Panipat

This place is now in Haryana.
It is one of the important battle fields which decided the history of India.
This is the place where Babur defeated the last Lodi and established the Mughal Empire.

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Some names and their meanings

Akbar = The great.
Alamgir = Alam + Gir = World + conqueror
Shahjahan = Shah + Jahan = King + World
Now,
       I hope you know what Jahangir means ;-)
Simple worlds scrambled gives new names lol.

All the best

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Koh-i-noor diamond's story

These are the images of the Koh-i-noor. to know more about it, click wiki Its very interesting. Dont miss it.

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Personal Advice

The best way to remember the chronological order of the Mughal Empire and the other Famous dynasties like Slave Dynasty, Lodi dynasty, etc.. is to read the book   "Vandhargal Vendrargal" by Famous Writer 'Sujatha'. 

'சுஜாதா' அவர்கள் எழுதிய "வந்தார்கள் வென்றார்கள்"

In that he describes the invasion of Ghajini, Nadir Shah and even the story of Kohinoor Diamond. Dont read it for the years though. :-)

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Rangeela

He was the first Muslim King to celebrate Holi
He was very fond of natural colors and hence the name Rangeela.

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Jizyah Tax

*Jizyah Tax is a poll tax
*It is levied on non-muslims in a Islamic country.
*It was abolished by Akbar the great earlier, but reintroduced by Aurangazeb later.
*Again Jizyah Tax was abolished by the Later Mughal Jahander Shah.

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Story of Prince Shahu

Shahu was one of the descedants of Chatrapathi Shivaji. Here is his story and how it is related to later mughals.

Shivaji ruled Marathas from 1627 to 1680. He had two sons Sambaji and Rajaram. 

In 1989 in the Battle of sangameshwar, Sambaji was killed by Mughal Forces and his son Shahu was taken as a prisoner. He was released by Bahadur Shah and he came back to his kingdom.

                                      
                                            Shivaji (1627-1680)
                                   _____________|_____________
                                   |                                         |
                    Sambaji (1680-1689)                Rajaram (1689-1700)                 
                                   |                                         |
                      Shahu (1707-....)                   Shivaji II(1700-1707)

Meanwhile as Sambaji was killed, his brother Rajaram ascended the throne. After his death his son Shivaji II ascended the throne. As he was very young, hiss mother Tara bai ruled the kingdom for him. When Shahu returned and asked his kingdom, she refused and so the civil war started. Shahu defeated Tara bai and ascended the throne.

Lets see the remaining details in Mararthas lesson. 

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CLASS 1

These are the details given to us in the first class.
Note: This just gives you the general idea of the UPSC civil service examination.


Now Prelims in UPSC exam is conducted in the CSAT exam paper format. Its just an aptitude test. It consists of two papers
                                         i) General studies
                                        ii) Aptitude Test
For General Studies, the various topics are
          1. Indian History
          2. Geography
          3. Economy
          4. Indian Politics
          5. Current Affairs
          6. Science and Technology

First we Are Going To Concentrate On Indian History

History In Prelims Mean Only Indian History

History Can Be Divided into
        1.Ancient (2,00,000 BC - 750 AD)
        2.Medieval 
                   i) Early Medieval (750AD-1206AD)
                   ii) Proper Medieval (1206AD-1707AD)
        3.Modern
                   i) NO name (1707-1856)
                   ii) No name (1856-1947AD)

The Part Modern India will get more significance in UPSC exmas.
The lessons we are going to study in the topic MODERN INDIA are
    1. Coming Of Europeans
    2. Later Mughals
    3. Regional Kingdoms (Bengal, Hydearbad, Oudh/Avadh, Mysore)
    4. Marathas (Also Peshwas)
    5. British Expansion
    6. Development of Education and The Press
    7. Socio-Religious Reform Movement
    8. Uprising
    9. The Revolt of 1857 And The Aftermath
  10. Pre-INC Organisation
  11. INC (Indian National Congress)<1885->
                     i) Moderate Phase (1885-1905)
                    ii) Extremist Phase (1905-1916)
                   iii) Gandhian Phase (1917-1947)
  12. Revolutionary Terrorists (Phase I & Phase II)
  13. Swaraj Party nd Home Rule Movement
  14. Nehruvian Era (1947-1964)





Reference Books:
           1.NCERT Books for std XI (For Ancient, Medieval), XII book no 1 (Modern India)
          2. India's struggle For Independence by Bipin Chandra




WILL SEE COMING OF EUROPEANS IN NEXT CLASS
All the best

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