CLASS 8 CBSE HISTORY TERM-2 ONE WORD

                                                     HISTORY-TERM-II

The first cotton mill in India was set up as spinning mill in Bombay in 1854

Calico was derived from Calicut

Chintz, cossaes were printed cotton.

The word chintz comes from the word chhint

Surat was one of the most important ports of the Indian ocean trade

Tipu sultan ruled Mysore till 1799

Michael Faradey was a European scientist

The first mill in Ahmedabad was started in 1861

Macaulay’s minute the English Education Act was introduced in 1835

In 1783, William Jones arrived in Calcutta

Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a scholar of Sanskrit

The Hindu college was established in Benaras.

Who started Shanti Niketan in 1901? Rabindranath Tagore

Which Act was introduced in 1870? Education.

A printing press was set up in 1800

James Mill was one of those who attacked the orientalists.

William Jones set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

In 1875 which samaj was founded?  Bramho

Vaishyas were known as Ati Shudras

The writer of the book ‘Stripurushtulna’ was Tarabai Shinde

In which year was the Child Marriage Restraint Act passed 1929

Madigas were an important untouchables caste of Andhra Pradesh

Bombay presidency in which untouchables were not allowed in government schools.

Jyotirao Phul was born in 1827

Brahmans claim that they were superior because they were Aryans

The American revolution  started in 1776.

Keshab Chander sen  was one of the main leaders of the Brahmo Samaj.

Swami Vivekananda was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhamsa.

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar and Ramaswami Naicker continued the movement for caste system in the 20^th century

Henry Louis Vivan Derozo was a teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta

Khalsa college was established in 1892

Raja ravi varma tried to create a style of modern and national

Mural is a wall painting

Colonial rule introduced several new art forms.

The art of making portraits is called Portraiture.

Okakura researched on Japanese art

Repeal means to undo law

A person who is against taking extreme action called a Moderate

Being independent without outside interference is sovereign

In 1905 Bengal got partitioned

In 1905 Viceroy Curzon partitioned Bengal

In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi launched Dandi March

The Direct Action Day was declared on 16 August 1946

RSS stands for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

The religious functionaries of Sikh gurudwaras were called as Mahants

Lala Lajpat Rai was an active member of the Arya Samaj

The book poverty and unbritish rule Dadabhai Naoroji

The Marathi newspaper was edited by Balagangadhara tilak

The Indian who renounced his knighthood after the Jallianwala bagh Rabindranath tagore

The first Indian woman to become president of the Indian Nationa Congress Sarojini naidu

Free India’s first Indian Governer general was C.Rajagopalachari

The Indian National congress was established when 72 delegates from all over the country met at Bombay in Dec 1885

The Moderate leaders did not believe in extreme actions

The all India Musilm league was formed by a group of Muslims landlords and Nawabs

The Rowlatt act curbed fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression and strengthened police power

Mahatma Gandhi abruptly called of Non-Cooperation movement when it took violent turn

The Congress resolved to fight for Puma swaraj in 1929 under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru

The Quit India Movement started in 1942

The Swadeshi Movement started after the Partition of Bengal

The Simon Commission 1927

The Rowlatt act 1919

The civil Disobedience movement  1930

The All India Muslim League     1906

The Khilafat agitation    1920

The Swadeshi movement sought to oppose British rule

The second world war broke out in September

Chittranjan Das was lawyer from East Bengal

Lala Lajpat Rai died in the Lathi charge in 1928

Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt law by picking up a limp of natural salt at Dandi

Potti Sriramulu fasted and died for the Telugu

Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of our constitution? B.R.Ambedkar

Who was the Deputy Prime Minister of India after the independence? Vallabhbhai Patel

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse

In 1947, the population of India was almost 345 million

Mahatma Gandhi is known as ‘Father of Nation’

Franchise refers to right to vote

Defence,taxes, foreign affairs are the subject of Union list

In 1956 the second five year plan was formulated

India gained freedom soon after the devastation of the Second world war

On 15 December 1952, Potti Sriramulu died

The Jallianwala bagh massacre occurred in Amritsar on Baishakthi day
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What was the other name for the Great Dandi March? Salt Sathyagraha.

Who raised the Slogan ‘Freedom is our birth right and I shall have it’? Bal Gangadhar Tilak

HSRA stands for Hindustan Socialist Republican Association