General Knowledge Online Test History

Answer: Akbar Tomb is located in Sikandara.
Though the mausoleum was completed during Akbar time itself, the top portion of the mausoleum in marble was constructed by his son, Jahangir.
The tomb building is a four-tiered pyramid, surmounted by a marble pavilion containing the false tomb.

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Lord Reading (1921-1926)
Lord Irwin (1926-1931)
Lord Willingdon (1931-1936)
Lord Linlithgow (1936- 1944)
INC passed ‘Quit India Resolution’ in 1942.

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The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at Belgaum.
It was the 39th session of the Indian National Congress.
The state government has built a park Vijayanagar Veerasoudha Udyana at the venue of the 1924 Congress session.

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On August 20, 1828, the first assembly of the Brahmo Sabha was held at Kolkata (Calcutta).
This Sabha was convened by religious reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy for his family and friends settled there.
Brahmo Samaj is monotheistic reformist movement of the Hindu religion that appeared during the Bengal Renaissance.

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• Ajivikas is a sect of Jainism founded by Gosalamaskriputra.
• It is recognised as a heterodox School in Indian Philosophy, as its preachings and teachings are mainly based on Jainism Texts.

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• Aihole is the first capital of Badami Chalukyas before they moved to Badami which is located at 35 kms from it.
• Aihole is an important archaeological site and recognized as UNESCO World heritage site.
• It is situated near Malaprabha river valley, in Bagalakote district of Karnataka.

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• In 1608 AD, the East India Company sent Captain William Hawkins to the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir to secure royal patronage.
• He arrived in Surat in August 1608.
• He succeeded in getting royal permit for the Company to establish its factories at various places on the Western coast of India.

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Tipu sultan was also known as Tiger of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Haider Ali. He is considered as the pioneer of Rocket Artillery.
Moreover he had contact with the Napoleon, and together with the French army they posed joint front against British expansion in Indian subcontinent.

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Cow was the standard unit of exchange of Aryans . The reference of Cow in the Rig-Veda shows that the Rigvedic Aryans were predominantly pastoral people.
The term for war in the Rig Veda was Gavishthi or search for cows .

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Salt satyagrah was launched at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of Pt. Govind Das.

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. The university of Calcutta was established on 24 january 1857 .
. It is one of the oldest universities established in modern India.
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The High Court of Delhi continued to exercise jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh
until the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 came into force on 25 January 1971.

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• Bangladesh Liberation war happened between march, 1971 to December, 1971.
• And at this time Sam Maneksaw was the cheif of Indian Army.
• The same year witnessed the Indo Pak War of 1971 in which finally Pakistan army surrendered.

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• The Second Phase of Trade Capitalism was 1813-1858.
• During this period of industrial revolution in Britain, the British industries were led by the Indian capital which was drained out of India.
• The economic philosophy of free trade championed by Adam Smith centred during this stage.

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• The Battle of Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC by Alexander against King Porus.
• After defeat, porous was captured and bought in front of Alexender and he asked porous how he should
treat him and porous replies that he be treated like how Alexander himself would expect to be treated.
• Porous was an extraordinary brave Indian king who ruled in the region between Hydaspes and Acesines.

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The Portuguese were the first to come to India beginning with Vasco Da Gama in 1498.
The Portuguese state of India was established in 1505. India seized the former Portuguese Indian territories of Goa,
Daman and Diu in december 1961, marking the end of Portuguese settlement in India.

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A Tirthankara in Jainism is a founder of a Tirtha. He achieves the enlightenment and then shows the path to others.
Mahavira Swami was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. His predecessor was Parshvantath.

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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston was a British statesman who served twice as a Prime Ministerin the mid-19th century.
Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain was at the height of its imperial power.
He held office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865.

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Harsha was halted by the south Indian Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty,
when Harsha tried to expand his Empire into the southern peninsula of India.

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The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha,
was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 .