SSC UPSC History NCERT Notes Class 8th Part 9
1. Viceroy Lytton organised a Durbar to acknowledge Queen Victoria – in 1877
2. Another Delhi Durbar, when King George V was crowned in England – In 1911
3. Architects of New Delhi are – Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker
4. Central dome of Viceroy’s Palace (now Rashtrapati Bhavan) was copied from – the Buddhist Sanchi stupa
5. William Jones – Asiatic Society of Bengal
6. William Jones published which journal – Asiatick Researches
7. Madrasa was set up in Calcutta – in 1781
8. Hindu College was established in Benaras – in 1791
9. Orientalists – Those with a scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia
10. Munshi – A person who can read, write and teach Persian
11. Vernacular – A term generally used to refer to a local language or dialect
12. English Education Act of 1835
13. Father of English education in India – Thomas Babington Macaulay
14. Wood’s Despatch is related to – Education
15. Rabindranath Tagore started – Santiniketan in 1901