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india on eve of british conquest Flashcards

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muhammad shah

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1719-48;

hyderbad, bengal, awadh and punjab independent states

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nadir shah attacks

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persian;1738-39; kohinoor n peacokck throne loot

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ahmad shah abdali

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succesor of nadir shah

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1st battle of panipat

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1526;
babur and ibrahim lodi
babur won

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2nd battle pf panipat

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1556;
akbar and hemu;
akbar won

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third battle of panipat

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1761;

marathas and ahmad shah abdali(won)

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grand trunk road constructed

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shershah suri 1540-45;

on NH 19 AND 44

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RULERS AFTER AURNAGZEB

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BAHADUR SHAH 1 1709-1712
JAHANDAR SHAH 12-13
FARRUKHSIYAR 13-19
RAFI-UD-DARJAT 1718
RAFI UD DAULA / SHAH JAHANA 2 1719
MUHAMMAD SHAH 1719-48 RANGEELA BATTLE OF KARNAL
AHMAD SHAH  48-54
ALAMGIR 2
SHAHJEHAN 3
SHAH ALAM 2 1759 - 1806; BATTLE OF BUZAR AND PANIPAT
AKBAR 2
BAHADUR SHAH 2
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who abolished jajiya

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jahandar shah(1712-1713)

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battle of karnal

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1739; between nadir shah and muhammad shah rangeela; nadir shah won

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battle of plassey

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1757; fought in reign of alamgir 2

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3rd bt of panipat(1761) and battle of buzar(1764)
farman of diwani in bengal, behar and orissa
treaty of allahabad(1765,aug)

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in reign of shah alam 2

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sardeshmukhi and chauth

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an additional 10% levy on top of the chauth. Chauth and sardeshmukhi were the taxes collected not in theMaratha kingdom but in the neighbouring territories of the Mughal Empire or Deccan sultanates.
Chauth was one fourth of the land revenue paid to the Marathas in order to avoid the Maratha raid

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khalisa

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Khalisa refers to land owned by the Emperor directly. It was the sole property of the emperor and was not a part of the royal treasury of the empire

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jagir of mughal

iqta of delhi sultanate

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The Jagirdari system was an integral part of the mansabdari system which developed under Akbar and underwent certain changes during the reign of his successors. During Akbar’s period all the territory was broadly divided into two: Khalisa(Crown Land) and Jagir(Land Assignments).
collection of the revenues of an estate and the power of governing it were bestowed on an official of the state.

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awadh

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founder saadat khan also k/a burhan-ul mulk
succeded by safder jung

Wajid Ali Shah, the then Nawab, was imprisoned, and then exiled by the company to Calcutta (Bengal). In the subsequent Revolt of 1857, his 14-year-old son Birjis Qadra son of Begum Hazrat Mahal was crowned ruler

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Ahmadullah Shah

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, born in 1787, more famously known as Maulavi of Faizabad, was one of the leading figures of the great Indian revolt of 1857.
In the Awadh region, Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the ‘Lighthouse of Rebellion

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bengal

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founder: murshid quli khan

1857; Mansur Ali Khan

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mysore

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wodeyars
haiderali
tipu sultan

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kerala

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martanda verma estb independent rule with TRAVANCORE AS CAPITAL

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JATS

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vhuraman and badan singh; jat of bharatpur

suraj mal took it to zenith

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sikhs

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guru gobind singh
banda bahadur
ranjit singh

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import item- persian gulf region

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pearls
raw silk
wool
dates; dried fruits
rose water
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import item-arabia

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coffee, gold, drugs, honey

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china- imports

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tea, sugar, poreclain, silk

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tibet imports

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gold, musk, woolen cloth

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africa import

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ivory and drugs

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europe import

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woolen cloths,
copper
iron
lead
paper
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export items

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cotton
raw silk+silk fabric
hardware
indigo
saltpetre
opium
rice
wheat
sugar
pepper
stones
drugs
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textile centres in india

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dacca, murshidabad, patna, surat
ahmedabad, broach, chander
burharnpur,jaunpur, varanasi, lucknow
agra, multan, lahore
masulipatnam, aurangabad, chichacole, vishakhapatnam
bangalore coimbatore madurai
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ship building

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maha, andhra, bengal

kerala coast of calicut and quilon

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chatuspathis or tols

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bihar, bengal called them these

centre for higher education

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centres for sanskrit education

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kashi, tirhut(mithila); nadia, utkala

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persian education centre azimabad is in?

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bihar

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bada imambada

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1784; asaf ud daula

36
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sawai madhav sinngh

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built: pink city jaipur
5 astronomical observatory: in DELHI JAIPUR BENARES MATHURA AND UJJAIN
PREPARED jij muhammad shashi (for studies of astronomical studies)
padmanabhpuram in kerala

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tayumanavar

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enriched tamil language with sittar poetry

was against temple rule and caste system

38
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sittar poetry of south india reached heights during?

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reign of travancore ruler

39
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heer ranjha composed during this time be?

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warris shah

40
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risalo, composed by?

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shah abdul latif

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