as an incarnation of God? (a) Birsa Munda (b) Sidhu Murmu  (c) Kanhu Murmu  (d) Nanak Bhil Q. 3. Which Indian historian had said about the Revolt of 1857: “On the whole, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that so-called First National War of Independence is neither First, nor National, nor a war of independence.” (a) Jadunath Sarkar (b) D. N. Jha (c) Ram Sharan Sharma (d) R.C. Majumadar Q. 4. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar? (a) Kunwar Singh (b) Mangal Pandey (c) Tantiya Tope (d) Nana Saheb Q. 5. Which among the following was the first to sign the Subsidiary Alliance Treaty with the British?  (a) Tanjore (b) Hyderabad  (c) Berar  (d) Awadh Q. 6. Which British Governor- General applied the policy of Subsidiary Alliance to expand the power and influence of t

  Q.1. In which city was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated on 30 January, 1948? (a) Delhi (b) Bombay (c) Kolkata (d) Allahabad Q.2. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India became independent?  (a) Clement Attlee (b) Winston Churchill (c) Neville Chamberlain (d) Ramsay MacDonald Q.3. In which year did Burma (Myanmar) cease to be a part of India? (a) 1924 (b) 1935 (c) 1936 (d) 1937 Q.4. How many volunteers had accompanied Mahatma Gandhi on the famed Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha starting on March 12, 1930? (a) 76 (b) 77 (c) 78 (d) 79 Q.5. Name the city where Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi in 1919 to protest against the Rowlatt Act.    (a) Bombay (b) Lahore (c) Calcutta (d) Ahmedabad Q.6. Who among the following was a source of inspiration to Gandhi? (a) Tolstoy (b) Lenin (c) Karl Marx (d) None of the above Q.7. Who among the following was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny, also known as Indian Mutiny by the British? (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Ellenborough

Starting as a religious (communal) movement,  Faraizi Movement in course of time became a struggle against the landlords (who were mostly Hindus) who oppressed the common people and farmers and  British colonists . Founded by  Haji Shariatullah, the movement began with a call to the Muslims to perform their obligatory duties (Fard) enjoined by Allah with a view to purging the religion of the un-Islamic rites which he considered were contrary to the teachings of the Qu’ran.  Haji Shariatullah was born in Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) in 1781.  After Haji Shariatullah’s death in 1840, the mantle of leadership was passed on to his son Muhsinuddin Ahmed, more popularly known as Dudu Miyan. Under Dudu Miyan, the movement became agrarian in character. After his death in 1862, the movement began to lose steam and ultimately died down. 

Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Kushinagar is one of the world's most sacred sites of Buddhism. Kushinagar’s claim to fame lies in being the place where Buddha breathed his last, the event known in the Buddhist tradition as paranibbana (Mahaparinirvana) which is considered to have taken place in 483 BC.  Kushinagar has an antiquity of centuries. Buddha himself declared Kushinagar as one of the four most sacred places. However, unlike Sravasti, Champa, Rajagraha, Saketa, Kausambi and Varanasi, Kusinagar was not an important city during Buddha’s time. This can be ascertained form Buddha’s disciple Ananda’s regret that his master chose to die in so small town as Kusinagar. Kusinagar was visited by the Buddha several times before his death.  Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana came at the age of eighty. After spending the last rainy season of life near the city of Vaishali, he and his followers reached the town of Pava where he took a meal at the house of his lay disciple, Cunda. Soon aft

                                             Chini-ka-Rauza  / Image Source Located in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, Chini-ka-Rauza is the mausoleum Afzal Khan Aalmi who was the diwan-I kull of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. During Shah Jahan’s times vizir (Prime Minister) of the Mughal empire was called diwan-I kull . A learned man, Afzal Khan Aalmi was the elder brother of Amanat Khan who is known for designing the calligraphy of world renowned monument Taj Mahal.   Both of the brothers came to India from Shiraz in Iran.  Afzal Khan Aalmi died in 1639 in Lahore from where he was brought to Agra and buried in Chini-ka-Rauza. The monument is so named because of the coloured glazed tiles that adorn it. 

  Image source Located in Aurangabad, Bibi-ka-Maqbara is the mausoleum of 6th Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s wife Dilras Banu Begum who was posthumously called Rabia-ud-Daurani. The monument was commissioned by Aurangzeb in 1660.  With its four minarets flanking a central onion-domed tomb, the monument is built on a high square platform, which is approached by a flight of steps from the three sides.  Bearing a striking resemblance to the world acclaimed Taj Mahal at Agra, Bibi Ka Maqbara is also known as the “Taj of the Deccan”. 

Today is the death anniversary of Khudiram Bose [1889-1908], a revolutionary born in the Midnapore district of West Bengal.  One of India’s earliest revolutionaries to die on the gallows on August 11, 1908, Khudiram Bose was a member of the revolutionary society  Anushilan Samiti . He along with Prufulla Chaki threw a bomb at the carriage of Kingsford, an English Judge at Muzaffarpur in Bihar. He was arrested in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy case and sentenced to death at the young age of 18.