GK- Hyderabad Flashcards
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Literal Meaning of Neroon Kot?
Neroon Kot literally means the place where Neroon came from.
a Sindhi ruler of the area from whom the city derived its previous name, Neroon Kot
Ganjo Takker?
Ganjo Takker or the bald (barren) hill, later attributed to as the Ganjo Range by British occupants, protected the town raising it above the level of the water and safe from flood calamities that were regular in neighbouring regions.
The Ganjo Takker ridge lay on a low limestone range and
was used as a place of worship by the most adherent religious priests that blessed the city believing their meditation may result in excellent trade networks the city was developing at the time. But these very particular popularity traits in the areas of trade led the city vulnerable to outside sieges. Equipped mostly with farming equipment,
Neroon Dethroned in?
-the locals were attacked by the conquest of Islamic armies circa 711 CE and surrendered.
Neroon was dethroned.
Neroon Kot was conquered by?
- In 711 C, Muhammad bin Qasim al-Sakafi (pictured right) conquered the town.
- By the mid-712, Muslims armies had conquered much of the Sindh.
Agham Lohana
a chief Agham Lohana who was ruler of Brahmanabad with their two territories,
Lakha to the west of Lohana and
Sama to the south of Lohana (Nerron) Narayankot, Hyderabad, Sindh in the time of Chach 636AD
After a brief rule of Arabs and local leaders Sindh came under the rule of local ________, who were local Sindhis converted to Islam
Soomros
. .
Soomro rule was followed by the great _______rule
Samma dynasty
By the end of Samma dynasty rule Sindh was occupied by invading __________
Afghan warlords.
who lost the empire to Mughal Empire after a brief period of rule.
What Mughals did with NeroonKot?
The Mughal empire thrived in the majority of the central parts of India and yet however never seated a ruler on the land of Neroon
the late 17th century, the Mughal dynasty had grown weary and weak in the regions of the Sindhu territory or Sindh and the governor _________became the de facto, virtual ruler of Sindh around _______.
Yar Muhammad Khan Kalhora
1701 CE
(Muhammad Khan Kalhora belonged to the most affluent tribe in the region namely the Kalhora کلہوڑا.)
Under Kalhoro Dynasty; why the Capital was shifted ?
The River Indus was changing course around 1757 due to Monsoons resulting in periodic floods and devastating the banks of the river.
Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhora was admired as the saintly ruler of Sindh at the time his capital Khudabad near Dadu was repeatedly flooded. he decided to shift the capital.
The present day city of Hyderabad was founded in (1)________on the site of the ancient town of Neroon Kot by (2)________ it remained the chief town of Sindh until (3)_______, when, after the battle of (4) ______, it surrendered to the British, and the capital was transferred to (5)_______
1768
Ghulam Shah Kalhora
1843
Miani
Karachi
Ghulam Shah Kalhoro admired the city so much that in _______, he ordered a fort to be built on one of the three hills of Hyderabad to house and defend his people. The massive half-a-square kilometer (about 36 acres) garrison was completed by 1768. Since then, it stands in place and is called the Pacco Qillo پڪو قلعو or the strong fort.
The Kalhora rule lasted for two more decades until the demise of the great Ghulam Shah.
1766
________ period is considered to be the Golden period in the history of Sindh.
Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro’s
After the death of the great Kalhora, started the Talpur Rule
Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur left his capital Khudabad, the land of God and made Hyderabad his capital in ______.
1789
When Mir Fateh formally entered in Hyd fort?
–from 1792 to mark Mir Fateh formal entry in the Hyderabad fort.
- He made the Pacco Qillo his residence and also held his courts there.
- Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur along with his three other brothers was responsible for the affairs that persisted in the city of Hyderabad in the years of their kingdom.
The last remaining rule of the Talpur kingdom was ________
Mir Muhammad Naseer Khan Talpur
was among the Talpur leaders to surrender to the British and was ported to Calcutta
Mirs educational services?
Mirs embraced the local culture and tried to proceed it with building literary institutions to restore the integrity of the Sindhi culture.
In order to educate their people the mother of Mir Fateh Ali Khan, Bibi Khairunnissa, established Jamia al-Khairi or al-Khairi University.
The British came face-to-face with the Talpurs at the battle of _______on_______
Miani
17 February 1843
the battle ended on 24 March where the Mirs lost the city
The Battle of Hyderabad?
fought on 24 March 1843 between the forces of British East India Company and the Talpur Emirs of Sindh near Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
Also called the battle of Dubbu
Hyderabad was defended by _______troops and baloch tribes under the command of His Highness _____ and __________. Charles Napier with a force of only men but with artillery support stormed the city.
20,000
Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Talpur “Sher-i-Sindh” and Hosh Mohammad sheedi.
3,000
The municipality of Hyderabad was established in .
1853
The water Pumping Technology in Hyderabad?
To facilitate the expansion of the former capital, the British deployed water pumping technologies that would pump water from the river bank at Gidu Bandar whence from the water was deposited into large reservoirs situated about 500 yards from the river bank capable of holding over 1,000,000 gallons of water, surely a first when it comes to state-of-the-art constructions. Using a smart gravitational concept, the water was then supplied to the far most arid regions of the town.
Latifabad and Qasimabad?
While the population of Hyderabad grew with the arrival of Muslim refugees from India, the Government of Pakistan proposed the creation of two more suburbs, namely
- Latifabad (in honour of the famous poet of Sindh Shah Abdul Latif Bhita’i) and
- Qasimabad (in honour of the famous Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim), to settle the Muslim refugees.
