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1. who has the prime minister of India when Atom bomb (test) was exploded first in India? A) Jawaharlal Nehru   B) Lal Bahadur Sastri   C) Indira Gandhi   D) Chandrasekar ANS: C 2. In which country industrial revolution occured first? A) Turkey   B) Israel  C) Columbia  D) England ANS: D 3. Prince of wales cup is associated with A) Swimming  B) Hockey  C) Football  D) Golf ANS: D 4. who is the leader of save Narmada compaign? A) Sundarlal Bahuguna  B) Medha Patkar  C) Anne Hazare  D) M.S. Swaminathan ANS: B 5. who is the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya sabha? A) Jayanthi Natarajan  B) Najma Heptullah  C) Jayapradha  D) Jayalalitha ANS: B 6. which one of the following is correctly matched? (1999) A) Governor of Tamil Nadu - Justice Fathima Beebi B) Chief Minister of Karnataka - Deva Gowda C) Chief Minister of  Andhrapradesh - Venkaiah Naidu  D) Chief Minister of Pondhicherry  - D...
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PALAYAKKARAR REBELLION

  INTRODUCTION In Tamil Nadu, as in other parts of India, the earliest expressions of opposition to Brithish rule took the form of Localized rebellions and uprisings. Chief among these was the revolt of the Palayakkaras (Poligars) against the East India Company. The Palayakkarar system had evolved with the extension of Vijayanagar rule into Tamil Nadu. Each Palayakkarar was the holder of a territory or Palayam (usually consisting of a few villages), granted to him in return for military service and tribute. In most cases, the Palayakkarars gave little attention to perform their duties and were interested in increasing their own powers. With their numerical strength, extensive resources, local influence and independent attitude, the Palayakkarars came to constitute a powerful force in the political system of South India. They regarded themselves as independent, sovereign authorities within their respective Palayams, arguing that their lands had been handed down to them across a span...
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The Muvendar

  The Sangam Age The first three centuries of the Common Era are widely accepted as the Sangam period,as the information for this period is mainly derived from the sangam Literature.More Correctly this has to be called as the early historical period and the second century BCE,as we have Clear epigraphical and archaeological evidence,in addition to literary evidence. The Muvendar Though the three Tamil ruling families were known to Ashoka in the third century BCE itself,some individual names are known only from the Sangam poems of the first century and later.Known as Muvendar, 'the three crowned kings',the Cheras,Cholas,and Pandays controlled major agrarian territories,trade routes and towns.But the satiyaputra (same as Athiyaman)found in the Ashokan inscription along with the above three houses is a velir chief in the sangam poems. The Cholas The cholas controlled the Central and northern parts of TamilNadu.Their core area of rule was the Kaveri delta,later known as Cholamandal...
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