History- Important One-Liners 1-Sir Charles Wood introduced English as official language 2-First English newspaper in India is The Bengal Gazette 3-First Governor General of Bengal was Warren Hastings 4- In the year 1896 Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress. 5-Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in … Read more
History-Important Points-One Liners-Oct 3, 2017 1-Hartog Commission was launched for the reforms in the area of Education. 2-Queen Victoria’s Proclamation assuming the Government of India took place in the year 1858 3- Sulva Sutras are related to Geometry 4-The Hindi classic Padmavati was a work by a Muslim Writer Malik Muhammad Jaisi 5-The first war … Read more
History- Important One Liner-Sept 18, 2017 1-Aryabhatta wrote the famous book ‘Surya Siddhanta’. 2-The galaxy of scholars in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya are Amar Singh, Brahmagupta, Varahmihira, Dhanvantri, Aryabhatta, and Kalidasa. 3-Ujjain was the second capital of Chandragupta Vikramaditya 4-Ibrahim Lodi was defeated by Babar in the First Panipat war 5-The treaty of … Read more
History- Well known poets- patrons- their contributions Well Known Poet/ Author Patron Contribution 1- Kalidasa Chandragupta II Meghdoota, Kumarasambhava , Raghuvamsa, Ritusambara. His plays are Abhijan Shakuntalam, Vikramorvashi and Malvikaganimithram. 2- Ashvaghosa Kanishka Buddhacharitra (a biography of Buddha), Saundarananda 3- Dandin Narsimhavarman Kavyadarsa, Dasakumaracarita 4- Magha King Varmalata Sishupalavadha (about the killing of Shishupal) 5- Thiruvalluvar … Read more
History- Important One Liners 1-Portuguese East India Company, headquartered at Cochin, later Goa was founded in 1498. 2-French East India Company, headquartered at Surat, later Pondicherry was founded in 1664. 3-Dutch East India Company, headquartered at Pulicat, later NagapattinamHugli was founded in 1602. 4-English East India Company, headquartered at Surat, later … Read more
History-Important One Liners 1-Aryabhatta was a pioneer in the field of mathematics. He was a fifth-century astrologer, mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Aryabhattiya was written by him, which is a summary of the mathematics of his time. 2-India’s first satellite in the name of Aryabhatta was sent into orbit. 3-Brahmgupta developed methods of multiplication and … Read more
History- Important One Liners 1- Paleography- It is the old writing used in the inscription and other old records. 2- Epigraphy- It is the study of coins. 3- Proto History- It relates to the Harappan inscription, which awaits decipherment of script in which ideas and objects were expressed in the form of a picture. … Read more
History-Important One Liners 1-The first medieval ruler to propound the divine theory of Kingship was Balban 2-The real founder of the Sultanate of Delhi and its first dynasty was Iltutmish 3- Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain and Jayachandran … Read more
History-One Liners 1- It is a Communal award, by Ramsay McDonald in 1932 under which depresses classes were also declared as minorities and the separate electorate was proposed for them. 2-Sachin Sanyal published “Bandi Jiwan”. 3-On 31st August 1920 “Noncooperation movement” was launched. … Read more
History-One Liners 1- Chand Bibi was the ruler of Ahmednagar 2-Sea route in India was discovered by Vasco–da–gama 3-The first to establish regular trade with India was Portuguese 4-The first president of the Republic of India was Dr.Rajendra Prasad … Read more