SOME IMPORTANT DATES FROM 300-1025AD

Following are some Important dates of Indian History

Periods	Events/Significance
BC
300-5000	Indus Valley Civilisation
563	Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources)
527-540	Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana
327-326	Alexander's invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe
313	Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions.
305	Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya
273-232	Ashoka's reign
261	Conquest of Kalinga
145-101	Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka
58	Beginning of Vikrami Era
AD
78	Beginning of Saka Era
120	Accession of Kanishka
320	Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India
380	Accession of Vikramaditya
405-411	Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien
415	Accession of Kumara Gupta I
455	Accession of Skanda Gupta
606-647	Harshavardhan's reign
712	First invasion in Sindh by Arabs
836	Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj
985	Accession of Rajaraja tde Chola ruler
998	Accession of Sultan Mahmud
1001	First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab.
1025	Destruction of Somnatd Temple by Mahmud Ghazni

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT ORGANISATIONS

Pre-Congress Nationalist Organisations
Organisation	Founder (S)	Year	Place
Landholder's Society	Dwarakanth Tagore	1830	Calcutta
Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha	--	1836	Calcutta
Zamindari Association	Landholder's Society	1837	Calcutta
Poona Sarvajani Sabha	Justice Ranade and others	1870s	Poona
British India Society	William Adam	1839	London
Bengal British India Society	--	1843	Calcutta
British India Association(Result of the merger of first two organisations)	Devendranath Tagore	1851	Calcutta
Madras Native Association	--	1852	Madras
Bombay Association	Jagannath Shankeshet	1852	Bombay
East India Association	Dadabhai Naroji	1866	London
National Indian Association	Mary Carpenter	1867	London
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha	Justice Ranade and others	1870	Poona
Indian society	Ananda mohan Bose	1872	London
India League	Babu Sisir Kumar Ghosh	1875	Calcutta
Indian Association	Anandamohan Bose and S.N. Banerji	1876	Calcutta
Madras Mahajan Sabha	G.S Aiyer, M Viraraghavachari, Anandacharlu, P Rangayya Naidu	1884	Madras
Bombay Presidency Association	Pherozeshah Mehta K T Telang , Braduddin Tyabji etc	1885	Bombay

TIME TABLE FOR THE WEEK

TIME TABLE FOR TNPSC BATCHES-AT C.I.T NAGAR
C.I.T -6THR
SATURDAY - 2.30-5.30 :polity
                         5.30-7- SCIENCE
SUNDAY- 10-12: HISTORY
                   12.40-2.40 : TAMIL(BOTH WEEKEND AND REGULAR)

C.I.T -22
 SATURDAY -2.30-4.30 :HISTORY
                        4.30-6.30  : SCIENCE
                     
SUNDAY - 10-12: POLITY
                    12.40-2.40 :TAMIL
                     2.30-4.40: SCIENCE
T.NAGAR-6 
SATURDAY -2.30-4.30 :GEOGRAPHY
                        4.30-6.30 :TAMIL
SUNDAY - 10-12:POLITY
                    12.40-2.40 :GEOGRAPHY


T.NAGAR-22
SATURDAY -2.30-4.30 :HISTORY
                        4.30-6.30 :POLITY
SUNDAY - 10-12; SCIENCE
                    12.40-2.40 :GEOGAPHY

  BOG-4
SATURDAY - 2.30-4.30 : HISTORY
                        4.30-6.30 : SCIENCE
SUNDAY -     10-12: GEOGRAPHY
                        12.40-2.40: SCIENCE
                        2.40-4.40: TAMIL

indian national movement

Revolt of 1857: The causes of revolt:

1. Political Causes:
   1. Growing suspicion among native rulers over Lord Dalhousie's policies of "Doctrine of Lapse" and Annexation of the Territories of Native Rulers
   2. Annexation of Avadh on the ground of "misgovernance"
   3. Disposing of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah, athe reigning ruler of Avadh
   4. Lord canning's announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess
   5. Disbanding of the Pindaris and irregular soliders who constitued a large section among the army ranks
2. Administrative and economic causes:
   1. Inefficient administrative machinery of the company
   2. Rampant corruption
   3. Racialism in civil and military administration
   4. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company's suzerainty over the Indian states;
   5. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor
   6. De-industrialisation of the country
3. Military causes :
   1. Dispenser of Indian sepoys with alien rule
   2. Compulsion of the sepoys to serve at the cantonments
   3. Withdrawal of free postage facility to sepoys following the enactment of Post Office Act of 1854
   4. Debarring the foreign service allowance or batta for sepoys serving in Sindh and Punjab
   5. Racial discrimination.
4. Social and Religious causes :
   1. Social discrimination of the British against Indians
   2. Spread of Christianity through missionaries
   3. Enactment of the Religious Dis-abilities act 1850, which enabled a convert to inherit his ancestral property
   4. Antagonism of the traditional Indian society into to the law prohibiting sati, child marriage and female infanticide.
5. The Immediate cause: - Greased Cartridges: The government introduced a new Enfield rifle the Army. It's cartridges had a greased paper cover which had to be bitten off before the cartridge was loaded into the rifle. It was believed that increase was composed of beef and pig fat. The Hindu as well as Muslim sepoys was enraged because the use of greased cartridges was against their religion and they feared that the government was deliberately trying to destroy their religion and convert to Christianity. The time to rebel has come.

Causes for the failure of Revolt : 

By July 1858, the revolt was completely suppressed. Following factors may be the reason for the failure of revolt:

• Lack of coordination and central leadership. The revolt was supposed to have started on May 31, 1857 as decided by Nana Saheb and his colleagues. But the Merrut incidence led to early breaking of the revolt
• Lack of forward looking program.
• Indian leaders lacked resources and experience as compared to British.
• Lack of support and martial races of the North
• British power have remained intact in the eastern, western and southern parts of India from where the forces were sent to suppress the revolt
• Tacit support of certain sections of Indian public.
• Limited territorial and base.
• Many native Indian states, influenced by the example of powerful Hyderabad, did not join the revolt.
• Sikh soldiers of the Punjab area remained loyal to the British throughout.
• The aging Bahadur Shah was neither a brave general not an astute leader of people.

Impacts of the Revolt : The impacts of the 1857 revolt may be summarised as

• In August 1850, the British Parliament passed an act for Better Government of India, 1858, which put an end to the rule of the Company. The control of the British government in India was transfered to the British Crown.
• A minister of British government, called the Secretary of State, was made responsible for the Government of India.
• The British Governor general of India was now also given the title of Viceroy, who was also the representative of the Monarch.
• Marked the end of British imperialism and Princely states were assured against annexation. Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn.
• Marked the end of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule.
• After the revolt, the British pursued the policy of divide and rule.
• Far-reaching changes were made in the administration and increase of white soldiers in the army.
• Total expense of the suppression of the Revolt was borne by the Indians.

Keys for yesterdays content: 

Solutions:

1. Required length = H.C.F of 700 cm, 385 cm and 1295 cm =35 cm.

2. Required measurement = (H.C.F. of  496,403,713)litres = 31 litres.

3. Required number of students = H.C.F. of 1001 and 910 = 91.

4. Largest size of the tile = H.C.F. of 378 cm and 525 cm = 21 cm.

5. Required number =H.C.F. of (91 – 43), (183 – 91) and (183 – 43)

                                   = H.C.F. of 48,92 and 140 = 4.

6. N = H.C.F. of (4665 – 1305), (6905 – 4665) and 6905 – 1305)

        = H.C.F. of 3360,2240 and 5600 = 1120.

Sum of digits in N = (1 + 1 + 2 + 0) = 4.

7. Required number = H.C.F. of (1356 – 12),(1868 – 12) and (2764 – 12)

                                   = H.C.F. of 1344, 1856 and 2752 = 64.

8. Required number = H.C.F. of (1657 – 6) and (2037 -5)

                                   = H.C.F. of 1651 and 2032 = 127.

9. L.C.M. of 8,16,40 and 80 = 80.

    7     70      13      65     31       62

   __ =  __ ;  ___ = ___ ;  ___ =  ___  .

   8      80      16      80     40       80

            70     63      65     62         7      63       13       31

Since, ___> ___> ___ >___ ,so ___ >___ > ___ >  ___

           80      80     80      80         8      80      16        40

So, 7/8 is the largest

10.  L.C.M. of 12, 18, 21, 30                                   

                       = 2 x 3 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 5 = 1260

\ Required number = (1260 ¸ 2 ) = 630.  

                                                         

                                     

                                                 

                     

                       

                            

HCF AND LCM PRACTISE SET

TITLE – Quantitative Questions – HCF & LCM.

1. The greatest possible length which can be used to measure exactly the lengths 7 m, 3 m 85 cm, 12     m 95 cm is:

                a) 15 cm               b) 25 cm               c) 35 cm                d) 42 cm

2. Three different containers contain 496 litres, 403 litres, 403 litres and 713 litres of mixtures of milk and water respectively. What biggest measure can measure all the different quantities exactly ?

                a) 1 litre                b) 7 litres             c ) 31 litres           d) 41 litres

3. The maximum number of students among them 1001 pens and 910 pencils  can be distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of pens and same number of pencils is :

                a) 91                      b) 910                    c) 1001                  d) 1911

4. A rectangular courtyard 3.78 metres long and 5.25 metres  wide is to be paved exactly with square tiles, all of the same size. What is the largest size of the tile which could be used for the purpose?

                a) 14 cms             b) 21 cms             c) 42 cms              d) None of these

5. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each case.

                a)4          b) 7        c) 9         d) 13

6. Let N be the greatest number that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is:

                a) 4         b) 5        c) 6         d) 8

7. The greatest number which can divide 1356, 1868 and 2764 leaving the same remainder 12 in each case, is:

                a) 64      b) 124    c) 156    d) 260

8. The greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respectively, is :

                a) 123                    b) 127                    c) 235                    d) 305

9. Which of the following fractions is the largest?

a) 7/8                    b) 13/16               c) 31/40                d) 63/80

10. What will be the least number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 12,18,21 and 30?

                a) 196                    b) 630                    c) 1260                  d) 2520

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First Wax statue of a Living Indian	Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India	Fa-hien
First Exclusive internet magazine	Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe	Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine	Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India's First University	Nalanda University
India's First Open University	Andhra Pradesh Open University
India's First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes	P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica	Lt. Ram Charan
First British to Visit India	Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India	Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India	Kolkata(1727)