Navjivan Mock

  ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS   The Marathas 1.        The first great leader of the Marathas was Chatrapathi Shivaji .   2.       The Marathas became prominent in the later half of the 17th century.   3.       Shivaji belonged to the Bhonsle clan of the Marathas.   4.       Shaji Bhonsle and Jiga Bai were the Parents of Shivaji.   5.       He was born in 1627 February 19 at the fort of Shivner near Junnar.   6.       His father was a military commander under the Nizam Shahi rulers of Ahmedanagar and later of Bijapur.   7.       Shivaji’s tutor was Dadaji Kondadev .   8.       Shivaji received the help of Malavi tribe to capture the territories of Bijapur Sulthan.   9.     ...

ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS   Later Mughals 1.        Bahadurshah I came to the throne after the death of Aurangazeb. His real name was Muassam.   2.       In 1739 Nadirshah Quli t he Persian conqueror attacked India during the period of the Mughal Emperor Muhammed Shah or Rustan Khan (1719-1748) and took away ShahJahan’s famous Peacock Throne and Kohinoor Diamond.   3.       Ahmedshah’s (1748 -1754) period saw the mighty invasion of Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan.   4.       Akbar Shah II (1806 - 1837) conferred the title ‘‘Raja’’ upon Ram Mohan Roy.   5.       Bahadurshah II (837-1862) was the last Mughal emperor. On 17th May 1857 Bahadurshah II was declared the independent Emperor of India by the Mutineers. He was surrendered to LtW.S.R. Hodson at Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. In 1859 he was deported to ...