* Peshwa tradition was ended by britishers During the second reign of Bajirao-II at the beginning of the third Anglo-Maratha war. 

* Eventually the british took over his dominion and made the maratha king pratap singh satara decalre in favour of british and ended the pehwa’s legal position. 

* On 3^rd june 1818 bajirao surrendered to the british ;he was banished to bithur near kanpur.

• Rusting is a redox reaction between iron and oxygen 

• Rusting takes place when iron is exposed to oxygen in air 

• Both distilled and ordinary water have dissolved oxygen, or they are enabler of fast oxidation of iron

Charak, Sushrut and Dhanvantri in ancient India are associated with Medicine. 

•Charak was main contributor to Ayurveda. 

•Sushrut was a great surgeon. 

•Dhanvantari is the Hindu god of medicine.

‘’National Food For Work’’ Programme was launched in 2004 under the Ministry of Rural Development at the time of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Tapi and Narmada rivers falls into the Arabian Sea. Narmada river originates from Amarakantak plateau . Its length is 1312 km. It flows through Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra and Gujarat. Famous waterfalls Dhuandhar and Kapildhara are located on this river . Tapi originates from Multai on the Satpura range . Its length is 724 km.

Magnus Carlsen won the World Chess Title 2018 on 28^th November 2018. 

• The World Chess Championship of 2018, held in London , United Kingdom. 

• Magnus Carlsen defeated his American challenger, Fabiano Caruana in the final game. 

• Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World ChessChampion.

India's first International indigenous film festival will be held in Odisha in February, 2019. 

• This event will be held in Bhubaneswar from February 19 to 20, 2019. 

• The festival aims to be a platform for indigenous communities from the world over to share. 

• The film festival will showcase films made by indigenous people or made by non- indigenous filmmakers in collaboration with the indigenous communities will be shown in the event.

This is the 17th tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour. Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka has won the Men's Singles title by defeating Japan's Kento Momota.

The Central Government approves setting up of Central Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh on 8th November, 2018. 

• The 'Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh' will be set up in Relli village of Vizianagaram district as provided under the 13th schedule to the Andhra PradeshReorganisation Act, 2014.

K. Chandrashekar Rao is the first chief minister of Telangana state. 

•He is the chief minister since the secession of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh in 2014.