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Red shirts were the followers of Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy.

Black shirts were the armed squads of Mussolini.

Vardhamana Mahavira was the 24^th Thirthankara.

Kottayam Kerala Varma abolished abhorrent customs known as Pulappedi and Mannapedi in 1696.

In the battle of Colachel held on 10^th August 1741, Marthandavarma defeated the Dutch.

Paliath Achans were hereditary Prime Ministers of the Rajah of Kingdom of Kochin.

Velu Thampi was the Dalawa or Prime Minister of Travancore.

Rajaji emulated his master (Gandhiji) by organizing a march from Trichinopoly to Vedaranniyam on the Tanjore coast to break the salt law in April 1930.

Introduction of the arch and dome in the region’s architecture was done during the Delhi Sultanate itself. Introduction of Gunpowder was during the mid 14th century.

 Avanti and Gandhara were not associated with life of Buddha, while Magadha and Kosala were.

Shortly after the birth of his son, Buddha left Kapilavatthu at the age of twenty-nine and headed for Magadha in search of spiritual truth.

Anathapindika was noted for his great generosity and a few years after Buddha’s return to Kosala, he paid a huge amount of gold to buy a park in Savatthi. The Kosala King Pasenadi first met the Gotama Buddha at Jeta’s Grove, when the Buddha was about forty years old. The Buddha greatly impressed the King, and subsequently Pasenadi also became one of his patrons and followers.

All the three regions are in the present day Northern Indian Himalayan areas. The ninth century saw the rise of a number of hill states, some of which maintained their identity until recent years, despite their wars with each other and the frequent raids from the men of the plains. States such as Champaka (Chamba), Durgara (Jammu), Trigarta (Jalandhar), Kuluta (Kulu), Kumaon and Garhwal managed to remain outside the main areas of conflict in the northern plains.

The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms which became the Government of India Act in 1919 clearly defined the jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments.

Surat Split is mainly known for separation of congress partymen into moderates and extremists at the surat session of congress in 26 December 1907. This was the time of Swadeshi Movement.

In Feudalism, there is no or a weak central authority. Feudalism is a synonym for “politically decentralized“. In a centralized kingdom, the monarch effects strong direct control over his entire state; in a decentralized kingdom, the monarch’s power is limited by the strength of local lords, who have significant autonomy (even though they are officially subject to the monarch’s rule). The term feudal can therefore be applied to any state that exists as a collection of significantly autonomous regions.

Statement 2 and 3 are correct. A person became a vassal by pledging political allegiance and providing military, political, and financial service to a lord. A lord possessed complete sovereignty over land, or acted in the service of another sovereign, usually a king. If a lord acted in the service of a king, the lord was considered a vassal of the king.

As part of the feudal agreement, the lord promised to protect the vassal and provided the vassal with a plot of land. This land could be passed on to the vassal’s heirs, giving the vassal tenure over the land.