how did the children know that someone was in trouble
4 th chapter An Adventure
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The Adventure CBSE Class 11 NCERT English (Hornbill Book) Lesson 7 - Detailed explanation of the Lesson ‘The Adventure’ along with the meanings of difficult words. Also, the explanation is followed by a Summary of the Lesson. All the exercises and Question and Answers given at the back of the lessons have been covered.
The chapter ‘The Adventure’ is a story about Professor Gangadharpant Gaitonde who is strangely in a different world. He knows it is Pune but the facts are different from what he believes. He decided to go to Bombay via train ‘Jijamata Express’. When he reached Bombay, things were different. When he decides to investigate the history, he finds some surprising facts. The East India Company was still ruling and the Battle of Panipat had been won by Marathas. It was different from what he knew and had studied. The East India Company was taken aback after events of 1857 and the Battle of Panipat had been won by Mughals.
The Adventure Summary
Professor Gaitonde was travelling from Pune to Bombay via the Jijamata Express, a train which was faster than the Deccan Queen. As he was crossing towns and villages, he met a man named ‘Khan Sahib’ who talked about his business and chatted about several things. They got off at Victoria Terminus station which was neat and clean. It had British officers, Parsees and Anglo-Indian staff all around. He was confused as to how the East India Company was ruling the country as according to his facts, they had fled away after the events of 1857.
He went to the Hornby road and noticed that the shops were different. He entered the Forbes building and inquired about Mr. Vinay Gaitonde but as checked by the receptionist, no such man had ever worked there. He went to the Town Hall and sat in the reading room. He took five books related to the history and decided to go through them one by one and check how the facts had changed. He started investigating from the period of Asoka to the third battle of Panipat.
According to the fifth volume ‘Bhausahebanchi Bakhar’, he found out that Marathas had won the Battle of Panipat and spread their influence all over India after that. He was confused as it was different from what he knew so far. After the victory, India was moved to the path of democracy. There were no longer any kings ruling and democratic parties had been set up. The professor started liking India as he kept reading further about it. It was different from the one he believed he saw. This country knew how to stand on its feet and it was no longer slave under the white man.