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History Short Tricks English Medium

Short tricks for Indian history — dynasties, rulers, battles, movements, sessions and art and culture lists, in order, in one memorable sentence each.

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Chapter 101 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Stone Age - Short Trick Short tricks for the Stone Age — tools of the three Palaeolithic phases, the four Neolithic marks, the "firsts" at Bori, Adamgarh, Mehrgarh and Koldihwa, what marks Burzahom, Chirand, Bhimbetka, Ganeshwar, Ahar, Kayatha and Navdatoli, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 102 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Indus Valley Civilisation - Short Trick Short tricks for the Indus Valley Civilisation — the farthest sites Manda, Daimabad, Sutkagen Dor and Alamgirpur, the excavator, year and river of Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Lothal, Dholavira, Kalibangan and Rakhigarhi, key finds, burials, Meluhha, Dilmun and Magan, and the theories of decline, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 103 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Vedic Age - Short Trick Short tricks for the Vedic Age — Aryan homeland theories, the modern names of Vitasta, Asikni, Parushni and other rivers, the Battle of Ten Kings, the ratnin officials, the four ashramas, eight forms of marriage, sixteen samskaras in order, gods and royal sacrifices, the Vedas and their priests, the Upanishads and the founders of the six schools, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 104 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The First Territorial States — Mahajanapadas - Short Trick Short tricks for the Mahajanapadas — the sixteen states in three groups with every capital, the four strongest, the republics, the Anguttara Nikaya, Magadha’s dynasties from Brihadratha to the Mauryas, what Bimbisara, Ajatashatru, Udayin and Kalashoka did, why Magadha won, and the Persian and Greek invasions, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 105 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Religious Movements — Jainism and Buddhism - Short Trick Short tricks for Jainism and Buddhism — teachers of the Ajivika, Charvaka and other sects, Tirthankara symbols, the five Jain vows, the Jain councils, Digambara and Shvetambara, the Eightfold Path in order, the Buddha’s disciples, the venues, presidents and patrons of the four Buddhist councils, Hinayana and Mahayana, the Tripitaka and the founders of Nalanda and Vikramashila, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 106 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Mauryan Empire - Short Trick Short tricks for the Mauryan Empire — the Maurya kings from Chandragupta to Brihadratha, the lands Seleucus gave up, Megasthenes, Deimachus and Dionysius, the sites of Ashoka’s Major Rock Edicts and pillar edicts, what each rock edict says, the saptanga, provinces and capitals, tirthas, adhyakshas, taxes and the books with their authors, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 107 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Sangam Age - Short Trick Short tricks for the Sangam Age — the seats and presidents of the three Sangams, the capitals, ports and emblems of the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas, Karikala, Senguttuvan and Nedunjeliyan, territorial units, taxes, the four kudis, and the Tirukkural, Silappadikaram and Manimekalai with their authors, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, TNPSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 108 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Post-Mauryan Period - Short Trick Short tricks for the Post-Mauryan period — the order Maurya, Sunga, Kanva, Satavahana, how each line ended, the Kanva and Satavahana kings in order, Kharavela, the order Greeks, Sakas, Parthians, Kushanas, Menander, Rudradaman, the Kushana kings, the works of Ashvaghosha, Nagarjuna and Patanjali, and the Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 109 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Gupta Age - Short Trick Short tricks for the Gupta Age — the Gupta kings from Srigupta to Skandagupta, how to identify each, officials like the Sandhivigrahika, bhukti, vishaya, vithi and grama, taxes, ports, Kalidasa’s seven works, Aryabhata, temples, and Ajanta and Bagh, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 110 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Post-Gupta Era - Short Trick Short tricks for the Post-Gupta era — the seats of the Maukharis, Maitrakas, Gaudas and Pushyabhutis, Harsha’s family, plays and “five Indies”, Banabhatta, Hiuen Tsang, Nalanda, the Kannauj and Prayag assemblies, the Vakataka kings, the three Chalukya lines and the Badami kings, Mitakshara and Dayabhaga, and the Pallava kings in order, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 211 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Sultanate of Delhi - Short Trick Short tricks for the Delhi Sultanate — the Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi dynasties in order, their founders, the 11 Slave rulers, Ala-ud-din’s conquests, Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq’s projects, Firoz’s taxes, the departments and their founders, revenue terms, books and authors, and buildings, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 212 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Provincial Kingdoms - Short Trick Short tricks for the provincial kingdoms — the four Vijayanagara dynasties and kings in order, the foreign travellers and whose reign they saw, the Ashtadiggajas, terms like amaram and ayagar, the Bahmani kingdom, the founding, end and dynasties of the five Deccan Sultanates, and facts on Kumbha, Konark and Jaunpur, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 213 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Bhakti and Sufi Movements - Short Trick Short tricks for the Bhakti and Sufi movements — the philosophies of Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka, Vallabha and Chaitanya, the four mathas, Ramananda’s disciples, the works of Kabir, Dadu, Tulsidas, Surdas and Mirabai, the Varkari saints, the ten Sikh Gurus in order and the founders of the Sufi orders, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 214 English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Mughal Empire - Short Trick Short tricks for the Mughal Empire — the emperors from Babur to Aurangzeb in order, Panipat, Khanwa, Chanderi and Ghaghra, Sher Shah’s system, Akbar’s reforms, conquests and Nine Jewels, the war of succession, ministers, units, classes of land, buildings and the authors of Persian histories, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 215 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Maratha Empire - Short Trick Short tricks for the Maratha Empire — Shivaji’s mentors and the events of his life in order, the capitals, the Treaty of Purandar, Sambhaji to Shahu, the eight ministers of the Ashtapradhan, chauth and sardeshmukhi, the seven Peshwas in order and the seats of the Gaekwad, Holkar, Scindia and Bhonsle, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 216 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Later Mughals and Regional States - Short Trick Short tricks for the later Mughals and the regional states — Bahadur Shah I to Bahadur Shah Zafar in order, Nadir Shah and Abdali, the Nawabs of Bengal, Plassey and Buxar, the Nawabs of Awadh and the Nizams of Hyderabad, the Anglo-Mysore treaties, the places of the Sikh Gurus, Ranjit Singh, the Jat leaders and the Jantar Mantars, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 317 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Emergence of European Powers in India - Short Trick Short tricks for the advent of the Europeans in India — order of arrival and of founding of the Portuguese, Dutch, English, Danish and French companies, first factories, the Golden Farman and Farrukhsiyar’s farmans, the Carnatic Wars, Plassey and Buxar, treaties and Governors-General of the Mysore, Maratha and Sikh wars, the Sugauli, Yandabo and Gandamak treaties, and the Permanent Settlement, Ryotwari and Mahalwari systems, each in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 318 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Tribal and Peasant Revolts - Short Trick Short tricks for tribal and peasant revolts — order and leaders of the Sanyasi, Pagal Panthi, Ahom, Khasi, Kol, Santhal and Munda revolts, the Ramosi, Khond, Koya, Bhil and Rampa revolts, the Polygars, Velu Thampi and Kittur, and peasant movements such as Indigo, Pabna, Bijolia, Champaran, Kheda, Eka, Moplah and Tebhaga, each in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 319 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Governors-General and Viceroys - Short Trick Short tricks for the Governors-General and Viceroys of India — the chain of posts from Warren Hastings to Rajagopalachari, the Governors-General of Bengal and of India, every Viceroy from Canning to Mountbatten in order, the subsidiary alliance and lapse states, and the wars, laws and reforms of each term, each in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 320 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Development of Modern Education and the Press - Short Trick Short tricks for modern education and the press — the order of Wood, Hunter, Raleigh, Sadler, Hartog, Wardha, Sargent, Radhakrishnan and Kothari, founders of institutions from the Calcutta Madrasa to the Central Hindu School, the press laws from 1799 to 1931 and their Governors-General, and the founders of papers such as the Bengal Gazette, Kesari, Amrita Bazar Patrika and Yugantar, each in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 321 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks The Revolt of 1857 - Short Trick Short tricks for the Revolt of 1857 — earlier army mutinies, the Doctrine of Lapse states, the Berhampore–Barrackpore–Meerut–Delhi sequence, the leaders of Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Jagdishpur, Bareilly and other centres, British officers such as Nicholson, Campbell and Hugh Rose, the Queen’s Proclamation, and the views and books of Savarkar, Majumdar and Holmes, each in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 322 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Social and Religious Reform Movements - Short Trick Short tricks for the social and religious reform movements — the Brahmo Samaj and its splits, Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission, Theosophical Society, Prarthana Samaj, Satyashodhak Samaj, SNDP, Justice Party, Aligarh and Deoband, Sikh and Parsi reform, and the Sati, Thugi and Sarda laws, each founder and year in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 323 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Growth of Nationalism and Struggle for Independence (1885–1919) - Short Trick Short tricks for the growth of nationalism (1885–1919) — Lytton’s measures, the pre-Congress associations and their founders, Congress sessions and presidents, moderate and extremist leaders, Lal–Bal–Pal, the Swadeshi samitis, the Muslim League, Home Rule, the Lucknow Pact and the revolutionaries abroad, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 324 Pass English Medium Indian History · History Short Tricks Struggle for Independence — Second Phase (1919–1927) - Short Trick Short tricks for the freedom struggle of 1919–1927 — Gandhi’s ashrams, Champaran, Ahmedabad, Kheda and Rowlatt in order, reactions to Jallianwala Bagh, the Khilafat Committee, the course of Non-Cooperation and its boycotts, the Nagpur constitution, the Swaraj Party, Vaikom and the Butler Committee, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map