New Political Formations in the Eighteenth Century-Part-I

 New Political Formations in the Eighteenth Century-Part-I

I. Name the following:

    1. Successor of Aurangzeb

Ans: Muazzam or Bahadur Shah I

    2. The person who carried off the Kohi-Noor from India.

Ans: Nadir Shah

    3. The last Mughal Emperor

Ans: Bahadur Shah Zafar

    4. The founder of the state of Hyderabad

Ans: Chin Quilich Khan or Nizam-ul-Mulk

    5. The founder of Awadh as an independent state

Ans: Sadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk

    6. The individual who had arisen rose in the 18th century to form a Sikh state.

Ans: Banda Bahadur

    7. The person who organized and united the Marathas

Ans: Shivaji

II. Fill in the blanks:

    1. The Mughal Empire was wiped out in the year 1857.

    2. Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Rangoon in Burma.

    3. Lucknow was an important city and seat of Awadh.

    4. Jai Singh of Jaipur was keenly interested in astronomy and built many observatories.

    5. Banda Bahadur took over the leadership of the Sikhs after the death of Guru Govind Singh. 

    6. Shivaji assumed the title of Chatrapati.

    7. During the later part of the Maratha rule the office of the Peshwa became hereditary.

    8. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1761.