Modern History Short Notes for SSC CGL,CHSL,RRB,PSC,UPSC exams

Brief Notes on Modern History for SSC,RAIL,GROUP D,PSC,SSC GD and many more State or Central exams 


( Part - 1 )



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The Revolt of 1857


Outbreak

● On March 29,1857, a soldier named Mangal Pandey attacked and fired at his senior at Barrackpur in Bengal ( in 19th and 34th Native infantry ).
● On May 10,there was a mutiny of sepoys at Meerut started ( 3rd Native Cavalry).
● Mughal Emperor Bahdur Shah II was proclaimed the Emperor of India.
● Greased Cartridges was immediate cause of Revolt.

Important Persons

● Bakht Khan ( Captured Delhi,was from the Barreily unit of the army ).
● Nana Sahib alias Dhondhu Pant ( from Kanpur along with Tantia Tope and Azimullah ).
● Begum Hazrat Mahal of Awadh ( declared her soj as the Nawab of Awadh ).
● Rani Lakshmibai,the widowed queen of Raja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi ( Tantia Tope joined her and they defeated the Scindhia of Gwalior,but both were defeated by Sir Hugh Rose,she died on June 17,1858,while Tantia was later captured and executed ).


Social and Cultural Uprisings


Brahmo Samaj

● Founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828.
● Vehementically opposed Sati Pratha,casteism and advocated widow remarriage.
● Justice M.G. Ranade founded the Prarthana Sabha.
● In 1866,Brahmo Samaj devided into Brahma Samaj of India headed by Keshav Chandra Sen and Adi Brahmo Samaj by Devendranath Tagore.

Arya Samaj

● His motto was 'Go back to the Vedas' & 'India for the Indians'.He disregarded Puranas, idol worship,casteism and untouchability.He advocated widow remarriage.
● Dayanand's views were published in his famous work,Satyarth Prakash.

Ramkrishna Mission

● Founded by Vivekanand ( earlier Narendranath Dutta ) (1863-1902) in 1897.
● Irish Woman Margret Nobel ( Known as Sister Nivedita ) popularized it.

Young Bengal Movement

● Founded by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-31). He was a teacher in Hindu College in Calcutta.

Theosophical Society

● Founded by Westerners who drew inspiration from Indian thought and Culture.
● Madam H P Blavatsky laid the foundation of the movement in US in 1875.Later, Col. M S Olcott of the US Army joined her.
● in 1882,it was shifted to India at Adyar (Tamil Nadu).
● Annie Basant was elected its President in 1907.

The Aligarh Movement

● Started by Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan.He encouraged Muslims to accept the Virtues of western education.
● He founded the Aligarh school in 1875.The school was made into the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1877.The College grew into the Aligarh Muslim University.


Important National Activities


The Indian National Congress

● Formed in 1885 by AO Hume,an Englishman and a retired civil servant.
● First session in Bombay under WC Bnnerjee in 1885 ( 72 delegates attended it ).

Partition of Bengal

● By Lord Curzon on October 16, 1905, through a royal Proclamation, reducing the old province of Bengal in size by creating East Bengal and Assam out of rest of Bengal.
● The Objective wae to set up communal guy between Hindus and Muslims.

Swadeshi Movement ( 1905)

● Had its origin in the anti-partition movement of Bengal.
● Lal,Bal,Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh played important role.
● Bonfires of foreign goods were conducted at Various places.

Muslim League (1906)

● Setup in 1906 under the leadership of Aga Khan, Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk.
● It was a, communal and conservative political organization which supported the partition of Bengal, opposed the Swadeshi movement, demanded special safeguards to its community and a separate electorate for Muslims.





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