The inaugural women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament was held in Seoul, Korea in 1985
Korea have won the women’s Asia Cup on most occasions – three times
Japan have finished runners-up the most number of times – they finished second best thrice
India’s only Asia Cup win came in the 2004 edition in front of their home crowd when they overcame Japan by a solitary goal in the final
India have finished runners-up twice in 1999 and 2009
South Korea and Japan have featured in every women’s Asia Cup so far
India did not play in the inaugural women’s Asia Cup at Seoul in 1985
The 3rd women’s Asia Cup at Hiroshima in 1993 was the first time that the event was played in a group phase and not on a round-robin basis as was the case in the first two editions in 1985 and 1989
Japan’s 21-0 thrashing of Sri Lanka is the biggest victory margin in the women’s Asia Cup – this win came in the 2005 edition in New Delhi
China’s 5-3 win over India in the 2009 edition in Bangkok is the biggest winning margin in an Asia Cup final
South Korea became the first team to win the women’s Asia Cup as a host nation in the inaugural edition in 1985 in Seoul
India became the second side after South Korea to win the women’s Asia Cup as a host nation in the 2005 edition in New Delhi
Uzbekistan made its Asia Cup debut in the 1993 edition
India became the first team to finish runners-up as a host nation in the women’s Asia Cup in the 1999 edition in New Delhi
Japan’s 7-6 win over Korea in the 2007 women’s Asia Cup was the only final where a penalty shootout was required
Kazakhstan made its Asia Cup debut in the 1999 edition
Sri Lanka made its Asia Cup debut in the 2005 edition and ended up leaking 37 goals from three games including a 0-21 walloping at the hands of Japan
India have never beaten China in women’s Asia Cup – losing to them five times and drawing thrice in eight meetings so far
India’s biggest defeat in the women’s Asia Cup came in the 1989 edition in Hong Kong where they lost 2-6 to Japan
Hong Kong and India have hosted the women’s Asia Cup on most occasions – they staged it twice
Famous Court Poets of Indian History
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Kalidasa
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Chandragupta Vikramditya
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Harisena
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Samudragupta
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Gunasena
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Amoghavarsha
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Chand Bardai
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Prithiviraj Chauhan
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Bhavabhuti
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King Yashovarman of Kanauj
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Amir Khusro
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Alauddin Khilji
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Parmanand
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Shivaji
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Rajashekhara
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Gurjara Pratiharas
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Raghavanka
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Hoysalla Kings
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Allasani Peddana/Nandi Thimmana/Hari Hara
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Krishna Deva Raya
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Fiazi
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Akbar
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Foreign Invaders/Travellers of Indian History
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Alexander
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Greece
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Nanda dynasty
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Chengiz Khan
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Mongol
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Illtutmish
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Timur
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Turk-Mongol
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Nasiruddin
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Nadir Shah
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Persia (Iran)
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Muhammed Shah
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Ahmed Shah Abdali
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Afghanistan
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3rd battle of Panipat
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Megasthenes
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Greece
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Chandragupta Maurya
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Fahien
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China
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Chandragupta II
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Alberuni
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Uzebek
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Mohd Ghori
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Hieun Tsang
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China
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Harshavardhana
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Marco Polo
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Italy
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Kakatiyas
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Ibn Batuta
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Morocco
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Mohd Tuglak
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William Hawkins/Thomas Roe
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England
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Jahangir
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Nicolo Conti
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Italy
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Deva Raya 1
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Abdur Razzak
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Persia
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Deva Raya II
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Francois Bernier
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France
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Famous Newspapers of Freedom Struggle
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Tahzib-ul-Akhlag
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
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Al-Hilal
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Al-Balagh
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Independent
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Motilal Nehru
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Punjabi
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Lala Rajput Rai
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New India (Daily)
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Annie Besant
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Commonweal
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Annie Besant
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Essays in Indian Economics
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MG Ranade
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Samvad Kaumudi (Bengali)
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Mirat-ul-Akhbar
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Indian Mirror
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Devendranath Tagore
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Young India
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Gandhi
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Harijan
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Gandhi
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Navjeevan
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Gandhi
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Indian Opinion (South Africa)
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Gandhi
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Prabudha
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Swami Vivekananda
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Udbodhana
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Swami Vivekananda
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Bengal Gazzette
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JK Hikki
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Kesari
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Tilak
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The Maratha
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Tilak
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Amrit Bazar Patrika
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Sisir Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh
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Vande Matram
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Aurobindo Ghosh
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Yugantar
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Barindra Kumar Ghosh
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Hindustan Times
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KM Pannikar
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Kranti
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Mirajkhar, Joglekar, Ghate
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India Socialist
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Shymaji Krishna Varma
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Talwar (Berlin)
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Birendra Nath Chattopadhya
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Free Hindustan (Vancouver)
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Tarak Nath Das
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RashGoftar
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Mooknayak
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BR Ambedkar
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Ghadar
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Ghadar Party
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Voice of India
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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The Hitavada
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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The Leader
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Madan Mohan Malaviya
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Famous Books Written During Freedom Struggle
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Causes of the Indian Mutiny
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
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Ghulam Giri
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Jyotiba Phule
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To all fighters of freedom, Why socialism
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JP Narayan
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Pakhtoon
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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
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Problems of the East
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Lord Curzon
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My Indian Years
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Lord Hardinge II
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Precepts of Jesus
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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A Gift of Monotheists
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Pather Panchali
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Bibhuti Bhusan Banerjee
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Anandmath
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Bankim C Chatterjee
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Sitaram
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Bankim C Chatterjee
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Devi Chaudharani
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Bankim C Chatterjee
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The Indian Struggle
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Subhash Chandra Bose
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Economic History of India
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RC Dutt
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Poverty & Un-British Rule in India
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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The Spirit of Islam
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Syyed Ameer Ali
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A National in the Making
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SN Banerjee
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The Indian War of Independence
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VD Savarkar
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India Divided
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Rajendra Prasad
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The Discovery of India
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Nehru
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Hind Swaraj
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Gandhi
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Neel Darpan
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Dinabandhu Mitra
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What Congress/Gandhi have done to untouchables
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BR Ambedkar
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Unhappy India
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Lala Rajpat Rai
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Satyarth Prakash
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati
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Why I am an atheist?
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Bhagat Singh
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Ratnavali/Priyadarsika/Nagananda
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Harshavardhana
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Harsha Charita
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Banabhatta
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Amuktamalayada
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Krishna Dev Raya
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Tuzk-i-Jahangiri
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Jahangir
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Babar Namah or Tuzk-e-Babari
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Babar
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Akbarnama/Ain-i-Akbari
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Abu Fazl
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Humayun Namah
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Gulbadan Begum
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Shah Namah
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Firdausi
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Prithiviraj Raso
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Chand Bardai
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Geet Govinda
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Jayadeva
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Ramcharitmanas
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Tulsidas
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Meghdoot/Malavikaginmitra/Raghuvansha
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Kalidasa
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Pancharatna
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Vishnu Sharma
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Padmavat
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Malik Jayasi
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Mudra Rakshasa
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Visakha Datta
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Arthasastra
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Kautilya
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Rajtarangini
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Kalhana
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Mrichchakatikam
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Shudraka
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Ashtadhyayi
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Panini
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Mahabhasya
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Patanjali
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Kathasarithsagar
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Somadeva
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Aryabhatiya
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Aryabhatta
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Buddha Charitim
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Asvaghosha
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India Wins Freedom
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Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad
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Bandi Jeevan
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Sachindranath Sanyal
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Babuvivah
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Darbar-i-Akbari
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Muhammad Hussain
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Surya Siddhanta
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Arybabhatta
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Mahabharat
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Rishi Vyas
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Usha Parinayam (Sanskrit)
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Krishna Deva Raya
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Manu Charithra
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Allasani Peddana
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Panduranga Mahatyam
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Tenali Ramakrishna
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Rehala
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Ibn Batuta
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Chanchnama
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Alibin Hamid
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Vande Matram
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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Afif in Tariq-i-Firuzsah
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Firozshah Tuglak
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Dynasties/Kingdoms And Their Capitals
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Cholas
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Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram
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Mauryans
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Pataliputra
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Pandyas
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Madurai
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Chalukyas
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Vatapi and Badami
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Satavahana
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Pratisthana
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Shivaji
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Raigarh
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Tipu Sultan
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Seringapatnam
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Ranjit Singh
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Lahore
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Harshavardhan
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Thaneswar and Kanauj
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Bahmani
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Gulbarga and Bidar
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Later Chalukyas
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Kalyani
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Kakatiyas
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Warrangal
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Avanti
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Ujjain
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Vats
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Kausambi
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Kosala
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Ayodhya
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Kashi
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Benarus
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Bahmani
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Bedar
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Rastrakutas
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Manyakheta
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Pallavas
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Kanchipuram
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Gupta Empire
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Pataliputra
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Chauhan Dynasty
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Mainpuri
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Kacharis
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Dimapur
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Ahoms
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Charaideo, Garghgaon, Rangpur
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Koch Dynasty
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Kamatapur
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Palas
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Pataliputra, Gaur
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Real Names of Famous Indian History Rulers
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Jalaludin Mohammed
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Akbar
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Manikarnika
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Ranji Laxmibai of Jhansi
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Zaheruddin Mohammed
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Babar
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Baharuddin
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Balban
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Jauna Khan
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Mohd Bin Tuglak
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Ghazi Malik
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Ghiyasuddin Tuglak
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Mehr-un-Nissa
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Nur Jahan
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Arjumand Banu
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Mumtaz Mahal
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Madeleine Slade
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Mira Behn
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Narendra Nath Dutta
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Swami Vivekananda
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Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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Mahesh Das
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Birbal
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Twarikh-i-Muhammadia
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Wahabi Movement
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Titumor
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Nisar Ali
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Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act
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Rowlatt Act
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Famous Temples of Indian History
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Khajuraho Temple
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Chattarpur MP
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Bundellas or Chandellas
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Kailash Temple
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Ellora Maharashtra
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Rastrakutas
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Thousand Pillared Temple
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Warrangal AP
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Kakatiyas
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Ramnappa Temple
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Warrangal AP
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Kakatiyas
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Brihadeswara Temple
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Tanjavur TN
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Cholas
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Kailashnath Temple
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Kanchiupuram TN
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Pallavas
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Seven Ratha Temple
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Mahabalipuram TN
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Pallavas
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Shore Temple
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Mahabalipuram TN
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Pallavas
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Dilwara Temple
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Mt Abu Rajasthan
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Solankies
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Hazara Ramaswami temple
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Hampi Karnataka
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Krishna Deva Raya
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Jagannath Temple
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Puri
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Anantvarman Ganga
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Sun Temple
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Konark
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Narasimhadeva1
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Halebid temple
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Halebid
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The Hoysalas
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Dilwara Jain Temple
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Mount Abu
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Siddharaja
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Golden Temple
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Amritsar
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Guru Ramdas
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Swami temple
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Hampi
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Devaraya II
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Kamakhya temple
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Guwahati
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Koch king Narayanan
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Navagraha temple
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Guwahati
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Rajeshwar Sinha
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Umananda temple
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North Guwahati
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Gaddhar Sinha
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Sukhleswar temple
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Guwahati
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Rajeshwar Sinha
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Hayagriva Madhava Temple
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Hajo
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Raghudeva Narayan
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Siddhesvara Temple
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Sualkuchi
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Rajeshwar Sinha
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Basistha Ashram
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Guwahati
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Rajeshwar Sinha
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Dhodar Ali
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Upper Assam
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Gaddhar Sinha
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Gohain Kamal Ali
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Koch Bihar-Narayanpur
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Koch King, Naranarayan
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Dighalipuhkuri
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Guwahati
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Bhagadatta
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Miscellaneous
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Who ruled North India during Alexander’s invasion
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Nandas
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First secretary of state for India
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Edward Stanley
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Last Governor General under East India company
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Lord Canning
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Summer capital of British before Shimla
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Murree
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Gandhi’s farm in Natal, South Africa
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Phoenix Farm
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Who introduced English as official language?
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Sir Charles Wood
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Delhi ruler during Babar’s attack on India
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Ibrahim Lodhi
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Chief architect of the Taj Mahal
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Sultan Ahmed Lahiri
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Zero/decimal system introduced in whose reign?
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Gupta period
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Founder of Indian Boy Scouts
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Robert Baden-Powell
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Kalinga King during the Mauryan period
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Kharavela
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EIC got right to collect revenue in India for 1st
time
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Battle of Buxar
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Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar was buried in
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Rangoon
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Headquarter of the East India Company in Bengal
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Fort William
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First to translate Bhagwat Gita into English
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Charles Wilkins
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First Indian ruler to undergo imprisonment
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C Vijaraghavachari
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Quote – ‘No slavery in India’
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Megasthenes
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Who ruled England when EIC came into existence?
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Normans
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Shimla became summer capital of British in
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1864
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First governor general of India
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Warren Hastings
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Years required to built Taj Mahal?
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22 years
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Mughals ruled in India for how many years
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331
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First granted firman to East India Company
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Farrukhsiyyar
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First Mughal ruler to impose Sharia law in India
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Aurangzeb
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First Indian ruler to use rocket artillery in war
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Hyder Ali
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Presided 1st session of AIC in Mumbai in 1920?
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VM Giri
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Viceroy of India during passing of Rowlatt Act
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Lord Chelmsford
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Founded Sikh Khalsa
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Guru Govind Singh in 1699
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Bengal Gazette started in which year
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1780
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1st Indian census during whose viceroyship?
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Lord Ripon
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Sepoy of 34th Bengal Native Infantry
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Mangal Pandey
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Queen Victoria got title Empress of India in
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1876
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Poem ‘ Kumarasambhava’
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Kalidasa
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Who introduced adhesive stamp in 1852?
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Sir Bartle Frere
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Chandragupta found Mauryan after defeating
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Nandas
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Civil services were introduced during whose reign
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Lord Cornwallis
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First capital of Mughals
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Agra
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Aurangzeb ruled for how many years
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49
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Banaras Hindu University established in which year
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1915
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Rig Veda was written when it was?
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Start of the iron age
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Babar entered India for the first time through
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Punjab
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The French made their advent through
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Pondicherry
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Taj Mahal is on the banks of
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Yamuna
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1st to start joint stock company to trade with India
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Dutch
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French Revolution inspired by teachings of
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Rosseau
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Peculiarity of the Mauryan body guards
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They were all women
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Mughal king who was an excellent veena player
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Aurangzeb
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Original name of Mahabharat
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Jana
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Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to which period
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Gupta period
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Concept of Avataravad was associated with what
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Vaishnavism
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1857 revolt: 1st shot from rebel was fired in
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Barrackpore
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Jain doctrine is considered the origin of Mahavira
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Sexual Continence
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Beautiful wooden railings (Sanchi Stupa) built
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Gupta period
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Theory of Agnikula is related to
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Rajputs
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Entry port for trade between Indus/ Mesopotamia
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Bahrain
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Earliest Greek follower of Bhagavatism
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Heliodorus
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Chola kingdom who or what was ‘Kottram’
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A large village considered as a small unit
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Crop in Vijaynagar kingdom widely exported
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Black Pepper
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Intr persion-arabian melodies in Indian music
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Amit Khusro
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Fatehpur Sikri symbolizes
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Hindu-Muslim unity
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Aurangzeb expelled English governor in India
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Sir John Gayer
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British govtintroduced Ryotwari Settlement in
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United Provinces
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ML’s1st call for a separate Muslim state?
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1940 Lahore session
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Who pioneered guerilla warfare?
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Shivaji
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Official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission
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Azad and Nehru
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First and Second Satyagraha
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Vinoba Bhave and Nehru
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Advocate of widow re-marriage in modern India
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Silver coins of the Guptas
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Rupakya
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Created the Covenated Civil Service of India
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Lord Bentinck
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First European to designate ‘Aryans’ as a race
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Max Mueller
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UK PM who sent the Cripps Mission to India
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Winston Churchill
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Title was given by the British govt to Gandhi
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Kaiser-e-hind
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All India Muslim League set up under leadership of
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Aga Khan
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Ashoka’s Dhamma represented
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Buddha’ principles
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Initiated Kheda Satyagraha
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Mohanlal Pandya
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Hunter Commission was associated with
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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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Who designed the Indian flag?
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Madam Bikaji Cama
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Mohenjodaro-Harappa belong to which age
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Chalcolithic age
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Humauyun restored Indian kingdom with help
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Persian ruler
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Bestowed title ‘Sardar’ for the Bardoli Satyagraha
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Vallabhai Patel
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Immediate cause of the Swadeshi movement
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Partition of Bengal
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Formed the Indian League in London
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Shymaji Krishna Varma
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Lala Hardyal/Sohan Singh Bhakna formed
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Ghadar party in San Francisco in 1913
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Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj was written in which year
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1919
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Jamshedpur named after Jamshedji Nusserwanji
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Lord Chelmsford
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Founder of Servant of India Society
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Presided over the first Buddhist council in Rajgriha
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Maha Kassapa
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Ahom shifted its capital to Jorhat in?
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1794
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Ahom king hoped 2 become major force
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Rudra Singha
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The Mounbatten Plan is also known as
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June 3 Plan
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Yadava kingdom reached peak during period of
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Singhana
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Who I cut fingers of left hand as sacrifice?
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Amoghavarsha I
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First Mughal emperor conflicted with British
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Aurangzeb
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Governor General fought in 2nd Maratha War
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Lord Wellesley
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Chief features of Rig Vedic religion
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Worship of nature and animal sacrifices
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Chola king beat Pandyas & occupied Madhurai?
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Parantaka I
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Sarvodaya Movement was started by?
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Vinoba Bhave
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Caste system more liberal in which period
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Early vedic period
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Religious capital of Ranjeet Singh
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Amritsar
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The Vedic deity Indra was the goddess of
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Rain & Thunder
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Basis of class differentiation among Aryans
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Colour
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Eating of meat was discouraged in
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Later vedic period
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Englishmen tried to obtain from Akbar a ‘Firman’
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John Middenhall for trade in Gujarat
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Family of the Rig Vedic Aryans
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Patrilineal
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Moamaria rebellion first took place in
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1769
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First President of Bengal presidency
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Sir charles Eyre
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Ritualistic precepts attached to hymns of Vedas
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Brahmanas
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Aryans at first settled in
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Punjab
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Propounded the Saptanga Theory
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Kautilya
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Cause for decline
of textile industry in Bengal
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High tariff rates on export to Britain
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Guru of Kabir
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Ramananda
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Brahma Samaj mainly insisted upon
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Monotheism
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Ayurveda owes its origin to
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Yajurveda
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The battle of Itakhuli took place in
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1682
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Who invaded North India during period of Sungas?
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Bactrian Greeks
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Famous Bhakti Saint belonged to royal Mewar
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Meerabai
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Brahmanas are books that deal with
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Bhakti
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The nickname of English East India Company was
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John Company
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Sufi saint refused to meet Alauddin Khilji
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Nizamuddin Auliya
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Who abolished the ‘Iqta’ system?
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Alauddin Khilji
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Dynasty's founder was an elected king?
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Pala
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Rigveda Samhita denotes one fourth of hymns to
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Indra
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Last Ahom king
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Purander Singha
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Proposed partyless democracy in India?
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Jayaprakash Narayan
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Second invasion aganist yadava kingdom
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1309
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Most important divinity of Rig Veda
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Varun
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Q Who was endowed with Naval power?
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Chola
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Q The battle of Saraighat was between?
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Lachit Barphukan and the Mughals in 1671
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Which Ahom king favoured Hinduism?
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Jaydhaj Singha
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The tutor of Alexander the great was
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Aristole
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term ‘Interpolers’ was used by
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English
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Oldest of the Rig Veda books
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Second and seventh
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Atala Mosque is associated with
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Sharqi ruler
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Made broadcast during Quit India movement
|
Ram Manohar Lohia
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Made sarak-i-Azam road
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Sher Shah
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Prominent ruler in Sisodia dynasty
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Rana Kumbha
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Ancient name of the city of Patna is
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Pataliputra
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ML established as British wanted to partition
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Bengal
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Thoughts on mystery of life/ universe mythology
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Purana
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Battle of Manimangalam took place between?
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Pulakesin II and Narasimhavarma
|
Tulsidas was a contemporary of
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Akbar
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Reason of Mughal wrath agnst English company
|
Interlopers
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Ashoka Pillar Allahabad provides info about
|
Samudragupta
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Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to Rajput dynasty of?
|
Tomaras
|
Asfaqualla Khan/Ramprasad Bismil associated with
|
1925 Kakori conspiracy
|
800 B.C.-600 B.C. is designated as period of
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Upanishads
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Founder of French East India company
|
Colbert
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‘A company of quarelling people and foul dealers’
|
Shaista Khan
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Which Assam king took part in the Mahabharata?
|
Bhagadatta
|
Chief impact of Vedic culture on Indian history
|
Consolidation of caste system
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Fire Temple’ is the worship place of which
|
Parsis
|
788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
|
Shankracharya was born that year
|
Madarasa-I Nasiri was built during the reign of
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Itutmush
|
Language was known as ‘Rekhta’
|
Urdu
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Digambara sect of Jainism was most popular in?
|
Karnataka and Mysore
|
The text of the document called Mahzar found in
|
Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
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Animal domestication considered main occupation
|
Early vedic period
|
Son and successor of the Chola king Aditya
|
Parantaka I
|
Ustad Mansur was a famous painter of
|
Jahangir
|
After Alexander's death Eastern part came under?
|
Seleucus Nicator
|
Term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified
|
Land owned b the emperor himself
|
Which Mughal general who occupied Gargaon?
|
Mirjumla
|
Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers
|
Devaraya1
|
Given plebiscite to join Pakistan or India
|
N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
|
Subject matter of the Upanishads
|
Religion
|
Aruvipuram installation was done by?
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Nārāyana Guru
|
Tolkappiyam is associated with the
|
Second Sangam period
|
Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in
|
Hyderabad
|
3 powers in southern India in the 7th century AD
|
Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas
|
Battle at Waihind in 1008-09 A.D fought between
|
Mahmud of Ghazni and Anandapala
|
Main characteristic of later Vedic age
|
Caste system
|
Restructured the Paik system in Ahom kingdom
|
Momai Tamuli Borbarua in 1609
|
Code of conduct of the Vedic society
|
Smritis
|
Term yavanika meant
|
Curtain
|
Vedas contain all the truth interpreted by
|
Swami Dayananda
|
Professions of freedom fighters
|
Teachers, Lawyers and Journalists
|
Chola king captured Tanjore from Pandyas
|
Vijayalaya Chola
|
Language of Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian
|
Brahui
|
British introduced Ryotwari Settlement in
|
Mumbai and Madras presidencies
|
Vishnu Purana gives an account of
|
Mauryan empire
|
Who shot dead Sargent
Major Hudson?
|
Mangal Pandey
|
Perfect Knowledge in Jainism is referred to as
|
Kaivalya
|
Ahom period saw a massive earthquake in
|
1549
|
Evidence of furrowed fields comes from
|
Kalibanga
|
Vikramaditya started Vikrama samvat in 58 BC
|
to commemorate his victory over Sakas
|
Uplift of the backward class was the program of
|
Satya Shodak Samaj
|
Ninth mandala of Rig Veda samhita is devoted to
|
Soma
|
To which republic of Buddha belong?
|
Sakyas
|
Laid the foundation of modern education in India
|
Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
|
Details about village administration under Cholas
|
Uttaramerur inscriptions
|
Who built new capital Rajagriha north to Giriviraja
|
Bimbisara
|
Class division at Harappa/Mohen-jodaro clear from
|
different types of dwellings excavated
|
Nehru first Elected as Congress President
|
1929 (Lahore Session)
|
Akbar founded Fatehpur Sikri in
|
1571
|
First political organisation established in India
|
Zamindari Association in 1838
|
Institution of Varna appeared in which period
|
Rig Veda
|
New capital of the Ahoms in 1539?
|
Gargoan
|
First postage stamp of India
|
Sinde Dawk (1852)
|
British historian termed 1857 revolt Sepoy Mutiny
|
John Lawrence, Earl Stanley
|
Buddhist Sect Mahayana came into existence
|
Kanishka
|
Hugly used as base for piracy in Bay of Bengal
|
Portuguese
|
Mahajanpad Prasenjit was the ruler of
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Kosala
|
Money Order system introduced in India in
|
1880
|
Word ‘Hindu’ was first used by
|
Greeks
|
Most elected Congress President
|
Dadabhai Naoroji thrice
|
Concept of Anuvrata was advocated by
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Jainism
|
Panipat is modern
|
Kurukshetra
|
Veda is a collection of spells and incantations
|
Atharva veda
|
Gave “First War of Indian Independence” to 1857
|
V.D Savarkar
|
King of Delhi after Indian Rebellion of 1857
|
Bahadur Shah II (the last Mughal emperor)
|
Largest dome in the world
|
Gol Gumbaz Bijapur
|
Universal Postal Union founded in
|
1874
|
“neither first nor national war of Independence”
|
R.C Majumdar
|
Who attacked Kamrupa in 1127?
|
Malik Uzbek Khan
|
Indian president also secretary general of NAM h
|
Giani Zail Singh
|
Who is known as Kunika in the history of India?
|
Ajatsatru
|
Territory was not affected by the revolt of 1857
|
Chittor
|
Name Ashoka generally referred to in inscriptions
|
Priyadarshi
|
Akbar’s Mansabdari system
borrowed from
|
Mongolia
|
Poet Kalidas is mentioned in which inscription
|
Aihole
|
Vedas rendered musically
|
Sama veda
|
‘Live well even by borrowings’
|
Charvakas
|
1st ruler to organize Haj at the expense of state
|
Akbar
|
Considered one of d oldest surviving cities in world
|
Mathura
|
Modern Gandhi
|
Baba Amte
|
Term 'picket' refer to
|
Protest by blocking shop entrances
|
Sadhani was the queen of which king?
|
Chutia king
|
Caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
|
Hindu, Buddhism, Jains
|
Abanindranath Tagore to paint Bharat Mata image
|
Swadeshi Movement
|
Witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans
|
Amir Khusrau
|
Trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism dnt represent
|
Nirvana
|
First empire builders of India
|
Nanda kings
|
Secretary of Gandhi after death of Mahadev Desai
|
Pyarelal
|
'Sanatanis' were
|
High-caste Hindus
|
Aim of the Nehru Report of 1928
|
to draft a Constitution for India
|
Attempted abortive 1st Muslim invasion of Assam
|
Nusrat Khan in 1527
|
Preaching mudra assted with Buddha's 1st Sermon
|
Dharmachakra
|
Who led the peasants in Awadh
|
Baba Ramchandra
|
Fundamental diff bet Mahayana & Hinayana
|
Worship of gods and goddesses
|
Founded Satyagrah Sabha
|
Gandhi
|
Non-cooperation movt Assam plantation workers
|
They left the plantations and headed home
|
First Non-Congress chief minister of India
|
MS Naboodiripad
|
Capital Magadh during the reign of Bimbisara
|
Giriviraja
|
Called Gandhiji as “Half naked Seditious Fakir”
|
Winston Churchill
|
All India Muslim League was formed in
|
Dhaka
|
Mughal ruler placed "Chain of Justice" in palace
|
Jahangir
|
Taxila king during the invasion of Alexander
|
Ambhi
|
Organised dalits in Depressed Classes Association
|
B.R. Ambedkar
|
Term 'begar' mean
|
Labour without payment
|
could not play off Mohammedans vs Hindus’
|
Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement1919-22
|
Srimanta Sankardev was born?
|
1449
|
Marwar was ruled by?
|
Rathore dynasty
|
Transform Congress into Lok Sevak Sangh
|
Gandhi
|
London branch of All India Muslim League
|
Ameer Ali in 1908
|
Bimbisara belonged to which dynasty
|
Haryanka
|
Chand Khan was a disciple of?
|
Sankardeva
|
Assam becomes an independent state
|
1874
|
Gandhi in his book, Hind Swaraj, declared
|
British ruled India coz Indians cooperated
|
Who was known as the "handsome fool"?
|
Prince Shahryar
|
Varahamihira
|
A great astrologer
|
The Varman dynasty ended with
|
death of Kumar Bhaskar Varman in 650
|
Which Gupta ruler was an expert Veena player?
|
Samudragupta
|
God of animal during the later Vedic period
|
Rudra
|
First Ahom capital?
|
Charideo
|
Ascertained Rs. 20 as per capita income in 1867-68
|
Dadabhai Naoroji
|
Ashoka constructed four rock-cut caves for
|
Barabara mountain near Gaya in Bihar
|
Gandhiji's age when he got married to Kasturbai
|
13
|
First Barbaruah
|
Momai Tamuli Barbaruah
|
Language during Mauryan Empire
|
Pali
|
First known ruler of Assam?
|
Mahiranga Danava of Danava dynasty
|
Nagarjuna famous during Gupta period
|
A renowned chemist
|
Ship in which Gandhi left Bombay for London
|
S.S. Rajputana
|
Gandhiji reached London to become a barrister
|
19 years
|
Muslims first attacked Assam?
|
1206
|
‘never before was so great an event consummated with such
little bloodshed
|
J B Kripalani
|
What did Gandhiji mean by "Swaraj"?
|
Freedom for the meanest of the countrymen
|
Title of address of an Ahom King was
|
Swargadeo
|
English ambassador set up trading factory at Surat
|
Sir Thomas Roe
|
Assamese becomes an official language again in
|
1873
|
Mahatma Gandhi gave up his 'Fast unto death'
|
Poona pact was ratified by Hindu Mahasabha/Govt
|
In-charge of a district during Mauryan period?
|
Asthanika
|
What controversial British did in Assam in 1837?
|
They made Bengali as official language of Assam
|
Gupta ruler is known as Sakari and why?
|
Chandragupta Vikramaditya - he conquered Saka
|
Assam’s first High School was set up when where?
|
Sivasagar in 1843
|
Which Mahajanapad was first republic of India?
|
Lichhavi
|
Prince Khurram was married to
|
Asaf Khan’s daughter Arjumand Bano Begum
|
Land revenue during Gupta period?
|
It was from 1/6 to 1/4 th of total produce of land
|
Chandragupta ended life by slow starvation
|
Chandragiri mountain
|
Restored Rangpur to Ahoms from Moamarias
|
British captain Thomas Welsh in 1794
|
Taxila & Ujjain Governor during Bindusara’s reign
|
Susima, and Ashoka
|
‘Deshbandhu’ is the title of which freedom fighter?
|
C.R. Das
|
The treaty of Yandaboo was signed between?
|
Burmese king & and East India Company in 1826
|
Who introduced Paik systems?
|
Pratap Singha
|
Gandhi once confessed stealing to whom
|
Father
|
Chandragupta dowry by marrying Lichhavi princess
|
Pataliputra
|
Hieun Tsang visited Kamrupa in which year?
|
629
|
Mahajanapads powerful during 600 in North India?
|
Magadha, Vats, Kosala, Avanti
|
First Ahom king and when?
|
Sukapha in 1228
|
Main information of Samudragupta’s conquests
|
Allahabad inscriptions
|
Gandhi died on which day of the week
|
Friday
|
First king of Kamrupa
|
Pushyavarman in 350
|
In-charge of village during Mauryan period?
|
Gopa
|
Nurjahan want to marry her daughter to
|
Khurram
|
At which places the Durbar of Akbar were held?
|
Agra and Delhi
|
Name for city mayor during Mauryan period
|
Nagrika
|
Borgohain Buragohain & Borpatra Gohain
|
Suhungmung
|
Private Secretary of Mahatma Gandhi
|
Mahadev Desai
|
What was the term Dar-ul-Islam mean?
|
House of peace
|
Maratha took up arms against Aurangzeb under?
|
Shivaji
|
Posts of Borbarua and the Borphukan
|
Pratap Singha
|
Galaxy of scholars in the court of Samudragupta
|
Harisena, Vasubandhu and Asanga
|
Most distinguished achievement of Jahangir
|
Victory over Mewar in 1615 AD
|
When did Gandhiji get his head shaved?
|
1921
|
Tajmahal of Agra was built with which materials?
|
White marble, markana
|
Who was hanged in 1858?
|
Maniram Deewan
|
Provinces Seleucus give to Chandragupta Maurya
|
Kabul, Qandhar, Herat and Baluchistan
|
Gandhi’s railway station incident occurred at
|
Maritzburg
|
inscriptions of Ashoka were engraved in scripts?
|
Brahmi, Kharoshti, Greek and Aramaik
|
Famous poet in Akbar’s reign?
|
Tulsidas
|
Centre of education during Mauryan regime
|
Taxila
|
Mahatma Gandhi gave title 'Abhay Sadak to
|
Baba Amta
|
Who started the Gupta era?
|
Chandragupta 1 in 320 AD
|
Who honoured Bhaskar Varman at Kanauj?
|
Harshavardhan
|
Gandhiji arrested for the first time by British Govt
|
Ahmedabad
|
Shahjahan shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi
|
1639
|
2 dynasties in north India confronted Rastrakutas
|
Pratiharas and Palas
|
Music style very popular during the reign of Akbar
|
Malhar and Dhrupad
|
Madhabdev/Sankardeva's SIL Hari executed
|
Suklenmung
|
What title Jahangir conferred on Meherun-Nisa
|
Nur Jahan
|
Patharughat atrocities happened in which year?
|
1894
|
Who last met Gandhiji before he was shot dead
|
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
|
Who was associated with Zabti system?
|
Todar Mal
|
Bindusara sent whom to Taxila to crush the revolt?
|
Ashoka
|
"Quit India" programme, Gandh was detained at
|
Ahmedabad prison
|
Which diamond peacock throne was adorned?
|
Kohinoor
|
Famous painter in the court of Akbar
|
Abdul Samad
|
What was the term Dar-ul-Harab mean?
|
House of violence
|
Most important trade city during Samudragupta
|
Ujjain
|
Gandhi was shot dead at
|
Birla House Delhi
|
Who was Ladli Begum?
|
She was the daughter of Nurjahan
|
Ahom king ruled the longest period of 51 years
|
Sukhaamphaa
|
Mughal ruler is known as "Zinda Pir"
|
Aurangzeb
|
Translated "The Story of My Experiments
|
Mahadev Desai
|
European travellers visited the court of Jahangir
|
W Hawkins, W Feinch, Thomas Roe & Edward Tair
|
Of which materials the Red Fort at Delhi was built?
|
Red sandstone
|
Dispur became Assam capital in
|
1974
|
Which title did Aurangzeb assume?
|
Jahangir
|
Official language during Gupta period
|
Sanskrit
|
Who was Mirza Ghyas Baig?
|
He was the father of Nurjahan
|
Earliest literatures of the Aryans
|
Vedas
|
Who in SA gave Gandhiji 'Unto This Last' to read
|
H S Polak
|
Gupta rule great epics given final form
|
Ramayan and the Mahabharat
|
Gandhiji’s third satyagraha in India
|
Kheda satyagraha
|
Ruler changed name of city Mathura to Islamabad
|
Aurangzeb
|
Who founded Phoenix Settlement near Durban
|
Gandhi in 2004
|
For what most of the wars of Aryans were fought?
|
Cows
|
Leader of the rebel Sannyasis
|
Bhawani Pathak
|
Vish (clan) during Vedic period?
|
A group of villages
|
Aurangzeb sent whom to crush the Marathas?
|
Shaista Khan, his maternal uncle in 1663 AD
|
Bihar Gandhi
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
What did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
|
Ahimsa and truth
|
First son of Jahangir who rise against Jahangir
|
His eldest son Khusrau in 1606 AD
|
Famous sea-port on east coast during Gupta rule
|
Tamralipti
|
Concluding parts of the Brahmans
|
Aranyakas
|
Shahjahan gave to Nurjahan as pension annually
|
2 lakhs
|
2 Assamese killed in 1942 Quit India movement
|
Kanaklata and her companion Mukunda
|
Mughal ruler banned the music in the court
|
Aurangzeb
|
Seleucus' daughter was married to
|
Chandragupta Maurya
|
Mahatma Gandhi visits Assam in which year?
|
1921
|
Mughal ruler discontinued Jharokha Darshan
|
Aurangzeb
|
Art of making temples started
|
Gutpa rule
|
"Mr Gandhi's religious and moral views are, I
believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the
practice of them in politics."
|
Lord Reading
|
Akbar a contemporary of which famous Sufi saint
|
Salim Chisti
|
Famous trade centers during Gupta period
|
Ujjain, Patliputra, Banaras and Mathura
|
Where was Aurangzeb buried?
|
At Daulatabad (Devagiri)
|
How agriculturists pay taxes during Mauryan reign
|
1/4th of the total produce
|
“Like the historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march
of Gandhi will be memorable"
|
Motilal Nehru
|
Established rule in Bundelkhand under Aurangzeb
|
Chhatrsal
|
Akbar founded Din-e-Elahi' in
|
1581
|
1st Assamese magazine Orunodoi was published in
|
1846
|
What did Gandhiji mean by "Swaraj"?
|
Freedom for the meanest of the countrymen
|
Gandhiji take vow of brahmacharya/celibacy of life
|
1906
|
Mughal ruler abolished Nauroz festival
|
Aurangzeb
|
Why was fifth Sikh Guru Arjun Dev sentenced
|
For helping Khusrau
|
Reign of Bindusara: public revolted at which place
|
Taxila, due to maladministration of Susima
|
First president of Assam Sahitya
|
Padmanath Gohainbaruah
|
People gather at Ibadat Khana on which day
|
Thursday
|
Iron pillar at Mehraull as built during whose rule?
|
Guptas
|
Who gave Buddhism lessons to Ashoka?
|
Famous monk Upgupta
|
What was the profession of
Gandhiji's father?
|
Diwan
|
Ordered the killing of the Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh
|
Aurangzeb
|
Deal wit questions such as true nature of god/soul
|
Upanishads
|
'Gandhian Era' in Indian Independence struggle
|
1915-1948
|
Whom Shah Jahan appointed the Ajmer Governor?
|
Mahawat Khan
|
There are how many Ashoka's rock edicts?
|
14 in eight places
|
Leader of the rebel Kakirs
|
Majnu Shah
|
1st Assamese freedom fighter to be hanged
|
Piyoli Phukan in 1830
|
Akbar shift his capital from Agra to Fatehpur Sikri
|
1571
|
Head of a family during Vedic period
|
Grihapati
|
On whose instance Abul Fazal was killed?
|
Jahangir
|
Gandhi: essential principle of satyagraha
|
Infinite capacity for suffering, non violence & truth
|
Founded Khalsa Panth (sect) in Sikhism
|
Guru Gobind Singh
|
First person to embrace "Din-e-Elahi"
|
Birbal
|
Old religious books of the Aryans
|
Puranas
|
Sannyasi rebellion finds mention in Bengali novel
|
Anandmath
|
Headman of a Jana or tribe
|
Rajan
|
Who was known as the 'Parrot' of India?
|
Amir Khusrau
|
Inspired Gandhi with ' Ram Nam' in his childhood?
|
Rambhadai
|
Famous Hindi poets during the reign of Shahjahan
|
Sundar, Bhusan and Bihari
|
Nurjahan spend her life after Jahangir death
|
Lahore
|
Town in Indus Valley Civilization had no citadel
|
Chanhudaro
|
Morocan traveler visited India in Sultanate period
|
Ibn Battuta
|
River considered most sacred in Vedic period
|
Saraswati
|
Founded the Ferazi community in Bengal
|
Haji Shariatullah
|
Spelling Gandhiji spelt wrong as a child
|
Kettle
|
'Ain-e-Akbari' ani 'Akbarnama' written in
|
Persian
|
Russian traveller visiting Bahmani kingdom
|
Nikitin
|
Who issued secular decrees called Zawabits?
|
Aurangzeb
|
Popularised the Wahabi movement
|
Nisar Ali
|
Gandhiji's nickname in childhood
|
Manu or Moniya
|
Jats of Mathura revolted against Aurangzeb ?
|
Gokul
|
Language was used by Indo-Aryans?
|
Sanskrit
|
Vijaynagar ruler defeated in 1565 Talikota war
|
Ramaraya
|
Gandhiji receive his primary education at
|
Rajkot
|
Whom Netaji beat in 1939 Congress elections?
|
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
|
Mughal ruler reimposed Jazia tax in 1679 AD
|
Aurangzeb
|
Cities associated with bead-makers shops
|
Chanhudaro and Lothal
|
Led the Barasat rebellion in 1831
|
Nisar Ali whose real name is Titumor
|
Where was Islam first introduced in India?
|
Malabar Coast
|
Which Mythological character impressed Gandhi?
|
Harishchandra
|
Which son of Shahjahan imprisoned him?
|
Aurangzeb at Agra Fort
|
Constructed the Banser Kella
|
Nisar Ali
|
Queen's Proclamation announced in
|
1876
|
Successor of Sri Krishna Devaraya
|
Achutya Raya
|
In which battle did Babur defeat the Afghans?
|
Battle of Gogra
|
Who asked Gandhiji to eat meat?
|
Sheikh Mehtab
|
Pictographs were found in Indus Valley Civiliz
|
250-400
|
Q Who fought the battle of Balakot in 1831?
|
Sikhs and the Wahabis
|
Who were called the ryots?
|
Cultivators
|
Vijaynagar ruler concluded pact with Portuguese
|
Krishna Devaraya
|
Gandhiji wrote his autobiography in
|
Gujarati
|
First Padsah of India
|
Babar
|
Commander of the army during Vedic period
|
Senani
|
How old was Gandhiji when his father died?
|
16years
|
Which title Jahangir give Khurram after Deccan win
|
Shahjahan (The king of the world)
|
Animal maximum influence during vedic period
|
Horse
|
Zamindars of Sandwip break-out in rebellion in
|
1769
|
Most popular dieties of the early Aryans
|
Indra and Varuna
|
Name of Adil Shah's Hindu minister
|
Hemu
|
For how many years early vedic period lasted?
|
500 years
|
On whose instance the prince Khusrau was killed?
|
Khurram
|
Town literally means "Mound of the dead
|
Mohanjodaro
|
Two leaders of the Kol rebels
|
Joa Bhagat and Madara Mahato
|
Vows taken by Gandhiji before leaving 4 England
|
Not to alcohol, meat, women
|
No. of seals have been found in Harappa Civiliz
|
2,000
|
In which language the Vedas have been written
|
Sanskrit
|
Revolt of Dhalhhuin begin in
|
1769
|
Vijaynagar king during the Talikota war
|
Sadashiva Raya
|
Akbar divided Mughal Empire how manu subahs
|
15
|
American Gndhi & South African Gandhi
|
Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela
|
Gandhi first met Lord Mountbatten
|
March 31, 1947
|
Evidence of chess/measuring scale found in
|
Lothal
|
Eight poets called Ashtadiggajas flourished in
|
Court of Krishna Devaraya
|
Introduced the Ijaradari system
|
Warren Hastings
|
Harappa was excavated by
|
Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni, in 1921
|
Role in Vijaynagar politics ireign of Sadashiva Raya
|
Aliya Rama Raya
|
Nurjahan’s daughter Ladli Begum married to
|
Prince Shahryar
|
Metals used to make tools/weapons of Harappan
|
Copper and bronze
|
Delhi Sultan when Vijaynagar kingdom was set up
|
Mohd Bin Tuglak
|
Leader of the rebel Santhals
|
Sidhu-Kanhu
|
Gandhiji became a member in England
|
Vegetarian Society
|
Azimgarh Proclamation issued in
|
1857
|
King’s advisor during the Vedic period
|
Purohita
|
A beared man in steatite has been found in
|
Mohanjodaro
|
Shifted capital from Penugonda to Chandra Giri
|
Venakapati Raya II
|
Considered the 'real founder' of Delhi Sultanate
|
Iltumush
|
Known as the 'Tiger of the Revolt of 1857
|
Kunwar Singh
|
Last military conquest of Akbar
|
Asirgarh
|
Rice husks have been found in
|
Lothal and Rangpur
|
Who called Gandhi as ‘Mahatma’?
|
Rabindranath Tagore
|
A piece of the cotton fabric was found in
|
Mohanjodaro
|
itinerant businessmen of Sultanate period called
|
Caravan
|
Introduced tanka and jital
|
Iltutmish
|
Indus people had trade relations with
|
Mesopotamia and Persian Gulf
|
Town flooded and
destroyed more than 7 times
|
Mohanjodaro
|
Autobiography of Gandhiji first published in
|
1927
|
Turkish adventurer who conquered Bengal
|
Bakhtiyar Khilji
|
Amer Rajput ruler
accepted the lordship of Akbar
|
Raja Bharmal
|
Krishna Deva Raya belonged to which dynasty
|
Tuluva
|
Mongols for the first time capture Lahore
|
1241
|
Vijaynagar kings and Bahman Sultans fought over?
|
Raichur Doab
|
Shahjahan appointed as Prime Minister
|
Asaf Khan
|
Award returned by Gandhi during NC movement
|
Kaiser-i-Hind
|
A bronze dancing girl was found
|
Mohanjodaro
|
Treaty of Purandar signed in
|
1665
|
Generally believed to have one hundred sons
|
Bindusara
|
Rajput ruler did not accept lordship of Akbar
|
Rana Udai Singh of Chittor
|
Last Mughal Emperor of India?
|
Bahadur Shah II
|
Varahas in Vijaynagar kingdom
|
Gold coins
|
Founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873
|
Jyotirao Phule
|
System of competitive exam accepted in principle
|
1853
|
Gandhi attended which round table conference
|
Second
|
Evidence of bangles was found
|
Kalibangan
|
Who led the Sarabandi campaign in 1922?
|
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
|
B.R. Ambedkar elected 2 Constituent Assembly fr
|
Bengal and then later from Mumbai
|
Who didnt believe in drain theory of Di Naoroji
|
Syed Ahmed Khan
|
Vijaynagar empire annexed Hoyasala kingdom
ssssss
|
Hari Hara Raya 1
|
Mughal ruler was related with petticoat govt
|
Akbar
|
How many years the later vedic period lasted?
|
400
|
Akbar abolished Slave system in
|
1562
|
Vaikhanasa the 5fold conception of Vishnu consists
|
Brahman, Prakriti, Satya, Achyuta, Aniruddha
|
Gandhi believed that
|
Both ends and means should be justified
|
Earliest evidence of silver in India is found in
|
Harappan Culture
|
Destination Akbar ask Bairam Khan to proceed
|
Macca
|
The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
|
Pattinappalai
|
Idea of a Constituent Assembly first mooted by
|
Swaraj Party in 1928
|
Hurtog Committee
|
Progress of English education in British India
|
Arbital Tribunal Head India's independence
|
William Patrick Spens
|
Led the salt satyagraha movement with Gandhi
|
Sarojini Naidu
|
Territory of Porus situated between rivers
|
Jhelum and Chenab
|
Butler Committee
|
Relationship between state/ complete freedom
|
Hari Hara and Bukka belonged to which dynasty?
|
Sangama dynasty
|
Suggested closing of Congress after independence
|
Gandhi
|
Founded Anushilan Samiti
|
Pramathanath Mitra, a barrister from Calcutta
|
Zamindars enjoyed Permament Settlement
|
No official check on issue of pattas
|
Akbar take the reigns from Bairam Khan
|
1560
|
Buildings at Patliputra made during Mauryan
|
Wood
|
Aryans invented which metal?
|
Iron
|
Mir Bakhshi" mean during the reign of Akbar
|
Paymaster general
|
King Bhoja belonged to which dynasty
|
Paramara
|
Gandhi first use hunger strike as a weapon at
|
Ahmedabad strike 1918
|
At which place Bairam Khan was killed?
|
Patan on way to Mecca
|
At Harappan traces of a horse have been found
|
Surkotda
|
Treaty of Mangalore was signed between
|
East India Company and Tipu Sultan
|
Muddiman Committee
|
Dyarchy in Montague
Chelmford Reforms
|
Akbar abolished pilgrim tax in
|
1563
|
Jallianwala Bagh protest was against the arrest of?
|
Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr Satyapal
|
‘ generations to come will scarcely believes such as this
one walked the earth in flesh and blood’
|
Albert Einstein
|
“Repression is repression; if it is legal, (it must be
resisted peacefully; but if it is illegal, it must be illegally met)”. Who
made this remark ?
|
Tilak
|
Krishna Devaraya def Bijapur sultan at Raichur
|
Ismail Adil Shah
|
Lahore conspiracy case
|
Jatin Das
|
Setalvad, Rao &
Alladi Krishnaswamy members of
|
Servants of India Society
|
Main occupation of people of Indus Valley Civiliz
|
Trading
|
What kind of Muslim Aurangzeb was?
|
an orthodox Sunni Muslim
|
Last major extension of Indian territory under
|
Lord Dufferin
|
Montague as 'Preventive Murder'?
Rowlat event
|
Rowlatt Act
|
Use of spinning wheel
became common in
|
14th Century AD
|
Akbar abolished Jiziya in
|
1564
|
Gandhiji published 'Hind Swaraj' in
|
1908
|
Gandhi was first imprisoned for how many years?
|
6 years
|
Aliya Rama Raya was killed by
|
Hussein Nizam Shah 1
|
Khilji Revolution take place
|
1290
|
Gandhiji went to South Africa to practice law
|
1893
|
'Sadar-e-Sadar' during the reign of Akbar
|
Religious adviser
|
First Revolutionary organization of Bengal
|
Anushilan Samiti
|
Persuaded Gandhi to come to Champaran
|
Rajkumar Shukla
|
Production of woolen fabrics during Mauryan rule
|
Kashmir
|
"Dead as
Doornail"
|
Nehru about August offer 1940
|
Akbar built Buland
Darwaza
|
Celebrate win in Gujarat
|
Father of Nationalism in India?
|
Raja Rammohan Roy
|
Gandhiji's first imprisonment
|
1908 at Johannesberg in South Africa
|
Safety valve theory for Indian National Congress
|
Lala Rajpat Rai
|
Which dynasties ruled Vijaynagar kingdom?
|
Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu
|
Founder of the Paris Indian Society
|
Bhikaji Cama
|
‘The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great
ambitious while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise’
|
Lord Curzon
|
Gandhiji started Tolstoy Farm (SouthAfrica) in
|
1910
|
Monopoly of Mameluk sultans over Delhi ended
|
Khilji Revolution
|
President of the British Indian Association
|
Radhakant Deb
|
Shahjahan was coronated ?
|
1628
|
Most short-lived of constitutional experiments
|
1909 Act
|
To annex Peshawar/Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni bt
|
Hindushahis
|
'Vakil' mean during Mughal period
|
PM
|
Germany-Britain war as a godsent opportunity
|
Netaji
|
Religious adviser of Akbar
|
Mir Saman
|
Dismissed by British from the Indian Civil Service
|
Surendra Nath Banerjee
|
First venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was
|
Rowlatt Satyagraha
|
Fathehpur Sikri was the capital of Mughals
|
1571- to 1584
|
Spiritual guru of Gandhiji
|
Leo Tolstoy
|
Congress policy of pray/petition ended under
|
Netaji
|
Coins were in practice during the Mauryan period
|
Pann
|
Which caused Gandhiji to abandon Kaiser-I-Hind?
|
Jallianwalabagh Massacre (1919)
|
Number of Jewels in Akbar’s court
|
9
|
Advocated Roman script for Hindi language
|
Netaji
|
Congress leader in favour of abinet Mission Plan
|
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
|
|
|
Gandhiji's first Satyagraha experimented at
|
South Africa in 1906,
|
Balkan Plan the brain child of
|
Lord Mountbatten
|
Complete Independence as goal at 1920 Congress
|
Hasrat Mohani
|
Last chance to avoid partition was lost
|
Rejection of Cripps Mission
|
Time of India's Independence, Gandhi was
|
Not a member of Congress
|
President of All India States' Peoples' Conference
|
Nehru in 1939
|
Which members of CA drafted Ind Constitution?
|
Members of provincial assemblies
|
Formed Indian Liberal Federation
|
Surendranath Banerjee
|
Headed the Interim Cabinet in 1946
|
Nehru
|
Gandhiji’s first satyagraha in India
|
right of Indigo workers in Champaran in 1917
|
Congress ministry not formed under govt of ind act
|
Punjab
|
Formed CPI in Tashkent
|
MN Roy
|
Congress decided to launch Civil Disobedience
|
1929 session
|
The First Factory Act
|
Lord Ripon
|
Flayed moderate politics of Congress in articles
|
Arubindo Ghosh
|
Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa
|
9th January 1915
|
Raised an army called 'Free Indian Legion'
|
Netaji
|
Inclusion of Indians in Viceroy Executive Council
|
Lord Wavell
|
Gandhian follower was a teacher by profession
|
JB Kriplani
|
Founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Associationi
|
Gandh
|
After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a
pamphlet entitled "The Way Out"?
|
A solution for the constitutional deadlock
|
Presided over the 1924 Congress session
|
Gandhi in Belgaum
|
Gandhiji called Subhash Chandra Bose as
|
Patriot
|
First Muslim president of Congress
|
Badruddin Tyabji in 1887 Madras
|
1st English to preside over Congress session
|
George Yule Allahabad in 1888
|
First woman to preside over the Congress session
|
Annie Besant Kolkata 1917
|
First Indian woman to preside over the Congress
|
Sarojini Naidu Kanpur 1925
|
1916 Lucknow Pact was signed during
|
Ambica Charan Mazumdar
|
1st Congress president after independence
|
Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalini
|
National song Vande Mataram was sung at
|
1896 session
|
What happened during 1939 Congress session?
|
Netaji’s resolution was rejected leading to his stepping
down as Congress president
|
Who gave the name
‘Gurudev’ to Tagore?
|
Mahatma Gandhi
|
Who adopted the August Resolution
|
Congress working committee
|
72-year-old widow protested in Quit India Mvt
|
Matangini Hazra
|
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in
|
1828
|
'Corridor warfare'
|
Binoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta
|
INA was under the command of
|
Capt Mohan Singh
|
Ideals of INA
|
unity, self-confidence and self-sacrifice
|
Azad Hind soldiers marched up to
|
Kohima
|
Tebhaga Movement
|
Peasant movement
|
Bundelas of Bundelkhand revolted vs Aurangzeb
|
Champat Rai
|
Who started All India Harijan Samaj in 1932?
|
Gandhi
|
Famous Monuments/Tombs/ Musuems/Gardens/Lakes/Roads, Etc
of Indian History
|
||
Quwwat Al Islam Mosque
|
Delhi
|
Qutubuddin
|
Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra Mosque
|
Ajmer
|
Qutubuddin
|
Hauz-i-Shamsi Reservoir
|
Mehraulli
|
Iltutmish
|
Qutub Minar
|
Delhi
|
Iltutmish
|
Sultan Ghari
|
Delhi
|
Iltutmish
|
City of Tuglukbad
|
|
Ghiyasudin Tugluk
|
City of Agra
|
|
Sikander Lodhi
|
City of Hissar
|
|
Feroz Shah Tuglak
|
City of Jaunpur
|
|
Feroz Shah Tuglak
|
City of Ferozepur
|
|
Feroz Shah Tuglak
|
Firoz Shah Kotla
|
Delhi
|
Feroz Shah Tuglak
|
Humayun’s Tomb
|
Delhi
|
Akbar
|
Tomb of Itmadulla
|
Agra
|
Nur Jahan
|
Akbar’s Tomb
|
Sikandra Agra
|
Akbar/Jahangir
|
Tomb of Jahangir
|
Shahdara Bagh Lahore
|
Shah Jahan
|
Bibi ka Maqbara
|
Aurangabad
|
Azam Shah
|
Taj Mahal
|
Agra
|
Shah Jahan
|
Red Fort
|
Delhi
|
Shah Jahan
|
Jama Masjid
|
Delhi
|
Shah Jahan
|
Moti Mahal
|
Agra
|
Shah Jahan
|
Moti Mahal
|
Delhi
|
Aurangzeb
|
Panch Mahal
|
Fatehpur Sikri
|
Akbar
|
Ibadat Khana
|
Fatehpur Sikri
|
Akbar
|
Buland Darwaza
|
Agra
|
Akbar
|
Alai Darwaza
|
Delhi
|
Alauddin Khilji
|
Salim Chisti’s Tomb
|
Fatehpur Sikri
|
Akbar
|
Shalimar Bagh
|
Srinagar
|
Jahangir
|
Shalimar Bagh
|
Lahore
|
Shah Jahan
|
Pearl Mosque
|
Agra
|
Shah Jahan
|
Badshahi Mosque
|
Lahore
|
Aurangzeb
|
Agra Fort
|
|
Akbar
|
Lahore Fort
|
|
Akbar
|
Allahabad Fort
|
|
Akbar
|
CST
|
Mumbai
|
Frederick William Stevens
|
Dargah Ajmer Sharif
|
Ajmer
|
Sultan Shyasuddin
|
Taj Mahal
|
|
Sultan Ahmed Lahiri
|
Purana Qila
|
|
Sher Shah Suri
|
Charminar/Makka Masjid
|
Hyderabad
|
Quli Qutb Shah
|
Jantar Mantar
|
Delhi
|
Sawai Jai Singh
|
Nahargarh Fort
|
|
Sawai Jai Singh
|
Junagarh Fort
|
|
Sawai Jai Singh
|
Deewan-e-Khas
|
Agra Fort
|
Akbar
|
Shish Mahal
|
Agra
|
Shah Jahan
|
Vellure Math
|
Kolkata
|
Swami Vivekananda
|
Rashtrapati Bhawan
|
Delhi
|
Edwin Lutyens
|
Hauz Khas
|
Delhi
|
Alauddin Khilji
|
Jahangir’s Mausoleum
|
Lahore
|
Shah Jahan
|
Safardar Jung Tomb
|
Delhi
|
Shuja-ud-daula
|
Khirki Masjid
|
Delhi
|
Ghiyasuddin Tuglak
|
Hawa Mahal
|
Jaipur
|
Maharana Pratap Singh
|
Zafar Mahal Gate
|
Mehrauli
|
Aurangzeb
|
Burj-i-Shamali
|
Delhi Fort
|
Aurangzeb
|
Lal Bagh
|
Hyderabad
|
Hyder Ali
|
Sher Shah’s Tomb
|
Sasaram, Bihar
|
By his son
|
Saint George Fort
|
Chennai
|
East India Company
|
City of Chennai
|
|
Francis Day
|
Jodhpur Fort
|
|
Rao Jodhaji
|
Jahangiri Mahal
|
Agra Fort
|
Akbar
|
Ferguson College
|
Pune
|
Deccan Education Society
|
Victoria Memorial
|
in Kolkata
|
British Government
|
Sikh Khalsa
|
|
Guru Govind Singh
|
Anand Bhawan
|
Aurangabad
|
Motilal Nehru
|
Shah Jahan Mosque
|
Thatta
|
Shah Jahan
|
Shaniwar Wada
|
Pune
|
Peshwa Baji Rao 1
|
Aga Khan Palace
|
Pune
|
Sultan Aga Khan III
|
Lake Palace
|
Udaipur
|
Maharana Jagat Singh
|
Jal Mahal
|
Jaipur
|
Sawai Pratap Singh
|
Purana Haveli
|
Hyderabad
|
Ali Khan Bahadur and Asaf Jah II
|
Nishat Bagh
|
Srinagar
|
Asaf Khan
|
Parliament House
|
Delhi
|
Herbert Baker
|
Vijaya Stambha
|
Chittorgarh
|
aharana Kumbha
|
Gohar Mahal
|
Bhopal
|
Gohar Begum
|
Sudarshan lake
|
Junagarh
|
Chandragupta Maurya
|
Nalanda University
|
|
Kumaragupta
|
National School
|
Lahore
|
Lala Rajput Rai
|
Mausoleum of Tansen
|
|
Gwalior
|
Angooribagh
|
Agra Fort
|
Shah Jahan
|
Fish Mahal
|
Agra Fort
|
Shah Jahan
|
Diwan-e-Aam
|
Red Fort
|
Shah Jahan
|
Diwan-e-Khas
|
Red Fort
|
Shah Jahan
|
Kila-i-Kuhna Mosque
|
Delhi
|
Sher Shah
|
Jama at Kana Masjid
|
Delhi
|
Alaudin Khilji
|
Jamat Khana Masjid
|
Delhi
|
Khizr Khan, son of Alauddin Khilji
|
City of Mahabalipuram
|
|
Narsimha Varman
|
Joysagar Tank
|
Sibsagar
|
|
First Satra
|
Majuli
|
Srimanta Sankerdev
|
Poa-Mecca
|
Hajo
|
Pir Giasuddin Aulia
|
Ranghar
|
Sibsagar
|
Pramatta Singha
|
Kareng Ghar
|
Sibsagar
|
Rudra Singha
|
Talata Ghar
|
Sibsagar
|
Rajeshwar Sinha
|
Basistha Ashram
|
Guwahati
|
Rajeshwar Sinha
|
Dhodar Ali
|
Upper Assam
|
Gaddhar Sinha
|
Gohain Kamal Ali
|
Koch Bihar-Narayanpur
|
Koch King, Naranarayan
|
Dighalipuhkuri
|
Guwahati
|
Bhagadatta
|
Founder of Famous Kingdoms of Indian History
|
|
Nanda dynasty
|
Mahananda
|
Maurya
|
Chandragupta Maurya
|
Gupta
|
Chandragupta I
|
Satavahanas
|
Simuka
|
Sunga
|
Pushyamitra
|
Chalukya of Vatapi
|
Pulakesin 1
|
Chola
|
Vijayalaya
|
Slave
|
Qutubidn Aibak
|
Rastrakuta
|
Dangtidurga
|
Chandella
|
Nannuk
|
Solanki
|
Mulraj
|
Chauhan
|
Bhartrivaddha II
|
Khilji
|
Jalaluddin
|
Tuglak
|
Ghiyasuddin
|
Lodhi
|
Bahlol
|
Mughal
|
Bahadur Shah II
|
Revolutionary Activities of Indian History
|
|
Kakori Train Robbery (Near Lucknow)
|
1925 – Ram Prasad Bismil/Ashfaqullah Khan
|
Murder of Saunders
|
Bhagat Singh
|
Lahore conspiracy case
|
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev
|
Nashik conspiracy case
|
V Savarkar
|
Bomb-throwing in legislative assembly
|
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
|
Died fasting for 63 days in 1929
|
Jatin Das
|
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
|
Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Sukhdev
|
1918 Mainpuri Conspiracy
|
Ram Prasad Bismil
|
Died at Alfred Park Allahabad
|
Chandrashekhar Azad
|
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
|
Chandrashekhar Azad and Sachindranath Sanyal
|
Hanged in Lahore jail in March 23, 1931
|
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev
|
Mentor of Bhagat Singh
|
Chandrashekhar Azad
|
Hanged in Gorakhpur jail on Dec 19m 1927
|
Ram Prasad Bismil
|
Hanged on Dec 19, 1927 Faizabad jail
|
Ashfaqullah Khan
|
Youngest revolutionary – died at the age of 18
|
Khudiram Bose
|
Punjab Naujahan Bharat Sabha in 1926
|
Bhagat Singh
|
Famous poem Safrorosh ki tamanna
|
Ram Prasad Bismil
|
1915 Ghadar conspiracy case
|
Sachindranath Sanyal
|
Assassination bid on Magistrate Kingsford
|
Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki
|
1930 Chittagong Armory Raid
|
Surya Sen
|
1913 Ghadar Party
|
Lala Hardyal
|
Paris India Society
|
Madame Bhikaji Cama
|
Dadabhai Naoroji’s private secretary
|
Madame Bhikaji Cama
|
Assassination bid on William Curzon Wyllie
|
Madanlal Dhingra
|
Killing of General Dyer
|
Udham Singh
|
Assassination bid on Lord Hardinge in Delhi 1912
|
Rash Behari Bose
|
1908 Alipore bomb case
|
Barinder Kumar Ghosh
|
1908 Barrah Dacoity
|
Pulin Behari Das
|
Important Dates of
Indian History
|
|
June 23, 1757
|
Battle of Plassey
|
May 10, 1857
|
Sepoy Mutiny
|
April 21, 1526
|
First battle of Panipat
|
November 5, 1556
|
Second battle of Panipat
|
January 14, 1761
|
Third battle of Panipat
|
April 13, 1919
|
Jallianwala Bagh Masscare
|
March 12, 1930
|
Dandi March
|
August 9, 1942
|
Quit India Movement
|
March 10, 1919
|
Rowlatt Act
|
July 19, 1905
|
Partition of Bengal
|
December 2, 1911
|
Capital shifted to Kolkata from Delhi
|
November 2, 1930 to January 19, 1931
|
First Round Table Conference
|
September 7, 1931 to December 1, 1931
|
Second Round Table Conference
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November 17, 1932 to
December 24, 1932)
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Third Round Table Conference
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March 5, 1931
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Gandhi-Irwin Pact
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February 5, 1922
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Chauri Chaura incident
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July 5, 1943
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INA
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January 30, 1948
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Death of Gandhi
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December 31, 1929
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Purna Swaraj declared by Nehru
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Famous Titles of Indian Kings
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Shiladitya
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Harshavardhana
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Andhra Bhoj
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Krishna Deva Raya
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Ulugh Khan
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Balban
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Gangaikonda Cholan
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Rajendra Chola
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Maharajadhiraja
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Bhaskar Varman
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Vikramaditya/Sakari
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Chandragupta II
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Vikramanka/Parakramanka
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Samrudragupta
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Alamgir
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Aurangzeb
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Ghazi/Padshah
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Baba
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Lakh Buksh (Giver of Lakhs)
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Qutubuddin
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Zille-Ilahi
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Shah Jahan
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Light of the world
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Nur Jahan
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Chatrapati
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Shivaji
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