Historical Dates and Events

As North India reverted to small republics and small monarchical states ruled by Gupta rulers after the fall of the prior Gupta Empire, Harsha united the small republics from Punjab to central India, and their representatives crowned him king at an assembly in April 606 giving him the title of Maharaja. 

Harsha established an empire that brought all of northern India under his control. The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a centre of cosmopolitanism, attracting scholars, artists and religious visitors from far and wide. The Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang visited the court of Harsha, and wrote a very favourable account of him, praising his justice and generosity.

Pulakeshin II defeated Harsha on the banks of Narmada in the winter of 618-619 CE. Pulakeshin entered into a treaty with Harsha, with the Narmada River designated as the border between the Chalukya Empire and that of Harshavardhana.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. In 1788, the MCC published its first revision of the laws and became the guardian of cricket’s regulations.

The Calcutta Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in the world outside of England, was established in 1792.

A Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana at cricket in 1889, just four years after the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885, an organisation that was lucky to have amongst its early leaders the great Parsi statesman and intellectual Dadabhai Naoroji. 

The Sino-Indian War, a border conflict between India and China, took place in 1962.

Apart from a few stray incidents, the armed rebellion against the British rulers was not organized before the beginning of the 20th century. The revolutionary philosophies and movement made its presence felt during the 1905 Partition of Bengal. Arguably, the initial steps to organize the revolutionaries were taken by Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh, Bhupendranath Datta, Lal Bal Pal and Subodh Chandra Mullick when they formed the Jugantar party in April 1906. Jugantar was created as an inner circle of the Anushilan Samiti, which was already present in Bengal mainly as a fitness club. After the First World War Jugantar supported Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation Movement and many of their leaders were in Congress. Still, the group continued its revolutionary activities, a notable event being the Chittagong armory raid. Hence, Option A is correct. The nineteenth century (1800-1899) did not see an organized revolution, hence, the rest of the options are incorrect. 

On 3 October, 1605, Akbar fell ill with an attack of dysentry, from which he never recovered. He is beleived to have died on or about 17 October, 1605.

BCE stands for Before Common Era. All dates before the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity. All dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually refers BC.

'Guy Fawkes' action was took place in England in 1605. 'Guy Fawkes' action or the Gunpowder Plot was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England. Guy Fawkes who is also known as Guido Fawkes was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics. 

The period from 1630 CE to 1810 CE is broadly defined as Maratheshahi .The Hindawi Swaraj formed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a State for the people , founded with the noble intention of the welfare of common people , removal of oppression and the protection of Maharashtra Dharma. In the period after Shivaji Maharaj , Maratha power spread to all parts of India.

Gunpowder plot was the conspiracy of English Roman Catholics to blow up Parliament and King James I, his queen and his eldest son on November 5, 1605. The leader of the plot, Robert Kastesby, together with his four co conspirators- Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Guy Fawkes were zealous Roman Catholics angered by James's refusal to grant more religious toleration to Catholics.

Vikram era was started in 58 BCE. It is associated with famous Gupta king, Chandragupta II. Chandragupta II founded it as a mark of victory over the Shakas and assumed the title of Vikramaditya.

The Gupta empire was an ancient Indian empire founded by Sri Gupta that lasted from 240 to 590 CE. It reached its zenith from 320 - 550 AD. At the beginning of the 4th century, the Guptas established and ruled a few small Hindu kingdoms in Magadha and around modern-day Bihar and covered most of North-central India. Their period of reign was called Golden Age of India. In 480s, Huns invaded the Gupta empire and weakened it. Soon after the invasions, the Gupta Empire, ended as well.