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Indian Historical Battles

S.No. Battles Year Result 1 1st Battle of Tarain 1191 Prithaviraj Chauhan defeated to Mohammad Gauri 2 2 nd  Battle of Tarain 1192 Mohammad Gauri defeated to Prithaviraj Chauhan 3 Battle of Chandawar 1194 Mohammad Gauri defeated to Jai Chand 4 1 st  Battle of Panipat 1526 Baabar defeated Ibrahim to Lodi 5 Battle of Khanawa 1527 Baabar defeated to Rana Sanga 6 Battle of Chanderi 1528 Baabar defeated to Medani Rai 7 Battle of Ghaghra 1529 Baabar defeated to the Afgaans 8 Battle of Chausa 1539 Sher Shah Suri defeated to Humaayun 9 Battle of Kannauj 1540 Sher Shah Suri defeated to Humaayun 10 2 nd  Battle of Panipat 1556 Akbar defeated to Hemu 11 Battle of Talikot 1565 Decay of Vijaynagar Empire ...

Ancient Writers of Indian History

Roman writer ·         Herodotus, “the father of history”,  explains relations between  India-Iran  of 5 th  B.C. in his book  “Historica”. ·     Magasthanese  was the ambassador of  Salucas Nicator  in the Royal Court of emperor  Chandragupta Maurya,  who wrote a book  “Indica”,  which explains the Society and the Culture of that time of India. ·       Dimecas  was the ambassador of the  Serian king Antiocas  come in the Royal Court of emperor  Bindusar . ·   Dionicias  was the ambassador of the  Egyptian King Tallemi Phylledelphus , come to the Royal Court of emperor  Ashoka. ·          Tallemy  was a writer of 2 nd  century who wrote a book  “Geography of India”. ·          Plini  wrote the book  “Natural Histor...

Historical Facts of India

·     DadaBhai Nauroji  is known as the  “Grand Old Man of India”. General Dayar  leads the  Jaliyaanwala baag murder case  on  13 th  april 1919  in which  379  people were killed according to the government report and by Congress Comitti it was almost  1000  people. In  Jaliyaanwala Baag   murder case  an Indian named  Hansraj  helped General Dayar. Jaliyaanwala Baag  was the property of a person named  Jalli. Chauri-Caura case  was held at the  Chauri-Chaura  place in  Gorakhpur  on  5 th  February 1922 , people fired the police station in which 1 Incharge and 21 constables were killed. Kakori case  was held on  9 th  August 1925  in which the  Krantikari  looted  the government treasure  at Kakori Railway station . In 1939   Subha...

Interesting Facts

1. India is about 1/3 the size of the United States, yet it is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of 1,166,079,217. India is the seventh largest country in the world, at 1.27 million square miles. 2. India is the largest democracy in the world. 3. The Kumbh Mela (or Grand Pitcher Festival) is a huge Hindu religious festival that takes place in India every 12 years. In 2001, 60 million people attended, breaking the record for the world’s biggest gathering. The mass of people was photographed from space by a satellite. 4. Many Indians find toilet paper repellent and consider it cleaner to splash water with the left hand in the appropriate direction. Consequently, the left hand is considered unclean and is never used for eating. 5. To avoid polluting the elements (fire, earth, water, air), followers of Zoroastrianism in India don’t bury their dead, but instead leave bodies in buildings called “Towers of Silence” for the vultures to pick clean....

Amazing Facts about India

Ø   India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. Ø   When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) Ø   The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. Ø   The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. Ø   Chess was invented in India. Ø   Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. Ø   The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C. Ø   The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple w...