Indian History Questions

Monopoly is an economic term that describes a single company or entity controlling one hundred percent of the supply of a particular product. Carnegie Steel is one of the argest monopoly of steel industry during the Gilded age.

Manabendra Nath Roy, known as M.N. Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.

In 1950 India's first Prime Minister Shri JawaharlalNehru was awarded with India's highest civilian honour BharatRatna.

Arya Samaj was an Indian religious movement  based   on   Vedas  and was     founded     by     Dayananda Saraswati on April 7, 1875 and was based in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh     states     like,     Aligarh, Varanasi, etc.  It  was  against  caste system  and  supported  equality  of men   and   women,moreover   it mainly    comprised    the    trading castes;    while    Brahmo    Samaj, founded  by  Raja  Rammohan  Roy, was limited because it was popular only   among   elite   and   educated society.

Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization was the first and ancient civilization which started in what now Pakistan and North West India.

The Harappan civilization existed between 3300 BC and 1300 BC.

The ruins of Mohenjo-daro is a major archaeological site that was built by this civilization and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

“Pakistan would mean a massacre,” the Premier of Punjab Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan predicted to the distinguished civilian Penderel Moon as early as in October 1938 ( Divide and Quit, page 20). That was well before the Muslim League adopted the Pakistan resolution on March 23, 1940, in Lahore, radically altering Sir Sikandar's draft just 24 hours before it was passed. He repudiated it because it dropped the organic linkbetween the two parts of India, which he had provided. He told the Punjab Legislative Assembly, on March 11, 1941, “We do not ask for freedom that there may be Muslim Raj here and Hindu Raj elsewhere. If that is what Pakistan means I will have nothing to do with it.”

In 1963, the peacock was declared theNational Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions.