Indian History

The Prayaga Prashasti praises Gupta emperor Samudragupta. It was composed by court poet Harishena and is a key source for 4th-century CE Gupta history.

Abul Fazl authored the Akbarnama, the official chronicle of Akbar’s reign. Its third volume is the Ain-i-Akbari, dealing with administration and institutions.

Gandhi addressed a major public gathering at Banaras Hindu University on 4 February 1916. His Champaran Satyagraha followed in 1917.

Harishena, court poet of Samudragupta, composed the Prayaga Prashasti on the Ashokan pillar at Prayagraj. It is a major source for Samudragupta’s reign.

Bahadur Shah II, or Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the Mughal emperor during the 1857 Revolt. He was the last Mughal emperor and was exiled to Rangoon after the revolt.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak never served as Congress president. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first president at the 1885 Bombay session.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale introduced a bill in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1911 seeking compulsory primary education.

Mahatma Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj in 1909; the English translation appeared in 1910.

The Charter Act of 1833 provided for the first Law Commission, with Lord Macaulay as chairman.

Dholavira in Gujarat provides evidence of sophisticated Harappan stone architecture. The site flourished during the 3rd–2nd millennium BCE and was a major Harappan urban centre.

The term Gotra occurs in the Rigveda, the earliest Vedic text, generally dated to about 1500–1200 BCE.

The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is given in the Anguttara Nikaya, a Buddhist text of the Sutta Pitaka. These states flourished mainly during the 6th century BCE.

Alauddin Khilji adopted the title Sikandar-i-Sani, meaning Second Alexander. He ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1296–1316 CE.

The Battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between Maharana Pratap of Mewar and Mughal forces led by Man Singh I.

The Indigo disturbances erupted in Bengal in 1859–60, when cultivators resisted coercive indigo cultivation by European planters.

The Charter Act of 1813 ended the East India Company’s trade monopoly in India, except its monopoly over tea and trade with China.

Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions engraved or cast on durable materials such as stone and metal.

The traditional answer is Kanishka, associated with the beginning of the Saka Era in 78 CE. The Saka era is used in India’s official national calendar.

Hemu (Hemchandra Vikramaditya) is referred to in some historical writings as the “Last Sun of Indian Glory”. He was defeated at the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556.

The Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal by Lord Cornwallis in 1793. It fixed the land revenue demand permanently for the government.