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Mar 5

भारत में इस्लामिक विजयों के कारण #गुलामी
1. इस्लामिक विजयों के कारण भारत में मंदिरों का विनाश सर्वविदित है लेकिन भारतीय गुलामी के बारे में बहुत कम जानकारी है। भारतीय भूमि पर इस्लामी विजय के परिणामस्वरूप अक्सर बड़ी संख्या में लोगों को पकड़ लिया जाता था
और उन्हें गुलाम ..cont 2

2.बना लिया जाता था। इस तरह पकड़े गए पुरुषों और महिलाओं को अपने आकाओं के लिए #गुलामों के रूप में काम करना पड़ता था जो हमलावर सेना या शासक वर्ग के उच्च अधिकारी थे। गुलाम लड़कियों को सेक्स या वेश्यावृत्ति के लिए मजबूर किया जाता था। जब मुस्लिम सैनिक लड़कियों के साथ जबरदस्ती cont..3..

3. सोते थे, तो लड़की के समुदाय ने उसे स्वीकार करने से इनकार करते थे और उसके पास इस्लाम कबूल करने के अलावा कोई विकल्प नहीं बचाता था। इसके अलावा गुलामों का जबरन धर्म परिवर्तन दिल्ली सल्तनत (1206-1555) और मुगल साम्राज्य (1526 से) में एक नियमित विशेषता थी। इस्लामी शासन के दौरान, ..4

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Mar 3

#Slavery in India
1. The destruction of temples in India due to Islamic conquests is well known but little known is the fact about Indian slavery. Islamic conquest of Indian land often resulted in capture of large number of people and their enslavement. Men and women ....cont..2

2. so captured had to work as #slaves for their masters who were high officials of the invading army or the ruling class. Slave girls were forced for sex or prostitution . When Muslim soldiers forcefully slept with girls,the girl’s community refused to accept her and she ..cont3

3. would be left with no choice other than converting to Islam. Moreover forceful #conversion of slaves was a regular feature in Delhi Sultanate(1206-1555)and Mughal empire(from 1526). During Islamic rule, slaves were of two types-military and labourer and they were....cont..4..

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Feb 9

1. Why did the British shift their capital from Calcutta to Delhi?
A. Calcutta was the literary and commercial capital of British India but it was located in the Eastern part of the country. British wanted a centrally located place. Ruling from Delhi was more convenient ..2/-

2. and easy.
B.Revolutionary activities in Bengal.
Bengal had become the center of nationalism. British adopted the divide and rule policy . Lord Curzon proposed the partition of Bengal into East (predominantly Muslim ) & West Bengal (predominantly Hindu) in 1903. cont..3/-

3. Bengal (including Bihar,Chota Nagpur and Orissa, area 189,000 sq miles) was partitioned on 16 October 1905 . In 1906, a Muslim delegation went to Shimla and gave written support to the British favouring Partition. Later on,members of this delegation formed the Muslim ...4

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Feb 2

Marichjhapi massacre-
1. Pak Army had launched operation Searchlight in East Pakistan in Mar 1971. ‘Gen Tikka Khan of Pak Army had said - "We will change the race of Bengalis” and had unleashed mass rapes as a method of subjugation. 3 million(30 lakhs) people killed ..cont..2

2. & 200,000 or more women were raped in erstwhile East Pak by the Pakistan army & religious militias. Of the 30 lakhs, 24 lakhs were Hindus. On seeing this gruesome act, H refugees fled East Pakistan(later on Bangladesh) and entered India. These refugees were ..cont..3

3. forcibly sent to Dandakaranya forest for resettlement. But the terrain was inhospitable, there was lack of electricity,drinking water,medical facility, and most of the land was unfit for cultivation. CPI(M) used to take up the cause of refugees when in Opposition ...cont...4

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Jan 25

1. Jawaharlal Nehru University
Mohomedali Currim Chagla,Min for Education, introduced the JNU Bill in Rajya Sabha on 01 Sep 1965 and JNU was established in 1969. Prof. Moonis Raza was the Founder Chairman and Rector. Who were the first teachers? The faculty was.. cont...2

2. mainly from Presidency College Kolkata (most of them with Marxist inclination). JNU is spread over 4.12 sq km. Who contributed to the constitution of JNU? Prakash Karat of CPI(M) while he was a student at JNU (He was Students Union Presi 1973-74). There was an unsaid cont.3

3. compromise between the Congress (I) and communists in late 1960s when it was decided that the Congress would be the face of the political leadership while the communists would set up political and academic-cultural agenda. (Shashank Tiwari-Sep 19, 2018). Every name cont...4

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Jan 22

#BengalFamine1943
1. Once upon a time Bengal produced one third of India’s rice, but due to natural calamities and political decisions Bengal faced the worst famine in 1943. In Jan 1942 during WW II, the Japanese invaded Burma and bombed cont..2/-

2. Rangoon. Now a days #Rohingyas are illegal immigrants from Myanmar but in 1942,1943 over one million Burmese #refugees entered Bengal and Assam. Rice imports from Burma stopped export to Ceylon continued. The main source of transport in Bengal was waterways. Fearing cont..3

3. Japanese attack from the East,the British resortd to scorched earth policy ie burning standing crops and all resources so that the invading Japanese could not use them. The British confiscated over 45,000 boats of the natives and burnt them. Fishing and transport cont.. 4/-

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