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9 Cards in this Set
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When was Battle of Plassey fought and Where? |
1757 AD, After this battle the Brits became the real rulers of Bengal. |
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When was the monopoly of East India Company's trade in India abolished ? |
1813 |
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When was the first train run in India and where ? |
1853 - Bombay to Thane |
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List some achievements of 'Harbinger of the Modern age in India'. |
1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 2) Got Sati banned 3) Found Brahmo Samaj - Rationalism & Social Equality 4) Supported monotheism 5) Opposed - Idolatory, polytheism, rituals |
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Ramakrishna Mission - founder & philosphy |
1) Founder - Swami Vivekananda 2) Vedanta philosophy 3) Oneness of all religion |
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Narayana Guru & Chattambi Swamigal from Kerala. |
1) From Nayar & Ezhava communities repectively 2) Worked to bring these communities together. |
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Muslim Reform Movement - Salient points |
Most prominent - Syed Ahmad Khan - Muslims could make progress only thru education - Denounced Purdah, polygamy, easy divorce - Started the Aligarh Movement - Started Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (Later AMU) |
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Who found Arya Samaj ? |
1) Found by Swami Dayananda in 1875 - Slogan : 'Back to the Vedas' - Challenged idolatry & lack of women education - Propagate true knowledge of Vedas - Wrote - Satyartha Prakash 2) Took part in Shuddhi Movement |
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Chronology of Indian national movement |
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