Name two persons associated with the following.
1. He took over the control of Bengal ----
2. He consolidated his rule in Awadh---
3. He became the Wazir of Emperor, Muhammad Khan---
4. He was the founder of Sikhism---
5. He brought all the Sikh chiefs under his control---
6. She was Shivaji's mother--
7. He was the governor of Ajmer---
8. They controlled the real power over Mysore during the Mughal rule --
9. He was the staunch enemy of British ---
10. He was the tenth Guru of Sikh--
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Answer:
1. By the mid 1700s the European military strength of Great Britain and France surpassed the Mughal Empire that ruled Bengal. Bengal's new Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah challenged the increasing power of the British. To consolidate its position the British built Fort William in Calcutta.
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3. On 21 February 1722, Muhammad Shah appointed the Asaf Jah I as Grand Vizier.
4. Guru Nanak
They regard Guru Nanak (1469–1539) as the founder of their faith and Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), the tenth Guru, as the Guru who formalised their religion.
5. Raja Ranjit Singh was the chief of Sukerchakia Misls. ... He started his campaign against all the misls to create one single state of Punjab. He conquered Lahore in 1799 and Amritsar in 1802. He also brought all Sikh chiefs west of Sutlej under his control and later acquired Kashmir, Multan and Peshawar.
6. Jijabai
Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, referred to as Rajmata, Rastramata, Jijabai or Jijau, was the mother of Chatrapati Shivaji.
7. The Ajmer Subah was one of the original subahs that comprised the Mughal Empire after the administrative reform by Akbar. Its borders roughly corresponded to modern-day Rajasthan, and the capital was the city of Ajmer.
8. Though the Wodeyars remained the nominal heads of Mysore during this period, real power lay in the hands of Haider Ali and his son Tipu.
9. Tipu Sultan
Tipu remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company, sparking conflict with his attack on British-allied Travancore in 1789.
10. Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Nanak, the first Guru, and Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru, continue to feature prominently in Sikhs' experience of their religion.