Modern history (1757–1947) is 3–4 marks every paper. A condensed timeline of every battle, act, movement, and date SSC actually asks.
SSC GK asks 3–4 history questions, mostly from Modern India (1757–1947). Ancient and Medieval are minor. Focus here.
1757: Battle of Plassey (Clive defeats Siraj-ud-Daulah) 1761: Third Battle of Panipat (Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats Marathas) 1764: Battle of Buxar (British vs Mir Qasim + Shuja + Shah Alam II) 1765: Diwani rights granted to EIC
1773: Regulating Act (Governor-General of Bengal created) 1793: Permanent Settlement (Cornwallis) 1833: Charter Act (first Law Member) 1853: Charter Act (open competition for ICS) 1858: Government of India Act (Crown rule begins) 1861: Indian Councils Act (portfolio system) 1892: Indian Councils Act (elections introduced) 1909: Morley-Minto Reforms (separate electorates for Muslims) 1919: Government of India Act (Mont-Ford, dyarchy) 1935: Government of India Act (provincial autonomy)
Started 10 May 1857 in Meerut Mangal Pandey at Barrackpore (29 March) Leaders: Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rani Lakshmibai, Tantia Tope, Nana Saheb
1885: INC founded (A.O. Hume, Bombay) 1905: Partition of Bengal → Swadeshi Movement 1906: Muslim League founded (Dacca) 1916: Lucknow Pact (INC + League) 1919: Jallianwala Bagh massacre (13 April) 1920: Non-Cooperation Movement launched 1928: Simon Commission protests 1930: Dandi March (12 March–6 April, 241 miles, 78 satyagrahis) 1930: First Round Table Conference 1935: Government of India Act 1942: Quit India Movement (8 August, "Do or Die") 1945: Wavell Plan, Shimla Conference 1946: Cabinet Mission 1947: Indian Independence Act (15 August) 1950: Constitution came into force (26 January)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Brahmo Samaj, 1828) Swami Vivekananda (Ramakrishna Mission, 1897) Dayanand Saraswati (Arya Samaj, 1875) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Vande Mataram) Subhas Chandra Bose (Forward Bloc, INA, 1943) Bhagat Singh (HSRA, executed 23 March 1931)
Confusing battles: Plassey (1757) vs Buxar (1764) vs Panipat (1761) Dates: 26 November 1949 (adopted) vs 26 January 1950 (effective) Who founded what: Hume (INC), Hume again (Servants of India Society? No — that's Gokhale, 1905)
Day 1–2: Battles + Acts (memorise years) Day 3–4: National Movement timeline Day 5: Personalities + traps Week 2: SSCIntel history drills + mixed revision
In 2 weeks you'll bank 3–4 marks reliably.
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