Some important Gk Notes

 Gautam buddha passed away at the age of 80 in 483 BC at Kushinagar after eating pork at the house of Chunda.
 Rishabhdeva is believed to be the first teerthankar also known as Adinath.
 23rd teerthankar was Parsvanath was the son of Ikshvahu king Aswasena of Kashi.
 Rishabhdeva incarnation of Narayana by Vayupuran & Bhagwat puran.
 540 BC Vardhamana Mahavira was born in the village of Kundagram near Vaishali. At the age of 42 he attained Kaivalya: the supreme knowledge hence he was called Kavlin. He sat under sal tree on the bank of river Riju Palik or Rijukala in Jambhika gram near Vaishali for the attainment of Kaivalya.
 In 483 BC he died at the age of 72 at Pawapuri.
 2350 – 1750 BC – The Indus Valley Civilization
 1500 – 600 BC – The Vedic Age
 1500 – 1000 BC – Rig Veda
 Mandal III contains Gayatri Mantra which was compiled in the praise of sun God Savitri.
 Mandal IX is dedicated to Soma God, the Lord of Plants.
 After 600 BC is called Sutra period.
 Indra who is called Purandar (breaker of forts) most important divinity in the Early Vedic Aryans.
 In later Vedic period iron introduced and known as Shyam ayas & Copper was known as Lohit ayas.
 563 BC – Siddhartha was born in a Shakya Kshatriya family in Lumbini near Kapilvastu got enlightment at the age of 35 at Bodh Gaya under a pipal tree on the Bank of river Nilanjana. He delivered his first cermon to his five disciples at “Deer Park in Sarnath”. This is known as “Setting in motion the Wheel of Law”
 1817-1905- Devendra Nath Tagore
 1839 DN Tagore founded Tatwabodhini Sabha
 1843 DN Tagore founded Tatwabodhini Patrika
 1838 – 1884 – Keshav Chandra Sen
 1855 He founded evening school for children & working  men.
 1859 Establishment of Sangat Sabha.
 1861 Journal Indian Mirror
 1866 Member of Brahma Samaj
 1809-1831 – Young Bengal Movement started by Henry Vivian Derozai
 1828 Appointed as teacher of English Literature & History at the new “Hindu College” at the age of 17.
 1867 Prathna Samaj founded by Atmaram Pandurang
 1827-1890 – Jyothibha Phule (Mahatma)
 1873 Formed Satya Shodak Samaj
 1854 Opened a school for untouchables & private orphage to help widows.
 1864 Ved Samaj Established by K. Sridharalu Naidu in Madras
 1871 Change Ved Samaj to Brahma Samaj of Southern India.
 1824 – 1883 – Dayanand Saraswati (Mula Shankar)
 7 April 1875 – D Saraswati founded Arya Smaj in Bombay later at Lahore
 Dayanand Saraswati - Satyartha Prakash (Sanskrit) gave slogen “Go Back to Vedas”
 1863 – 1902 – Swami Vivekanand
 1893 – Vivekanand Went to America & attend world Parliament of religious at Chicago
 1887 – Vivekanand Established Ramkrishan Mission (Belur)
 1987 – Consumer Protects acts starts
 22 May 1545 – Death of Shershah Suri
 1986 – Est. of Bharti Samman given by UP government.
 2006 – International year of biodiversity
 24 Aug 1947 – Drafting Committee organised
 8 Feb 1948 – Drafting Committee prepared draft of constitution and give it to President of Constituent Assembly
 2006 – International year of biodiversity
 1580 – Akbar Starts Dahshala system
 11 May 2000 – National Population Organisation est.
 21 APR 1895 – First time film projector published invented by Lumere Brother

 Nov – 1930 to Jan – 1931  First round table conference (Lord Irwin) 89 persons participated
 5 March 1931 Gandhi Irwin Pact
 7 Sep – Dec 1931 Second round table conference (Lord Wellington) Gandhi represented – INC/Sarojini Naidu-Indian women
 16 Aug 1932 Communal Award made by British PM Ramsay Macdonald
 24 Sept. 1932 Poona Pact (Agreement between Dr. Ambedkar & Gandhiji
 17 Nov – 24 Dec 1932 Third round table conference only 46 delegates were present
 1934 Congress Socialist Party Acharya Narendra Dev first president & Jaiprakash Narayan General Secratery.
 8 Aug. 1940 August Offer (Lord Linlithgo)
 17 Oct. 1940 Individual Satyagrah started by Vinobha Bhave & become the first Satyagrahi
 23 March 1942 Cripps Mission to secure full Indian cooperation & suport for their efforts in the Second world war  Gandhiji called it Post-Dated-Cheque
 8 Aug 1942 Quit India Movement resolution pased in Bombay
 24 March 1946 – Cabinet Mission (Transfer of power from Birtain to India) Viceroy – Lord Wavell
 20 Feb 1947 – Attlee Declaration PM of Britain declared on Feb 20, 1947 that India would be given complete Independence before 30 June 1948
 3 June 1947 – Declaration that India should be divided into two states
 1772-1833 – Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Father of Modern India) (Father of Bengal Renissance)
 1809 – Published Persian book “Tuhfat Ul Muwah hidin” (git to Monotheists) founded Atmiya Sabha
 1820 AD – Raja Ram Mohan Roy Published percepts of Jesus (The guide to peace &happiness)\
 1828 – RRMR Est. Brahma Samaj
 Dec 1821 – RRM Roy lauched Bengali weekly “Sabad Kaumudi” first Indian newspaper edited, published & managed by Indians another weekly in Persian – “Mirat ul Akhbar”
 1830 – Went to England as an envoy of Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II who game him title of “Raja” to the court of King William IV
 27 Sep 1833 – Death in Bristol
 1951 First IIT Established at Kharagpur
 1956 University Grant Commission established
 1976 Constitutional Amendment to make Education in Concurrent list rather than State
 1985 Establishment of IGNOU by parliament act
 1986 New Education Policy
 1995 Midday meal in primary schools
 2001 To provide quality primary education all over and ease of getting primary education starting of “सर्व शिक्षा अभियान”
 2004 Edusat satellite lauched for education
 2009 After 86 amendment Indian parliament allow to give compulsory education to children right
 1965 In J&K designation ‘Sadar-A-Riyasat’ changed to Governor
 1489 Yusuf Adilshah established Bijapur as an independent state
 26 Dec 1925 Indian communist pary established
 1964 Indian communist party (Markswadi) established
 2005 Man Booker International Prize starts
 1902 – First Hydroelectricity powerplant set up at Shiva Sundaram (Karnataka)
 1975 – Est. of NHPC (National hydro electricity power corp.)
 1948 – Atomic energy commission (AEC) was est. Dr. Homi Jahagir Bhabha Father of atomic energy
 1969 – India’s first Nuclear power reactor est. at Tarapur
 14 March 1995 starting of International channel of Doordarshan
 8 June 2011 National Rural Employment Mission
 1945 – Shimla pact at the time of Lord Vevel
 1966 – Logo of Commonwealth games start
 1952 – Filmfare Prize starts
 1955 – Untouchability Penal Act
 1857 – VD Savarkar India war of Independence
 3 June 1947 – British government declare Dividation of India
 26 January 1950 – National Sign of India Four faced Lion adopted
 March 1944 – Indian National Army attacked on Imphal (Manipur) captured it and hoist flag
 2010 – Right to Education 86th amendment
 4 Apr 1949 Foundation of NATO
 8 Aug 1967 – Est. of ASEAN
 1966 – Est. of ADB
 1 July – Child Protection Day
 1808 – Slave tradition restricted in America
 28 July – Poor Day
 5 June – Smagra Kranti Diwas
 1955 – राजभाषा आयोग का गठन
 2 Sep 1959 -  पंचायती राज अधिनियम पारित किया गया
 1861 – Indian Mirror Newspaper published by Keshav Chandra Sen
 15 sep 1959 – Starting of Television in India
 17 Oct 1981 – Practically in India colour TV tested
 1424 – First illustration of Hindi as language in the novel of Sharfuddin – “Zafarnama”
 1962 – First heavy water plant was set up at Baroda
 1975 – India’s first satellite Aryabhatta was launched
 1815 – Battle of waterloo
 1940 – First Aircraft industry set up at Bangalore
 1942 – Aircraft industry Taken by Government
 1964 – Aircraft industry merged into Aernautics India Ltd. to form Hindustan Aerronautic Ltd. (HAL) Banglore
 1906 – First factory to manufacture Nitrogenous fertilizers was established at Ranikhet (Tamil Nadu)
 25 Dec 2000 – Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana lauched by Ministry of rural Development
 1950 – Indian Railway Nationalised
 1893 – First Railway foundry was set up at Jamalpur (Bihar)
 1895 – First locomotive built with old parts at Ajmer workshop
 1899 – Lady Curzon was first locomotive built in India at Ajmer
 26 Jan 1950 – Chittaranjan locomotive works built first steam engine, Deshbandhu
 1952 – TELCO begins production of BG Locomotives
 1961 – CLW made first 1500 DC electric locomotive Lokmanya
 1986 – India’s Internal waterway Authroity est. HQ Kolkata
 1984 – First underground railway (Metro Railway) started
 1988 – Shatabdi express started
 23 March 1957 – By the recommendation of PM Nehru Gregarian Calender accepted at National calender
 1893 – Swami Vivekanand delivered his speech in world religion conference
 1957 – Est. of Panchayti Rajya system under Balbant Rai Mehta Committee report
 1985 – The political parties got the constitutional recognition for the first time
 1539 – Gurunanak died at Kabirpur
 1659 – Ruler of Bijapur Adil Shaj sent his Army Commander Afzal Khan to kill Shivaji
 1660 – Aurangjeb sent Sahista khan to defeat Shivaji
 1664 – First time Surat plundered
 30 oct 1670 – Shivaji plunder Surat second time
 1666 – Shivaji get free from Mughal capitativity
 1674 – Benarus Pandit Gangabhatt does Rajtilak of Shivaji at Raigarh
 1680 – Shivaji died at Raigarh
 1707 – Kheda war (Tarabai & Shahuji)
 1761 – Third Battle of Paniphat between Maratha & Afghans
 1756 – Black hole event takes place at the time of Sirajudaulla
 23 June 1757 – Plassey war between (Britishers & Sirajudaulla)
 22 Oct 1964 – Mir kasim with mughal ruler Shah Alam II & Nawab of Awadh Sujaudaula fought Battle of Buxar
 1809 – Amritsar pact Maharaja Ranjit singh does with Lord Minto
 322 BC – Chandragupta Maurya Usurped the throne of Magadha
 III century BC – Ashok reign
 1991 – Life line express started
 1987 – A Programme for the conservation of Mangroves in India is run by the Ministry of Environment since 1987
 1921 – The growth rate was negative in census year of demographic divide
 1971 – The growth rate was maximum in census
 1818 – First cotton textile mill started at fort gloster near Calcutta
 1854 – First modern cotton textile mill est in Bombay “Bombay Spinning & Weaving Co.”
 1876 – First Woolen Textile mill est. at Kanpur
 1855 – First Jute factory was est. at Rishra near Calcutta
 1840 – First Sugar industry was set up in Betia (Bihar)
 1832 – First paper mill in the country was set up at Serampore (Bengal) failed in 1870
 1914 First successful cement plant was set up in Porbandar (Gujarat)
 1956 – ONGC set up in India
 1989 – Jawahar Rojgar Yojna
 1994 – District primary education program
 1999 – Gram Swarojgar Yojana
 1995 – Mid day meal
 1990 – Concept of HDI introduced by UNO
 1999 – National Agriculture Scheme replacing crop insurance Scheme
 1965 – FCI set up
 1951 – Licensing Policy (Industrial Act)
 1991 – Liberal Industrial Policy
 1957 – Decimal Coinage System
 1948 – First Industrial Policy of free India
 1957 – Wealth Tax
 1995 – WTO est
 1945 – World Bank formed\
 2005 – Special Economic Zone passed by Parliament
 1966-69 – Plan holiday period
 6 Aug 1952 – National Development Council est.
 1952 – National forest policy issued
 1904 – Co-operative Credit Organisation
 1919 – Land development bank
 7 Apr 1860 – Budget system introduced
 1924 – Railway separated from Budget
 26 Nov 1947 – Budget of Free India
 1991 – Rupee devaluated two times
 1949 – RBI Nationalised
 1991 – Narshimham Committee
 1975 – First regional rural bank
 1627 or 1630 – Shivaji was born
 1680 – Shivaji died
 24 Feb 1730 – Battle of Karnal (Nadirsha Vs Mo. Shah) Nadir wins
 1498 – Vascodigama reach India at Malabar Coast of Kalikat (King – Jamarin)
 1961 – Alfanso – D – Albooker captured Goa from Bijapur state Which was in the captivatity of Bijapur till 1961
 30 Dec 1600 – To do Business take permission from Queen
 1608 – Est. of first factory at Surat (Britishers)
 1668 – Britishers Takes Bombay in dowry from Portuguese
 1698 – East India Co. takes Zamidari of Sutanati, Calicut and Govindpur village
 1664 – Loui 14 prime minister Colbert takes Zamidari of Companygades Indies
 1668 – Francis Cairo est. First french factory at Surat
 788 – Shankracharya born at Kallnadi, Kerala
 1486 – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu takes birth at Nadiya, West Bengal
 15 Apr 1469 – Gurunanak born at Talwandi, Nanaksar in Pakistan
 558 – 530 BC – Cyrus, (Founder of Persia empire) invaded India
 522 – 486 BC – Darius (Persia) invaded
 326 BC – Alexander (Greece) Invaded
 483 BC – Ajatshatru patronised the first buddhist council
 383 BC – Kalaashoka son of Shishunag Patronised second Buddhist council
 321-18 5BC – The Maurayas
 321-297 BC – Chandragupta Maurya
 297-272 BC – Bindusara
 272 BC – Ashoka became king
 260 BC – Kalinga War
 232 BC – Death of Ashoka
 1837 – James princep deciphered the Ashoka inscription
 400 BC – Panini wrote Astadhyayi which was book on Sanskrit grammer
 21 March & 21 Sep – Equinoxes (equal day & night) Sun is  vertically overhead
 21 June – Vertically overhed at Tropic of cancer (Summer Solitice) Longest day and shortest night in northern hemisphere
 22 Dec – Vertically overhead at Tropic of Capricorn (Winter Solistice) Longest day & Shortest nigh in Southern hemisphere.
 1947 – Rubber Board Est. Under Govt. of India Rubber Act located at Kottayam
 1921 – The Industry based on railway equipment was est. a ‘Peninsular locomotive co.’ at Singhbhum dist. Jharkhand later it named TELCo (Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co.)
 1941 – First Ship building factory of India est. at Vishakhapatnam
 1952 – Ship factory adopted by Indian Government & named ‘Hindustan Shipyard Limited’
 2 Oct 1961 – Shipping corp. of India, Mumbai est.
 1948 – ‘Jal Usha’ first ship constructed fully in India
 1972 – Est. Coachin Shipyard Limited
 1976 – Est. of Dredging corp. of India Ltd (DSIL)
 1819 – Hooghly Dock & Ports Engineering Ltd Kolkatta
 1921 – Moplah revolt (Kerala)
 1936 – First All India Kishan Sabha formed at Lucknow
 1885 – Indian National Congress formation
 1920 – Non Co-operation movement at the time of Lord Chelmsfort
 12 march 1930 – Civil disobedience movement/ Dandi march at time of Lord Irwin
 1919 –Rowlatt act
 1 Sep 1942 – Azad Hind Established
 1865 – High court established in calcutta, Bombay & Madras
 1950 – Planning Commission constituted
 1954 – Lalit Kala academy est.
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