History NCERT Notes Class 8th for SSC UPSC Part 8
1. Samachar Darpan – Bengali newspaper
2. First cotton mill in India – As spinning mill in Bombay in 1854
3. Smelting – The process of obtaining a metal from rock (or soil) by heating it to a very high temperature
4. First mill in Ahmedabad – in 1861
5. High carbon steel called Wootz produced – south India
6. Agarias – a community of iron smelters
7. Rajhara Hills is famous for – iron ore
8. River Subarnarekha – flows through Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha
9. Cul-de-sac – Street with a dead end
10. Khanqah – A sufi lodge, often used as a rest house for travellers and a place where people come to discuss spiritual matters
11. Idgah – An open prayer place of Muslims primarily meant for id prayers
12. Lal Qila or the Red Fort, made of red sandstone
13. Shrine of Nizamuddin Auliya – in Delhi
14. Delhi became the capital of British India – 1911
15. Gulfaroshan – A festival of flowers