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 General studies topics of 2013

• Need for Second State Reorganization Commission ( Telengana Issue and recurring demand for new states)
• Ordinance Route for passing important bills and bypassing Parliament 
• Panchayati Raj Institutions - Reflecting over 20 years of getting Constitutional Status
• Estimating Poverty Line - Away from Reality
• Depreciating Rupee and Increasing Current Account Deficit
• Govt. Initiatives to Empower Women
• Disaster Management ( Uttarakhand Floods / Eco-tourism / Sustainable Development / Climate Change)
• Nuclear Energy ( Kudankulam Nuclear  Power Project & INS Arihant )
• Corporate Social Responsibility - Corporate or Social ?
• Indo-Bangladesh Relations ( Elections in Bangladesh / Growing Influence of Hardline Islamists / Shahbagh Movement / Boundary Issues / Water Sharing )
• Arab Spring - Revolutions in Middle East Countries (Tunisia / Egypt / Syria)  - Growing Reach of Muslim Brotherhood
• State Sponsored Espionage by USA (Snowden and Manning) - Intimidation of Whistleblowers

Development Issues- VAJIRAM(Governmental Policies and interventions for development in various sector)

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Viceroys and GG's of India

Lord William Bentick(1828-35)

• First Governor General of India as designated by Government of India Act 1833.
• Known as the benevolent Governor General.
• Banned practice of sati in 1829, suppressed Thugi in 1830(military operation led by William Sleeman) 
• Banned female infanticide
• Created the province of Agra in 1834.
• English was to be court language in higher court but persian continued in lower courts. English was made the official language of india in 1835.
• The regulation of 1833 on land revenue settlement by Mertins Bird(called as the father of land revenue settlement in North). Use of filed maps and filed registers  were prescribed for the first time.
• Inquiry into titles of Inam lands.
• 1830, annexation of chachar took place.
• 1831, annexation of Titu Mir and Kols.
• 1831, annexation of Mysore.
• Treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh.
• Abolished provincial circuits courts; a separate Sadr Diwani Adalat was set up in Allahabad and Sadr Nizamat Adalat at Delhi.
• Education Reforms. Appointed Macaulay as president of committee of public instruction.

Colonial Era (1818 AD to 1947 AD)

Post-Medieval Era (1526 AD to 1818 AD)

The major events in the post medieval era are: 

Date	Events Happened
1526 AD	Babur, the Mughal ruler of Kabul, invaded Delhi and Agra and killed Sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1527 AD	Battle of Khanwa, in which Babur annexed Mewar
1530 AD	Babur died and was succeeded Humayun
1556 AD	Humayun died and was succeeded by his son Akbar
1600 AD	East India company was formed in England
1605 AD	Akbar died and was succeeded by Jehangir
1628 AD	Jehangir died and was succeeded by Shah Jahan
1630 AD	Shivaji was born
1658 AD	Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal, Jamia Masjid and Red Fort.
1659 AD	Shivaji defeated Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh
1674 AD	Maratha Empire was established
1680 AD	Shivaji died
1707 AD	Aurangzeb died and was succeeded by Bahadur Shah I
1707 AD	Maratha Empire broke into two divisions
1734 AD	Pamheiba invaded Tripura
1737 AD	Bajirao I conquered Delhi
1740 AD	Bajirao I died and was succeeded by Balaji Bajirao
1757 AD	Battle of Plassey was fought
1761 AD	Third battle of Panipat ended the expansion of Maratha Empire
1766 AD	First Anglo-Mysore War
1777 AD	First Anglo-Maratha War
1779 AD	Battle of Wadgaon
1780 AD	Second Anglo-Mysore War
1789 AD	Third Anglo-Mysore War
1798 AD	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
1799 AD	Tipu Sultan died, Wodeyar dynasty was restored
1803 AD	Second Anglo-Maratha War
1817 AD	Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
1818 AD	End of the Maratha Empire and British control over most of India