SST history book 1 viii class 
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1. How , When and Where
1: How important are dates?
: There was a time when historians heated debates about the dates on which rulers were crowned or battles were fought.
: In the common-sense history synonymous with dates.
: History is certainly about finding out how things were in the past and how they changed : Time does not have to be always precisely dated in terms of a particular year or a month. : Sometimes it is hard to fix precise dates to processes that happen over a period of time .
: We can only refer to a span of time ,an approximate period over which particular changes became visible.
: There was a time when history was an account of battles and big event.
: In past historians wrote about the year a king was crowned , the year he married , the year he had a child , the year he fought a particular war , the year he died and the year the next ruler succeeded to the throne.
: Now historians look at how people earned livelihood , what they ate , how cities and market came up , and how kingdom were formed. Which dates ?
: Dates become vital because we focus on a particular set of events as important.
: In the histories written by British historians in
India.
: The histories began with the rule of the first Governor – General , Warren
Hastings and ended with the last Viceroy ,
Lord Mountbatten.
: The chronology of British lives marked the different chapters of the history of British
India.
: The old dates will no longer have the significance they earlier had.
: Some Governor – Generals and Viceroys are Hastings , Wellesley , Bentinck ,
Dalhousie , Canning , Lawrence , Lytton ,
Ripon , Curzon , Harding and Irwin
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1. Hastings 2. Wellesley
3. Bentinck
4. Dalhousie
5. Canning
6. Lawrence
7. Lytton
8. Ripon
9. Curzon
10. Harding
11. Irwin
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How do we periodise ?
: In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political Philosopher, published a massive three – volume work, A
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HISTRY
PART-1
PRESENTATION
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C
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CIE
1. How , When and Where
1: How important are dates?
: There was a time when historians heated debates about the dates on which rulers were crowned or battles were fought.
: In the common-sense history synonymous with dates.
: History is certainly about finding out how things were in the past and how they changed : Time does not have to be always precisely dated in terms of a particular year or a month. : Sometimes it is hard to fix precise dates to processes that happen over a period of time .
: We can only refer to a span of time ,an approximate period over which particular changes became visible.
: There was a time when history was an account of battles and big event.
: In past historians wrote about the year a king was crowned , the year he married , the year he had a child , the year he fought a particular war , the year he died and the year the next ruler succeeded to the throne.
: Now historians look at how people earned livelihood , what they ate , how cities and market came up , and how kingdom were formed. Which dates ?
: Dates become vital because we focus on a particular set of events as important.
: In the histories written by British historians in
India.
: The histories began with the rule of the first Governor – General , Warren
Hastings and ended with the last Viceroy ,
Lord Mountbatten.
: The chronology of British lives marked the different chapters of the history of British
India.
: The old dates will no longer have the significance they earlier had.
: Some Governor – Generals and Viceroys are Hastings , Wellesley , Bentinck ,
Dalhousie , Canning , Lawrence , Lytton ,
Ripon , Curzon , Harding and Irwin
.
1. Hastings 2. Wellesley
3. Bentinck
4. Dalhousie
5. Canning
6. Lawrence
7. Lytton
8. Ripon
9. Curzon
10. Harding
11. Irwin
:
How do we periodise ?
: In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political Philosopher, published a massive three – volume work, A