HISTORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR CLASS-9TH SOCIAL SCIENCE

HISTORY OF J&K

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 

1. WHO LEAD THE FOUNDATION OF DOGRA RULE IN KASHMIR?

ANS: GULAB SINGH

2. WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF SABRON FOUGHT?

ANS:10 FEBRUARY 1846

3. WHEN WAS THE TREATY OF LAHORE SIGHNED?

ANS:9 MARCH 1846

4. WHEN WAS THE KASHMIR UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED?

ANS: 2 APRIL 1846

5.WHO WAS THE LAST SIKH GOVERNOR OF KASHMIR?

ANS: SHEIKH-IMAM-UD-DIN

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

QN01: DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION?

ANS: EAST INDIAN COMPANY DEFEATED LAHORE DARBAR IN THE BATTLE OF SABRON. ON 9TH OF MARCH 1846 A TREATY WAS SIGHNED BETWEEN EAST INDIAN COMPANY AND LAHORE DARBAR KNOWN AS TREATY OF LAHORE , ACCORDING TO THIS TREATY LAHORE DARBAR HAD TO PAY RUPEES 1 AND HALF CRORE AS WAR INDEMNITY TO BRITISH. AFTER A WEEK ON 10 OF MARCH 1846 EAST INDIAN COMPANY MADE A SEPARATE TREATY WITH GULAB SING , ACCORDING TO THIS TREATY BRITISH GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS KASHMIR'S LAND TO GULAB SINGH. IN RETURN GULAB SINGH HAD TO PAY RUPEES 75 LAKH TO BRITISH. GULAB SINGH SEND TROOPS TO TAKE POSITION OF SRINAGAR BUT THE SIKH GOVERNOR SHEIKH-IMAM-UD-DIN REFUSED TO ADMIT GULAB  SINGH'S FORCE INTO THE VALLEY. AFTER TAKING HELP FROM BRITISH GULAB SINGH ENTERED THE VALLEY ON 09-NOVEMBER-1846 BY THIS PROCESS J&K STATE CAME INTO BEING.  

QN02: COMMENT ON THE REORGANIZATION AND REFORMATION ON THE ADMINISTRATION DURING THE PERIOD (1846-1947)?

ANS: GULAB SINGH COULD NOT GET TIME TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE HE WAS BUSY WITH THE RESTORATION OF POWER AND SUPPRESSION OF REVOLTS BUT HIS SON RANBIR SINGH INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATION. HE SETUP  THREE MAIN DEPARTMENTS THE SOCIAL DEPARTMENT , THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT ' THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT. THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO REORGANIZED AND A COURT WAS DRAWN UP KNOWN AS RANBIR PANEL COURT.

                                                               DURING THE PRATAB SINGH'S RULE SEVERAL PROGRESSIVE REFORMERS WERE CARRIED OUT THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO INFLUENCE AND INTERFERENCE FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. NEW DEPARTMENTS OF POLICE , FORESTS , PUBLIC WORK ,ACCOUNTS AND A REVENUE WERE RE-ESTABLISHED ON THE MODERN LINES AND PLACED UNDER THE CHARGE OF BRITISH OFFICERS. HARRI SINGH'S PERIOD SAW AN INAUGURATION OF MODERNIZATION IN THE SOCIO ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE STATE. 

QN03: WHAT WERE THE DEVELOPMENTS DURING IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION UNDER THE DOGRA RULE?

ANS:AS THE DOGRA RULE STARTED THE STATE HAD HARDLY ANY ROAD FOR WHEELED TRAFFIC. THE CONSTRUCTION OF JHELUM VALLEY , CONSTRUCTION OF  ROAD FROM KOLCALA TO BARAMULLAH WAS COMPLETED IN 1890,WHICH WAS LATER ON EXTENDED TO SRINAGAR. IN 1897 THE CONSTRUCTION OF JVC ROAD WAS A MAJOR LEAP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATION , IT WAS THE FIRST ROAD THAT CONNECTED THE VALLEY TO THE OTHER WORLD. IN 1890 THE FIRST RAILWAY LINK FROM JAMMU TO SAILKOT STARTED DURING RANBIR SINGH'S PERIOD. TELEGRAPH LINES WERE LAID AND EXTENDED TO ALL IMPORTANT TOWN BETWEEN JAMMU TO SRINAGAR , TELEPHONE CONNECTION WAS ALSO SETUP DURING THIS PERIOD.

QN04: DESCRIBE THE REVENUE STRUCTURE DURING THE PERIOD?

ANS:DURING THE DOGRA PERIOD REVENUE WAS PAID PARTLY IN CASH AND IN KIND. STATE REQUIRED RICE TO FEED THE CITY DWELLERS. THERE WAS TAX ON SALE OF WOOD , MARRIAGE TAX ,TAXATION ON CIRCUMCISION , NOTCH GIRLS AND PROSTITUTION WAS COMMON WHEN SIR WALTERLAWRANCE APPOINTED AS REVENUE SETTLEMENT OFFICER HE REFORMED THE REVENUE SYSTEM , THE LAND REVENUE WAS REDUCED TO ONE THIRD AND THE PEASENTS W