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. History of every country is divided into ancient, medieval and modern periods.
• In India, eighteenth century is considered as the beginning of the modern period.
• Many changes came into during the modern period-Mughal empire declined, independent states like Bengal.
Awadh, Hyderabad, Mysore, etc. arrived; India came under the dominance of British and at last the Indians' struggle
for independence resulted in the freedom of India.
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NEW TERMS
Revival
An improvement in the condition or strength of something.
Exploration The act of travelling through a place in order to find out about it.
Vernacular The language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, especially Hindi & Sanskrit.
Archives
A place where historical documents or records of a government are stored.
EXERCISE
Time to Learn
1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) Usually the history of every country is divided into ancient, medieval and
periods.
(ii) In the history of India the
century marks the beginning of the modern period.
(iii) The new conditions created by the
- awakened the people of India.
2. Write True/False against the given statements :
(i) The process of the conquest of India by the British began from about the mid
eighteenth century.
(ii) From the early decades of the eighteenth century various socio-religious reform
movements started in India.
(iii) For modern period, we have a number of sources. Very few of them have been
completely destroyed.​

Answer 1

1 true

2 wrong

3 wrong

Explanation:

fill in the blanks

1 right

2 wrong

3 right