CLASS 10 SEBA SOCIAL SCIENCE IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS

National & International (Polity / History)

1. 1757–1947: Period of British rule in India
2. July 1945: General elections held in England; Labour Party came to power
3. 24 October 1945: United Nations Organization formed (UN Day)
4. March 1946: Cabinet Mission arrived in India
5. 9 December 1946: First sitting of the Constituent Assembly
6. 13 December 1946: Objective Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru
7. 29 August 1947: Drafting Committee of the Constitution formed
8. 10 December 1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
9. 26 November 1949: Draft Constitution handed to President Dr. Rajendra Prasad
10. 26 January 1950: Constitution of India came into force (Republic Day)
11. January 1952: UN Disarmament Commission established
12. 18 December 1976: Words “Socialist”, “Secular” and “Unity” added to the Preamble
13. 1982: NABARD established
14. 1983: Sarkaria Commission set up
15. 1990: First Human Development Report published; SIDBI started operations
16. 28 September 1993: National Human Rights Commission formed by Ordinance
17. 8 January 1994: Human Rights Protection Act came into force
18. 1 January 2015: NITI Aayog came into operation

IMPORTANT POLICIES AND ACTS

1. Government of India Act, 1935: Introduced limited parliamentary democracy
2. 42nd Constitutional Amendment (1976): Added “Socialist”, “Secular”, and “Unity” to Preamble
3. UN Charter: Contains 111 Articles defining UNO’s principles
4. Child Labour Act, 1986: Prohibits employment of children below 14 years
5. Human Rights Protection Act, 1993: Legal basis for Human Rights Commissions
6. COPTA, 2003: Prohibits tobacco sales to minors and near schools
7. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016: Ensures equal rights to the disabled

IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND HEADQUARTERS

1. United Nations Organization – New York, USA
2. International Court of Justice – The Hague, Netherlands
3. Commonwealth of Nations – London, UK
4. Amnesty International – London, UK
5. NATO – Brussels, Belgium
6. ASEAN – Jakarta, Indonesia
7. SAARC – Kathmandu, Nepal
8. Reserve Bank of India – Mumbai
9. NABARD – Mumbai
10. SIDBI – Lucknow

SIGNIFICANT PERSONALITIES

1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – Chairman of the Drafting Committee
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad – Permanent President of the Constituent Assembly
3. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha – Presided over first Constituent Assembly sitting
4. Jawaharlal Nehru – Moved the Objective Resolution
5. Antonio Guterres – Current UN Secretary-General
6. Trygve Halvdan Lie – First UN Secretary-General
7. Geoffrey Crowther – Economist who defined money
8. Jayanta Madhab Borah – Author of Our Rights Our Responsibilities

IMPORTANT DATES (INDIAN & ASSAM HISTORY)

1. 1765: Treaty of Allahabad signed
2. 1773: Regulating Act introduced
3. 24 Feb 1826: Treaty of Yandaboo signed
4. 1836: Bengali introduced in Assam administration
5. 1843: Slavery abolished in Assam
6. 1846: Arunodoi magazine published
7. 10 May 1857: Revolt of 1857 began
8. 26 Feb 1858: Maniram Dewan executed
9. 1873: Assamese reintroduced officially
10. 1884: Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha founded
11. 1888: Jonaki movement began
12. 16 Oct 1905: Partition of Bengal
13. 13 Apr 1919: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
14. 12 Mar 1930: Dandi March began
15. 8 Aug 1942: Quit India Movement launched
16. 26 Jan 1948: Gauhati University established

GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT – IMPORTANT DATES

1. 300 million years ago: Pangaea existed (Permian Period)
2. 250 million years ago: Continental drift began
3. 1889: Oil exploration started at Digboi
4. 1948: IUCN formed
5. 1951: First Five Year Plan launched
6. 1954: Oil production at Naharkatia
7. 1956: Oil production at Moran–Hugrijan
8. 1986: ICFRE formed
9. 1988: Brahmaputra declared National Waterway-2
10. 1991: Mount Pinatubo eruption
11. 2013: Barak River declared National Waterway-6
12. 5 June: World Environment Day