Best Indian History questions and answers part 1 in English
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- Which Land tenure systems was introduced by Lord Cornwallis - Zamindari
- Which Englishmen was honoured by Jahangir with the title of „Khan‟ - Williamm Hawkins
- Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States - Sardar Patel
- Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS - Surendranath banerjee
- By whom was the „Shahnama‟ written - Firdausi
- Which animal had the Stone Age people first - Sheep
- Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb - Teg Bahadur
- Which rulers fought the fourth Anglo-Mysore in which he was killed - Tipu sultan
- During whose reign did the Mongols first invaded India - Iltumish
- Rig-Veda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest - Second ansd seventh
- Who was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times - Kharavela
- On which thing did the Buddhism and Jainism both give stress - Non Violence
- Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India - Aurangazeb
- Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - Lord chelmsford
- Which element of Hinduism was practised in the Indus Valley Civilization - Cult of Shiva
- Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905) - Surendranath Banerjee
- Which ruler died while playing „Chaugan‟ - Jalal ud din khilji
- Who destroyed the group of Forty Nobles - Balban
- During India‟s Freedom Struggle, which led to the first „All India Hartal‟ - Protest against
- Who earned the title of a „Liberator‟ - Ashoka
- Which is the God who is the most prominent in „Rigaveda‟ - Indra
- Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne - Muhammed shah
- Who is the Father of local self government in India - Lord Ripon
- Which veda contains the Gayatri Mantra - Rig veda
- Who has been called the „Napoleon of India‟ - Samudra gupta
- Who was known as „Lady with Lamp‟ - Florence Nightingale
- Which ruler had granted Diwani to the East India company - Shah Alam II
- By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started - Swamy
- By whom was Decimal system introduced - Bhaskara
- The title of Governor-General was changed to that of Viceroy in which year - 1858 AD
- Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse - Satara
- Who was the famous Indo-Greek king who embraced Buddhism - Menander
- What was the real name of Tantiya Tope - Ramchandra Panduranga
- Which historical personality of India is also known as Vishnugupta - Chanakya
- Which reservoir is constructed on Chambal - Gandhi sagar
- Which battle was fought in 1192 A.D. - Second Battle of Tarain
- During which movement was „Mahatma‟ added before Gandhiji‟s name - Champaran
- Who built Char Minar - Quli Qutb Shah
- Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English - Charles Wilkins
- Where was the sepoys revolted openly in 1857 - Meerut
- On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the kingdom of Golconda founded - Kakatiyas
- Which site, where Ashokan pillars exist, has the bull capital - Rampurva
- Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of „Sijda‟ - Balban
- By whom was the Home Rule Movement in India was started - Annie besant and Tilak
- How was Akbar‟s land revenue system known - Zabti system
- The world famous „Khajuraho‟ sculptures are located in which State - Madhya Pradesh
- Which dynasty was associated with Gandhara school of Art - Kushans
- In which year did the Peshwa became the official head of Maratha administration - 1748 A.D
- What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions - Brahmi
- Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period - The Bijapur
- Who sent Hienu-Tsang as an envoy to Harsha‟s‟ court - Tai Tsung
- Civilization percolated to far south - Krishna
- Who was the founder of the Nanda dyansty - Mahapadma Nanda
- At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India - Champaran
- Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress - Dadabhai Naoroji
- Which was the Prince who was responsible for the death of his father - Ajatasatru
- Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle - Plassey
- Bhopal gas tragedy struck in the year 1984 due to the leakage of which gas - Methyl iso
- Who, according to Jains, was the founder of Jainism - Rishabha
- In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India - Sri Lanka
- During which reign was the East India Company founded in London - Akbar
- Whose tomb is „Biwi Ka Maqbara‟ - Aurangazeb's wife
- Which ruler was adorned with the title of „Maharajadhiraja‟ (King of Kings) - Chandragupta 1
- Who got the „Bharat Ratna‟ award, before becoming the President of India - Dr.Zakir
- In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory - Masulipattanam
- Who stated that there was no slavery in India - Megasthenes
- Why is Sher Shah is well known for his administrative skill, - Land revenue system
- When was the Indus Valley Civilization flourished - During 2500 – 1750 BC
- Crop sown soon after the onset of south-west monsoon in India, what is this called - Kharif
- By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made - Dadabhai Naoroji
- Vatapi was the capital of the which reign - Chalukyas
- From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March - Sabarmati Ashram
- When Akbar was born, Humayun was under the shelter of which king - Raja of Amarkot
- The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in which year - 1613
- Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress - Badruddin Tyyabji
- Who was well-known patron of the Mahayana of Buddhism - Kanishka
- By whom was Swaraj as a national demand first made - Dadabhai Naoroji
- Which of the Vedas was divided into „White‟ and „Black‟ parts - Yajur
- Under which Sultan, Khalisa land increased considerably - Alauddin khijli
- Which Harappan site had a dock - Lothal
- Which Sikh Guru called himself the „Sachcha Badshah‟ - Guru Hargovind
- In which period did iron come to be used by the Vedic people - In around 1000 BC
- Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokhitavadi - Gopal hari Deshmukh
- How was the Gupta administration - Monor chial
- By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal - Lord William Bentinck
- Who was defeated at kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540 - Humayun
- Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of Bengal into a „Chela lake‟ - Rajendra 1