History · 1 Oct 2026

NCERT Class 9 medieval history

Consider the following pairs:
Person - Associated with

  1. Lachit Borphukan - Defeat of a Mughal fleet at the Battle of Saraighat
  2. Guru Arjan Dev - Establishment of the Akal Takht
  3. Ahilyabai Holkar - Rebuilding of the Kashi Vishwanath temple after its destruction under Aurangzeb
  4. Man Singh - Leadership of the Jat uprising of 1669 in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab
AOnly one
BOnly two
COnly three
DAll four
This question is based on: Defence or Synthesis? NCERT's New Class 9 Text Rewrites What India's Medieval Centuries Were About
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About this question

Why in news

NCERT released the new Class 9 social science textbook "Understanding Society: India and Beyond Part Two" on September 29, 2026, reframing 1000-1700 CE as a period of "Resistance and Resilience" and dropping the chapters on the French and Russian revolutions.

Why for UPSC

UPSC regularly tests person-event pairs from medieval regional history (Ahoms, Sikhs, Marathas) and the new textbook brings exactly these figures to the foreground. The Kashi Vishwanath case also tests whether aspirants can hold both the "synthesis" and "resistance" readings of one site.

Prelims summary

Lachit Borphukan (Ahom) defeated the Mughal fleet at Saraighat; Guru Hargobind founded the Akal Takht; Ahilyabai Holkar rebuilt the Kashi Vishwanath temple after its destruction under Aurangzeb.
The 1669 Jat uprising in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab arose from heavy taxation, economic exploitation and Aurangzeb's religious policies.

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