Quiz UPSC CSE Prelims 2021 Answer Key With reference to the history of ancient India, Bhavabhutti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshwara were famous a) Jain monks b) Playwrights c) temple architects d) philosophers Answer - b Consider the following statements: i) The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all women above the age of 21. ii)...
General Study Constituent Assembly | UPSC The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to write the Constitution of India. The Constituent Assembly was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. 1922: Mahatma Gandhi first said in India in 1922 that every person in the Constituent Assembly would be an Indian. 1934: M N Roy proposed the formation of...
General Study Act passed during British Rule 1773AC : Regulating Act 1781AC : Amending Act [Settlement Act] 1783AC : Dandies Act 1784AC : Pitt's India Act 1786AC : Ordinary Act [Act of 1786] 1793AC : Charter Act 1813AC : Charter Act 1833AC : Charter Act 1853AC : Charter Act 1854AC : Wood Dispatch Act 1858AC : Government of India Act [Council of India Act] [India got its name...
History of Modern India All Important event during Warren Hastings Warren Hastings was the 1st Governor-General of Bengal. Birth - 1732 Death - 1818 Tenure - 20 October 1773 - 8 February 1785 Events Regulating Act of 1773 Supreme Council of Bengal Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) was established Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784) Pitt's India Act...
History of Modern India Third Battle of Panipat (1761) Facts The Third Battle of Panipat was a major battle of Indian history, fought on 14th January 1761. It was fought between the Afghan forces of Ahmad Shah Durrani(also called Ahmad Shah Abdali) along with his local Rohilla and other Pathan and Oudh allies, against the Maratha Empire. The...
History of Modern India Arrival of the Europeans in India and First Factory in India Arrival of the Europeans in India Country Year The Portuguese 1498 The English 1600 The Dutch 1602 The Danes 1616 The French 1664 First factory of European Companies in India European Company Location Year of Establishment Portuguese Calicut(Kerala) 1503 Dutch Masulipatnam(Andhra Pradesh) 1605 English Surat(Gujarat) 1612 Danes...
History of Medieval India List of Mughal Emperors(1526-1857) | UPSC The Greater Mughals(1526-1707) Babur(Jahiruddin Muhammad Babur) - (1526–1530) Humayun - (1530–1540 , 1555–1556) Suri Dynasty - (1540-1555) - Not a Mughal rule Akbar - (1556–1605) Jahangir - (1605–1627) Shah Jahan - (1628–1658) Aurangzeb - (1658–1707) The Later Mughals(1707-1857) Bahadur Shah I...
History of Modern India List of Governor General and Viceroy of India during British Rule | UPSC Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William(Bengal) - (1773-1833) Name(Birth-Death) Tenure Warren Hastings(1732–1818) 20 October 1773 - 8 February 1785 John Macpherson(acting)(1745–1821) 8 February 1785 - 12 September 1786 Charles Cornwallis(The Marquess Cornwallis)(1738–1805) 12 September 1786 - 28 October...
History of Modern India Chronology Order of the British in India The East India Company 1600 Elizabeth I grants a charter to the East India Company 1612 The East India Company establishes a factory at Surat 1640 The East India Company establishes a factory at Madras 1661 Charles II receives Bombay from Catherine of Braganza as part of her dowry, the...
