Medieval India

1)Father of Mathematics - Archimedes

1.Within two years of his marriage with the Amber Princess (1562) the liberal measures taken by Akbar were: Ans : a. Prohibition on the enslavement of prisoners of war and their forcible conversion to Islam (1562). b. Withdrawal of pilgrim taxes throughout the …

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A. BrahmoSamaj Movement:  Founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828. He earlier started Atmiya Sabha in 1814. Criticized Sati Pratha, casteism and advocated widow remarriage. He gave enthusiastic assistance to David Hare, who founded the famous Hi…

Shivaji 1.Shivaji belonged to Bhonsle Clan. 2.Guru Ramdas was his political Guru. 3.His coronation was held at Raigarh in 1674. His kingdom was called Swaraj. 4.He adopted the titles of Chhatrapati, HaindavaDharmodharak& Kshatriya Kulavat…

Vardhamana Mahavira was believed to have born in 540 BC in KundalaGrama in Vaishali the capital of Vajji. Now it is in Mussafar district in Bihar. He belonged to Jnatrika Kshatriya clan. Mahavira’s family was connected with the royal family of Magadha…

DADABHAI NAOROJI (1825 – 1917) First to demand ‘Swaraj’ from the INC Platform (Calcutta session, 1906). Wrote a book ‘Poverty &Un  British Rule in India’ (in 1901) in which he brought out the connection between the draining of wealth from I…

The Sayyid Dynasty (1414-50 AD) Khizr-Khan, a lieutenant of Timur, was a Sayyid and so his dynasty is called Sayyid Dynasty. Khizr Khan ruled till 1421, but his whole reign was marked by utter chaos and disorder. He was succeeded, after his death, by his son M…

GhiyasuddinTughlaq 1320-24 AD Muhammad Tughlaq 1324-51 AD Firoz Shah Tughlaq 1351-88 AD Mohammad Khan 1388 AD GhiyassuddinTughlaq Shah II 1388 AD Abu Baqr         1389-90 AD Nasiruddin Muhammad 1390-94 AD Humayun        1394-95 A…

1. ChauriChaura Importance The place in Uttar Pradesh, near Gorakhpur which came into news when a frenzied mob set fire to a police station killing 23 people inside. Gandhiji had given a call for non-cooperation movement in 1920. Since the movement wa…

The Khiljis , wrongly believed to be Afghans, were actually Turks who had for a long time settled in the region of Afghanistan, called Khalji had adopted Afghan manners and customs. There for their coming to the thrown of Delhi is called "Khalji…

21. Who was the galaxy of scholars in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya? Ans. Aryabhatta, Kalidasa, Varahmihira, Dhanvantri, Amar Singh and Brahmagupta.

S.no War/Battle Year Result 1. Battle of Hydaspas 326 B.C. Alexander defeated Porus 2. Kalinga War 261 B.C. Asoka won the war but after the war he  adapts Buddhism 3. Invasi…

Mauryan Empire