Indian History

Humayun’s Tomb is in New Delhi. Built in the 1560s, it is an important precursor to later Mughal garden-tomb architecture.

The Sahyadri Range is another name for the Western Ghats, running parallel to India’s western coast.

“O Mor Apunar Desh” was officially adopted as Assam’s state song in 1927. It was written by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.

The Gayatri Mantra is from the Rigveda and is traditionally attributed to Vishwamitra; it occurs in Rigveda 3.62.10.

Subhas Chandra Bose wrote The Indian Struggle, covering the Indian national movement during 1920–1934.

The Lahore session of the Muslim League, 1940, is associated with the Lahore Resolution, which later became central to the two-nation theory and Pakistan demand.

India’s first nuclear explosion was conducted at Pokhran, Rajasthan, on 18 May 1974, in the test code-named Smiling Buddha.

Rudra Singha planned a large military expedition toward Bengal and sought to challenge Mughal power. He ruled Assam from 1696 to 1714.

The Treaty of Guwahati was signed in 1833 and is an important treaty in the post-Yandabo political history of Assam.

The source identifies the Satavahanas with the early practice of granting tax-free villages or land grants to Brahmanas and religious beneficiaries.

Sir Thomas Munro introduced the Ryotwari system in the Madras Presidency, under which revenue was settled directly with cultivators.

Sampriti is a bilateral military exercise between India and Bangladesh, focused on joint training and interoperability.

The source key identifies Feroze Gandhi as the last person to sign the Constitution. The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and signed on 24 January 1950.

Lothal is sometimes called the “Manchester of the Indus Valley Civilization” in GK because of its important craft, bead-making and trade activity; it is also famous for its dockyard.

The Treaty of Purandar was signed in 1665 between Shivaji and the Mughal commander Jai Singh I.

The Durand Line was established in 1893 between Afghanistan and British India. It later became associated with the Afghanistan–Pakistan boundary.

The Narmada Bachao Andolan is strongly associated with Medha Patkar and opposition to displacement and environmental impacts of large dam projects on the Narmada.

Humayun-nama was written in Persian by Gulbadan Begum, daughter of Babur and sister of Humayun.

The Pallava capital was Kanchipuram in present-day Tamil Nadu. The Pallavas were major patrons of South Indian temple architecture.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak established the Home Rule League movement in 1916 in western India, with Pune and Belgaum among its important centres.