UGC NTA NET/JRF Re-EXAM, June 2024 HISTORY (Shift-I)

Governor General Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793, which was implemented across 19% of British India, including Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and the Banaras division of Uttar Pradesh. Under this system, zamindars were recognized as the owners of the land, and 10/11 of the total revenue was assigned to the government.

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• Rangpur Dhing Peasant Revolt                                                                1783 AD

• Thomas Macaulay's Minutes on Indian Education                             1835 AD

• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar started  the weekly 'Som Prakash        1859 AD

• Veda Samaj was founded in Madras                                                      1864 AD

During the British period, the Civil and Military Gazettes were published from Lahore. The Military and Civil Gazettes primarily contained political, administrative, and policy matters related to the government, requiring strict secrecy. This Gazette was the basis for British rule in India.

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After the Battle of Plassey, Mir Jafar's son Miran assassinated Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal. Mir Jafar was known as "Colonel Clive's Jackal" because he could not make any decision without Clive. J.Z. Hallwell, an eyewitness to the Black Hole incident, gave the number of victims but did not name them. Later, the Battle of Buxar was fought, in which the combined forces of Bengal, Awadh, and Delhi faced Munro's British army. With the permission of Sultan Shuja, the first British factory was established in Hooghly, Bengal, in 1651.

The author of the book "Indian War of Independence, 1857" is B.D. Savarkar, who in this book considers the rebellion of 1857 as a national freedom struggle. In 1904, B.D. Savarkar founded the organization Mitra Mela, which later transformed into the Abhinav Bharat organization. Later, in 1900, Savarkar moved to London.

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Katyayana was a Sanskrit grammarian of the third century BCE. According to Katyayana, Vidyadhan (wealth acquired through learning) includes wealth received by a scholar from his disciples, wealth received as a reward for solving a difficult question or succeeding in a debate, wealth received as a sacrificial fee, etc.

During his Bengal campaign, Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq sent an army led by Jauna Khan to attack Bhanudev, the ruler of Jajnagar (Orissa), in 1324 AD. Jauna Khan was initially defeated in this battle, but later Bhanudev was defeated and settled the matter by paying a large sum of money to Jauna Khan. This campaign greatly increased the fame of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq