Indian History

The Regulating Act of 1773 was the first major intervention by the British Parliament to control the East India Company’s administration. It created the office of Governor-General of Bengal and a Supreme Court at Calcutta.

James Prinsep deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts. Brahmi Script- It is the oldest writing styles in ancient India

Skandagupta was the first Gupta king to face the Hunas. He gave the Hunas a crushing defeat. His Bhitari pillar inscription suggests that he restored the Gupta power by defeating his enemies, who may have been rebels or foreign invaders

Sher Shah Suri measured and classified the land in terms of the produce and introduced Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement. [62]

In the year 1918, Mahatma Gandhi along with Anasuya Sarabhai and Shankerlal Banker founded the Ahmadabad textile labour association

Acharya Narendra Dev was the President of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP), which was the Socialist wing of the Congress

The British Parliament passed the Government of India Act 1858 and transferred all powers of the Company to the British Crown The Act followed the Revolt of 1857 and came into force in 1858.

The rulers of Ikshvaku dynasty have been called as 'Shriparvatiya' in Puranas The Ikshvaku rulers are associated with the lower Krishna valley and Nagarjunakonda region.

Kanva dynasty, also called Kanvayanas, the successors of the Shungas in the North Indian kingdom of Magadha The Kanva dynasty succeeded the Shungas in Magadha, approximately in the 1st century BCE.

In the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir the treaty of Chittor was signed. This treaty was concluded between Rana Amar Singh and Jahangir by which Rana accepted sovereignty of Mughal Empire over Chittor The settlement with Mewar was concluded in 1615 during Jahangir's reign.

Bahadur Shah I was the seventh Emperor of Mughal in India, ruled from 1707 to 1712 until his death Bahadur Shah I ruled from 1707 to 1712.

[68] Shom Prakash newspaper was started by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1859 under the editorship of Dwarakanath Vidyabhushan Som Prakash began publication in 1859.

The slogan 'Bande Mataram' was first adopted during the Swadeshi movement which erupted in protest of the partition of Bengal Vande Mataram became a major slogan during the Swadeshi movement following the 1905 partition of Bengal.

was titled as the "second Parshuram". Mahapadma Nanda was the first Emperor of the Nanda Empire Mahapadma Nanda founded the Nanda imperial tradition in Magadha and is traditionally associated with extensive conquest

[73] Jainism calls these three principles Samyak Darshana, Samyak Jnana and Samyak Charitra

Mohammed Ghori was defeated by Raja Bhimdev II in the battle of Kayadara near Mt. Abu The Battle of Kayadara is generally dated to 1178 CE, near Mount Abu in present-day Rajasthan

, the founder of the Mughal Empire wrote his autobiography which was titled Tuzuk-i-Babari Babur wrote the Baburnama (Tuzuk-i-Baburi), originally in Chagatai Turkish

The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829 by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck The Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 made the practice punishable in the territories under the Bengal Presidency

, The reckoned to be the first political association of modern India. Formally launched in Calcutta in March 1838, it was renamed the Landholders' Society shortly afterwards The Zamindari Association was founded in 1838 and was later known as the Landholders’ Society

Kharoshti is the scripts of ancient India which was written from right to left Kharosthi was used mainly in the north-western Indian subcontinent and was written right-to-left