PrKJ Studies

  • 1870 ◦ The Foundation of Indian National Congress (1870 – 1885) ◦ V.G. Suryanarayana Sastri (Parithimar Kalaignar) (1870-1903), born near Madurai, was professor of Tamil at the Madras Christian College. ◦ Keshab Chandra Sen - founded - Indian Reform Association   ◦ Restriction Act 1870 ◦ Second Anglo-Afghan War (1870-80) Treaty of Gandamak (May 1879) ◦ The first paper mill was started in Ballygunj near Calcutta in 1870.  ◦ Peasant Revolt; Pabna ; place - Bengal ; year - 1870; led by - Ishwar Roy, Sabu Pal, Khoodi Mollah ◦ Poona Sarvajanik Sabha; Place - Poona; Year - 1870; Founder - S.H. Chiplunkar, G.V. Joshi, M.C. Ranade ◦ Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (1870) ◦ Lenin was born in 1870 near the Middle Volga to educated parents. ◦ Jyotiba Phule launched the Satyashodak Samaj (Truth-Seekers Society) in 1870. ◦ Lord Mayo’s famous Resolution of 1870 intended to afford opportunities for the development of self-government. ◦ Female Infanticide Act of 1870...

  • 1869 ◦ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar in the princely state of Kathiawar in Gujarat. ◦ With the opening of Suez Canal in 1869, the journey between Europe and India was reduced by some 4000 miles. ◦ In 1869, Ranade joined the Widow Remarriage Association ◦ In 1869, three Indians Surendra Nath Banerje, Ramesh Chandra Dutt and Bihari Lal Gupta became successful in the I.C.S. examination. ◦ In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad was completed ◦ John Lawrence (1864-1869) ◦ Amrita Bazar Patrika (Bengali in the beginning, later English, a daily) - 1868, Jessore District - Sisirkumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh ◦ Danish East India Company (Denmark) 1620-1869 ◦ Syed Ahmad Khan visit to Europe in 1869–70 he developed the plans of his life-work, a major educational institution for Indian Muslims. ◦ 1869-72: Lord Mayo as Viceroy                              ...

  ◦ Amrita Bazar Patrika (Bengali in the beginning and later on English Daily) 1868, Jessore District Sisirkumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh ◦ In 1868 Syed Ahmad Khan promoted the formation of education committees in several districts, to initiate modern education among the Muslims. ◦ Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, popularly known as J. N. Tata, His trading company, established in 1868, evolved into the Tata Group.                                                        --THANK YOU--

 • 1867 ◦ Press Act -1867 ◦ Poona Sarvajanik Sabha - by Ganesh Vasudev Joshi ◦ In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the famous 'Drain Theory'. In 1896, in its annual session held at Calcutta, the Indian National Congress adopted the Drain Theory by proclaiming that the famines in the country and poverty of the people had been brought on by the drain of wealth from the country. ◦ Prarthana Samaj founded in Bombay in 1867 by Atmaram Pandurang (1823–98). ◦ The seminary at Deoband was founded in 1867 by theologians of the School of Wali-Allah. ◦ Registration Act, 1867                                                      --THANK YOU--

 • 1866 ◦ East India Association by Dadabhai Naoroji ‣ Place - London ◦ Severe famine in Orissa ◦ Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925) ◦ In 1866 a split occurred in the ranks of Brahmo Samaj.  ◦ The Ulema under the leadership of Muhammad QasimWanotavi (1832-80) and Rashid Ahmad Gangotri (1828-1905) founded the school at Deoband in the Saharanpur district of the U.P in 1866. ◦ Ramalinga also established a free feeding house for everyone irrespective of caste at Vadalur (1867), in the wake of a terrible famine in south India in  1866 ◦ East India Association (1866) ◦ Lakshminarasu died in 1866 ◦ By the Regulation of 1860 the maximum age was lowered to 22, in 1866 to 21 and in 1876 to 19 (Civil Services) ◦ 1, 2 and 3 only ◦ Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866-1915) ◦ The Deoband Movement was begun at the Darul Uloom (or Islamic academic centre), Deoband, in Saharanpur district (United Provinces) in 1866 by Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi (1832-80) and Rashid Ahmed Gangohi ...

 • 1865 ◦ National Paper 1865, Calcutta Devendra Nath Tagore ◦ Bhutan War (1865) ◦ Setting up of the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1865) ◦ 1865  Telegraphic communication with Europe  opened ◦ Ramalinga Swamigal established the Samarasa Vedha Sanmarga Sangam in 1865. ◦ The British enacted the first forest act in 1865. ◦ Surrender of Porus to Alexander, 1865 ◦ Dadabhai Naoroji founded the India Society (1865) ◦ Keshab Chandra Sen was dismissed from the office of acharya in 1865. ◦ 1865 : The Supreme Court and the Sadar Adalats were merged into three High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. ◦ Journal-National Paper, 1865, Calcutta - Devendranath Tagore                                                                --THANK YOU--

  ◦ In 1864, a Tamil journal titled Tathuva Bodhini was started for the cause of the Brahmo Samaja. ◦ In 1864 Syed Ahmad Khan founded a Scientific Society of Aligarh for the          Introduction of Western sciences through translations into Urdu of works on physical sciences. ◦ American Civil War in 1864 ◦ The Veda Samaj was established in Madras (Chennai )in 1864 ◦ 1864-69: Sir John Lawrence Viceroy