History

'Meghdoot'

authored by Kalidasa

Battle of Plassey

The battle after which the British achieved political power in India in 1757

Battle of Buxar

Fought in 1764

Adi Granth

The holy scripture of Sikhism compiled by Guru Arjan Dev

Gateway of India

Designed by George Wittet

Vikramashila University

Founded by Dharmapala

Vijay Stambha

Built by Rana Kumbha in Chittorgarh

Great Wall of China

Built by Shih Huangti

British Administration of India

Transferred into the hands of the British Monarch by the Proclamation of Queen Victoria in 1858

First Viceroy of British India

Lord Canning

Partition of Bengal

Ordered by Lord Curzon in 1905

First Governor General of Bengal

Warren Hastings

Rowlatt Act

Passed in 1919 during the period of Lord Chelmsford

First Governor General of India

Lord William Bentick

First Indian to unfurl the tricolour on foreign land

Madam Bhikaiji Cama

Satyashodhak Samaj

Founded by Jyotiba Phule in the 19th century

Subhash Chandra Bose's birthplace

Cuttack

Non-Cooperation Movement

Launched in 1920

"Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"

Slogan raised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak

"Back to the Vedas (Vedo ki aur lauto)"

Slogan raised by Dayanand Saraswati

"Give me blood

I will give you freedom"

Indian National Congress split

Occurred in 1907 between moderates and extremists

Quit India Movement

Gandhiji's famous call to the British was given in 1942

Azad Hind Fauj

Founded in Singapore

Father of Indian Unrest

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ghadar Party

Founded by Sohan Singh Bhakna

East India Company

Established in 1600

'Satyameva Jayate'

Words in the State Emblem of India taken from Upanishad

Harappa

An Indus Valley site in Pakistan

Largest building in Mohenjo-Daro

The great bath

First Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services

Satyendra Nath Tagore

'Akbarnama'

Written by Abul Fazl

First female emperor of India

Razia Sultana

Ajanta Paintings

Their subject matter pertains to Buddhism

Napoleon of India

Samudragupta

Africa's Gandhi

Nelson Mandela

Banaras Hindu University

Founded by Madan Mohan Malviya

Satyashodhak Samaj

Founded by Jyotiba Phule

Brahmo Samaj

Founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Grand Old Man of India

Dadabhai Naoroji

Puducherry

The first territory to be a part of India after independence

Battle of Haldighati

Fought between Maharana Pratap and Akbar's army

Second Battle of Tarain

Fought between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan

Ibn Battuta

Moroccan traveller who visited India in the 14th century during the reign of Mohammad Bin-Tughlaq

Devanama Priyadassi

Another name for Mauryan King Ashoka

Parrot of India

Amir Khusrau

Founder of Delhi

Anangpal (Tomar ruler)

Revenue minister of Mughal Emperor Akbar

Todarmal

Founder of the Lodhi dynasty

Bahlul Lodhi

Capital of the Chola kingdom

Tanjore