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S t u d y M a t e r i a l f o r Genral Awareness
 IMPORTANT ONE LINERS – HISTORY
● Harshavardhana started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad.
● During Dana Nanda’s reign, Alexander invaded India (327–325 BCE).
● The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King
Porus of the Paurava kingdom (region between Jhelum and Beas).
● The best known of the Kushanas was Kanishka who was an ardent follower of Mahayana
form of Buddhism. Gandhara art developed during his period.
● The Saka Era was founded by Kanishka, the emperor of Kushana Empire from the year 78
A.D.
● Upnishads are books on Philosophy.
● Kanishka was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India.
● The capital of the early Chalukyas was Badami.
● Lokesvara temple at Pattadakal in Karnataka built by Chalukya king Vikramaditya II to
commemorate his victory over the Pallavas.
● The Nanda dynasty was ruling at the time of Alexander's invasion.
● Swami Vivekananda attended the "Parliament of the World's Religions" in America in the
year of 1893.
● Maurya Period from 322 BCE to 185 BCE.
● Chandragupta was succeeded by his son Bindusara.
● Bahmani dynasty (1347–1527) founded by Ala-ud-Din Hassan Bahman Shah who was also
known as Hassan Gangu.
● The capital of Bahmani kingdom was Gulbarga from 1347 AD to 1425 AD. It was moved to
Bidar in 1425 AD.
● Sunga Dynasty was from 185 BC to 73 BC.
● Mohenjodaro is prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to
protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds.
● J.B. Kripalani was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Mountbatten
Plan was accepted.
● ‘Saare Jahan Se Acha’ song written by Muhammad Iqbal.
● The Indian Trade Union Congress was founded on 31 October 1920 with Lala Lajpat Rai as its
first president.
● Dadabhai Naoroji prepared the first estimates of National income of India.
● Samudragupta organised Ashwamedha Yajna in Gupta Period.
● Mir Zafar betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of Plassey in 1757.
● Guru Nanak founded Sikhs Religion. His teachings composed in Adi Granth.
● Guru Ramdas was Founder of Amritsar.
● Harihara and Bukka is the founder the Vijayanagar empire in 1336 A.D. on the southern
banks of Tungabhadra.
● Hampi as the capital city of Vijayanagar empire.
● Vijayanagar Empire was ruled by four important dynasties and they are:
o Sangama
 o Saluva
o Tuluva
o Aravidu
● Krishnadeva Raya from the Tuluva dynasty was the most famous king of the Vijayanagar
Empire.
● Vikramashila university was founded by Pala king Dharmapala.
● Mihira Bhoja was a ruler of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty of India.
● The period between 1206 AD and 1526 AD in India’s history is known as the Delhi Sultanate
period.
● The kingdoms of Delhi Sultanate are as follows:
o Slave dynasty 1206 – 1290
o Khilji dynasty 1290 – 1320
o Tughlaq dynasty 1321 – 1413
o Sayyid dynasty 1414 – 1450
o Lodhi dynasty 1451 – 1526
● Babur entered India in 1526 and defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
Babur was the first Mughal emperor In Indian.
● The leader of the Bhakti movement focusing on Lord Rama was Ramananda.
● The Red fort of Delhi was constructed during the reign of Shah Jahan.
● In 1799 Sawai Pratap Singh constructed Hawa Mahal in Jaipur.
● Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth guru of Sikhs.
● Chinese Traveller Hiuen Tsang travelled during the reign of Harshvardhana in seventh
Century.
● The Bangladesh Liberation War ended on 16th December 1971.
● The Sepoy Mutiny started from Meruth on 28th may, 1857.
● The battle of Goa was occurred in 1510 between Portuguese Empire and Bijapur Sultanate.
● Lothal is located in coastal areas of Gujrat and it was major post city of Indus valley
civilization.
● Lord William Bentick was the first Governor General of British India.
● Sardar Vallabhbai Patel was the leader of Bardoli Satyagraha.
● The Poona pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar on 24th
September 1932.
● The sati system was abolished by Lord William Bentinck in 1829.
● Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, invaded Transoxiana in 1219 during his
conquest of Khwarezm.
● During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators to produce jute in Bengal, tea in
Assam, sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh, wheat in Punjab, cotton in Maharashtra and Punjab, and
rice in Madras.
● Indian Mughal paintings originated during the rule of Mughal Emperor, Humayun.
● Humayun's Tomb is located in India.
● During the Mughal Period the Official and Court language was Persian.
● Gol Gumbaz was designed by Yaqut of Dabul.
● Shah Jahan was imprisoned for the rest of his life by Aurangzeb.
● Simon Commission came to India in 1928 to reform India's constitutional system.
● Gol Gumbaz is located in Karnataka.
● Dhamek Stupa was built by Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Dynasty.
● The first Buddhist Council was held at Rajagriha.
● First battle of Panipat was fought between the army of Babur and Ibrahim Lodi in 1526.
● The Upanishads are the Source of Hindu Philosophy.
● English education was introduced in India by Macaulay.
● Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya.
● Lord Lin Lithgow was the Viceroy of the time of Quit India Movement.
● Madan Mohan Malaviya took loans for financing "The Hindustan Times" from Punjab
national bank.
● Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of Lord Chelmford.
● In the year of 1991 Soviet Union disintegrate into 15 independent Republics.
● Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as Triratna.
● Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the Pallavas of Kanchi.
● The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the Cholas.
● The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was Bahlol Lodi.
● Iltutmish was the first ruler to issue Pure Arabic coin in India.
● The Treaty of Seringapatam is associated with Third Anglo-Maratha War.
● The Gandharva School of art is also known as the Buddhist-Roman art.
● Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was the Sultan at Delhi at time of the Vijayanagar empire was
founded.
● Jawaharlal Nehru established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936.
● Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of "Sardar" to Vallabhai Patel.
● Flag Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923.
● Multan was named by the Arabs as City of gold.
● ‘Kavirajamarga’ the book is written by Amoghvarsha, the Rashtrakuta King.
● Uraon tribes is associated with the "Tana Bhagat" movement.
● Shaheed Bhagat Singh founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
● Rashtrakuta King Krishna I built the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora.
● The Battle of Buxar was fought between British East India Company and Mir Qasim.
● Lord Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act and the Arms Act of 1878.
● Lord Mayo was the only Viceroy of India to be murdered in office.
● In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
Pattabhi Sitharamayya.
● Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have it. This was advocated by Lokmanya Tilak.
● Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of Brahmo Samaj.
● The famous book “Gulamgiri” was written by Jyotiba Phule.
● Kamarup is an ancient name of Karnataka.
● Akbar introduced Mansabdari system in India.
● Battle of Talaikota led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire.
● Harshavardhana shifted his capital from Thanesar to Kannauj.
● The first Muslim to be elected President of 'Indian National Congress' was Badruddin Tyabji.
● The Ellora caves were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
● Rana Sanga has built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in Chittorgarh.
● Sachindranath Sanyal was sent to the dreaded Cellular Jail in Port Blair for his involvement in
Kakori train robbery.
● Shah nama written by Ferdowsi.
● Ryotwari System was introduced by Thomas Munro in 1820.
● The National Archives of India (NAI) is located in New Delhi.
● The British officer who ended the menace of Thuggee was William Sleeman.
● Cornwallis made the Permanent Settlement with the Zamindars of Bengal.
● Chittaranjan Das defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore conspiracy case.
● Dadabhai Naoroji in his Poverty and Un-British Rule in India explained how the English
rulers were different from the earlier invaders.
● The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757.
● Madam Cama is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries.
● The leader of revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was Begum Hazrat Mahal.
● Lord Cornwallis introduced Permanent Settlement in 1793.
● Lord Wavell convened the ‘Simla Conference’ in 1945.
● ‘Individual Satyagraha’ began on 17 October 1940.
● The Two Nation Theory was propounded in Lahore Session, 1940 of the Muslim League.
● Lord Linlithgow was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement started in 1942.
● INA trials held at the Red Fort, New Delhi.
● The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of Lord Linlithgow.
● Usha Mehta ran an underground radio station at Bombay during the Quit India Movement.
● Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by Capt. Mohan Singh in Singapore in
September 1942 with the help of Japan.
● Mahatma Gandhi gave the call ‘Do or Die’ during the Quit India Movement.
● Satyendranath Tagore, the elder brother of poet Rabindranath Tagore, was the first Indian to
pass the I.C.S. Examination in 1863.
● Ryotwari system was introduced by Thomas Munro and Captain Read in 1820. Major areas
of introduction of Ryotwari system included Madras, Bombay, parts of Assam, and Coorg
provinces of British India.
● Mahalwari system, a brain child of Holt Mackenzie was modified version of the Zamindari
settlement introduced in the Ganga valley, the North-West Province, parts of the Central
India and Punjab in 1822. Lord William Bentinck was to suggest radical changes in the
Mahalwari system by the guidance of Robert Martins Bird in 1833.
● Permanent settlement was introduced in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis.
● The first political murder of a European was committed in 1897, at Pune by the Chapekar
brothers - Damodar and Balkishan. Their target was Mr. Rand, President of the Plague
Commission, but Lt. Ayerst was accidentally shot.
● Mangal Pandey revolted in Barrackpore, near Calcutta.
● Prayag Prashasti: It is a pillar inscription of Samudragupta found at Allahabad and written in
Sanskrit. It was composed by Harisena.
● Famous Eras:
o Vikram Era -58 BC
o Saka Era- 78 AD
o Gupta Era -320 AD
o Hijra Era - 622 AD
o Kollam Era - 825 AD
o Illahi Era -1583 AD
 100+ India History One Liner Questions
1. Which civilization is famous for its city planning - Indus Valley Civilization
2. The mouth of the Indus Valley Civilization was located on the banks of the Indus River- Mohenjo-
Daro
3. What was the local name of Mohenjo-Daro - Mound of the dead
4. Where was the huge bath found- Mohenjo-Daro
5. Worship of Mother was related to- Indus Valley Civilization.
6. Which civilization had the ship Malghat at the place called Lothal - Indus Valley
7. In the Indus Valley Civilization, Kalibanga was famous for - ceramics
8. The main food of the Vedic Aryans was- milk and its products.
9. Which metal was first used by Vedic people- Copper
10. Which three Vedas are jointly called 'Vedatrayi' - Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda
11. Arya was successful in his struggles with the Aryans, as he- used the chariot run by the horse.
12. This is confirmed by the fact that the Rigvedic Aryans were pastoralists - there are numerous
references to cows in the Rigveda, most of the wars were fought for cows, gifts given to priests were
often cows and not land.
13. Where is the oldest settlement of Aryan Janjans - Sapta Sindhu
14. In which details of the coronation ceremony have been done - Aitareya Brahmin
15. Where is the famous Gayatri Mantra derived from - Rigveda
16. Which Vidushi challenged the invincible Yajnavalavya in the debate- Gargi
17. The birthplace of Gautama Buddha is inscribed by- "Rummindei Pillar" of Ashok Maurya
18. Where was the first Buddhist council held - Rajgriha
19. Buddha means- Enlightenment
20. Buddhism left an important influence by connecting two sections of the society with them - women
and Shudra.
21. What beliefs does Buddhism believe - the world is full of sorrows, if desires are overcome,
nirvana will be attained, people suffer due to their desires.
22. In which early Buddhist texts were composed - Pali text
23. Who was the savior of Delhi Sultanak – Iltutmish
24. Who used the first artillery in India – Babur
25. Where Babur died- Agra
26. 1540 AD Humayun was thrown out of India after the war in
which – Kannauji
27. In which year Kannauji's war was fought – 1540
28. Who was the architect of Humayun's Tomb - Mirak Mirza
Ghiyath
29. Akbar became Emperor at the age of - 13
30. Second battle of Panipat was fought between which two armies
- Akbar and Hemu
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31. Who translated the Ramayana into Persian- Badauni
32. Where was the state capital of Shivaji's kingdom – Raigad
33. The fighter was called Peshwa - Bajirao I
34. Who was the founder of Peshwas - Balaji Vishwanath
35. First Anglo-Maratha war was concluded by which treaty-Salabai
36. What was the name of the fort built by the British in Kolkata- Fort William
37. Where was the Dutch earliest colony in India-Masusalpatnam
38. British ruler Charles II was given in Bombay dowry to marry whose princess- Portugal
39. The name of the Indian king who gave a grand welcome to Portuguese traveler Vasco di Gama when
he came to Calicut was- Jamorin
40. India was the first and the next to go – Portugal
41. Calicut cotton clothes carried by the Portuguese from Calicut were commonly said in Europe- Calico
42. During his rule, forcing British farmers to grow in Assam- Tea
43. In which year Khalsan Panth was founded by Guru Govind Singh – 1699
44. Who gave the title of King to Ranjit Singh- Zaman Shah
45. Who was the ruler of Delhi at the time of Nadirshah's invasion- Muhammad Shah
46. Who was the founder of the autonomous state of Awadh -Saadat Khan
47. Where was the ruler of Tipu Sultan- Mysore
48. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757- Mir Jafar
49. Between whom was the battle of Plassey fought - Siraj-ud- daula and Robert Clive
50. Where are the remains of Portuguese culture found in India –Goa
51. From which war the fate of the French was decided in India -the battle of Vandiwash
52. Swami Dayanand Saraswati created the first Arya Samaj in 1875 AD. Where was I established in-
Bombay
53. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj in colonial India- Swami Dayanand Saraswati
54. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission- Vivekananda
55. When did English make English the medium of instruction in India- 1835
56. Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
57. Where does the Prophet of New India go- Raja Rammohan Roy
58. The founder of Brahma Samaj was- Raja Rammohan Roy 203.Who was the founder of Prarthana
Samaj- Atmaram Pandurang
59. The Ayong who first paid attention to primary and secondary education in India - Charles Commission
60. Which was the first reform movement to be started in the 19th century - Brahmo Samaj
61. Who built the Allahabad Pillar Inscription – Harishen
62. Who compiled the stories of Panchatantra - Vishnu Sharma
63. Varahamihira was an- ancient astronomer.
64. Who was the Chola king who took the Ganges from north to south - Rajendra Chola
65. Most of the Chola temples are dedicated to which deity-Shiva
66. Chola dynasty ruled mostly in which part of India – South
67. Which Chola ruler had conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire-
Rajaraja
68. Which Chola ruler built the new capital Gangaikonda Cholapuram - Rajendra I.
69. Where was the capital of ancient Chola empire – Uraiyur
70. Who built the Kailashnath Temple at Ellora - Krishna.
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71. Ellora has caves and rock-cut temples - Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
72. Sapta Pagoda of Mahabalipuram is a witness to the art preserved by- Pallavas
73. The famous Kailash temple cut by solid rock at Ellora was constructed under the protection of-
Rashtrakuta
74. How many times did Shivaji loot Surat- twice
75. Shivaji was crowned in - 1674 AD.
76. From which European power did Shivaji obtain ammunition and ammunition - bought from the
French, Portuguese and British.
77. Who was famous as Nana Saheb - Balaji Bajirao
78. Who was the ruler of Delhi at the time when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third
battle of Panipat in 1761 - Shah Alam II
79. Peshwa Prathava was completed by the British during the period of which Peshwa - Bajirao II
80. Which English ship was the first in India- Red Dragon
81. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company permitted to trade and build a factory in 1651
by the Mughals- Kasim Bazar
82. The discovery of the sea route to India is attributed to the -Portuguese.
83. Who discovered the route of 'Cape of Good Hope' to India -Vasco di Gama
84. The greatest Portuguese governor to lay the real foundation of Portuguese power in India was-
Albuquerque
85. Bahadur Shah, the ruler of Gujarat was killed in the conflict with whom- Portuguese
86. During his rule, the British kept forcing farmers to grow .........in Madras – rice
87. Akal Takht was built by - Guru Hargobind
88. Where was Guru Nanam Dev born – Talwandi
89. Which Sikh Guru had called himself 'True Emperor' - Guru Arjun Dev
90. The political capital of Ranjit Singh was Lahore. Which city is called its religious capital- Amritsar
91. Which Governor-General had welcomed Ranjit Singh with great respect at Ropd - William Bentinck
92. In which fight was Nadir Shah defeated the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah – Karnal
93. Who was the Governor General in the Second Anglo-Mysore War - Warren Hastings
94. Where were the Nawabs of Murshid Quli Khan, Ali Vardi Khan and Siraj-ud-Daula – Bengal
95. Where did the Salt Satyagraha end – Dandi
96. In 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected President of the Congress Party by defeating- Pattabhi
Sitaramayya
97. Why was the Cabinet Mission sent to India - to set up a constitutional system for transfer of power
98. What was the main reason for starting the Quit India Movement in 1942 - failure of Cripps Mission
99. Quit India movement was started in 1942 – August
100. Where was the parallel government formed during the Quit India Movement- Ballia
101. Gandhi adjourned after the Chaura-Chauri scandal- Non- cooperation movement
102. Where did the Indian National Congress pass its famous resolution of non-cooperation in its session
held in 1920 - in Calcutta
103. What were the three main forms of Satyagraha - non- cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
104. Gandhiji's visit to Dandi is an example of which - civil disobedience
105. In which snake salt satyagraha was started - in 1930
106. Gandhiji started a movement in violation of the Salt Law,
107. which was called - Civil Disobedience Movement
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108. In which session of the Indian National Congress Purna Swaraj
was announced – Lahore
109. Who was the first president of independent India - G.V.
Mavalankar
110. Who was the founder of the concept of Sarvodaya - Mahatma
Gandhi
111. Where was Christopher Columbus – Ginoa
112. What is the meaning of non-interference policy - removal of
certain restrictions
113. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University- Madan Mohan
Malviya
114. "Where there is no law, there is no freedom". Where was it -John
Locke

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 ANCIENT INDIAN
HISTORY
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 Archaeology is the study of Human activity through the recovery and

analysis of Material Culture.
 Ancient India as suggested by many historians extends over a period
from Pre Histoic Time to around 750 A.D - the end of Gupta Empire.
 The first known metal used by man is “Copper”
 “Bhimbetka Rock Shelters” is an archaeological site of the Central India
which is believed to have Originated in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic
Periods is considered as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
 Two Important Cities of the time of Indus Valley Civilization are
Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
 Study of Coins is called Numismatics.
 The study and Interpretation of Ancient Inscriptions is called Epigraphy
 Arthashastra is an ancient Indian literature on Statecraft, Economic Policy
and Military Strategy written in Sanskrit by Kautilya - also known as
Chanakya during the period 350 - 275 BC
 Kautilya - Chankya was the Chief Advisor and Prime Minister to the
Indian Emperor Chandragupta who is the founder ruler of Mauryan
Empire in 350 BC
 Kalidasa is often referred to as the Shakespeare of India belonged to the
period of Gupta Empire
 Notable Work of Kalidasa are Abhijnanasakuntalam
 Buddhism is born in 563 BC at Lumbini, Nepal

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 Founder of Buddism - Siddhartha Gautama Buddha

 Buddha - Siddhartha Gautama attained “Nirvana” in Gaya -
Magadha( Bihar) at the age of 35.
 First Buddhist Council - 400 BC held after the death of Buddha. The
Council is headed by King Ajatshatru and presided over by Monk -
Mahakasyapa at Rajgriha in Sattapani Cave. Aim of the Council was to
preserve Teachings of Buddha and create a rule book for Disciples.
 Second Buddhist Council - 334 BC. The council was headed by King
Kalashoka and presided over by Sabakami in Vaishali.Followers of
Buddhism were divided into two groups -Sthaviras (Reformists) and
Mahasanghikas (Conservatives)
 Third Buddhist Council - 250 BC assumed to be headed by Ashoka
presided by Moggaliputta - Tissa in Pataliputra.
 Fourth Buddhist Council - 72 AD. The council was headed by Kanishka
and presided by Vasumitra in Kudalvan (Kashmir)
 Jainism is founded by Rishabnath and considered the first tirthankara of
Jainism.
 Vardhamana Mahavira is considered the 24th and the last tirthankara of
Jainism.
 Ashoka is the first king in the Indian History who left his records engraved
in stones.
 Magadha Empire - Victorious among the four kingdoms of 6th Century BC
Avanti, Vatsa, Kosala and Magadha.
 Important Rulers during the Magadha Empire - Bimbisara, Ajatasatru,
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 Capital of Magadha - Pataliputra

 Iron is used as an important metal during the time of Magadha.
 Mauryan Empire - 322 BC to 187 BC
 Mauryan Empire is mainly divided into four Provinces with Capitals Taxila,
Ujjain, Suvarnagiri and Kalinga
 Satavahana Dynasty is believed to be established after the decline of
Mauryan Empire in 2nd century.
 Greatest ruler of Satavahana Dynasty was Gautamiputra Satakarni
 After the decline of the Kushan Dynasty rose the Gupta Empire
 First Important King of the Gupta Dynasty was Chandragupta- I
( 319- 335 AD)
 Another Notable ruler of the Gupta Dynasty was Kumaragupta-I who is
credited as the founder of Nalanda University.He adopted a self title -
Mahendraditya
 Skandagupta, the son of Kumaragupta is considered to be the last ruler
of Gupta Dynasty.
 Another Notable ruler of the Ancient India is Harshavardhan who
belonged to the family of Pushpbhutis- ruled major parts of north India
between 606 AD and 647 AD.
 Hieun Tsang who is nicknamed as the Prince of Travelers visited India
during the reign of Harshavadhan.
 Gopala who is considered to be the founder of Pala Dynasty in Bengal
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