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The Vedic Age

The Vedic Period or the Vedic Age refers to that time period when the Vedic Sanskrit texts were composed in India. The society that...

The Gupta Empire

Nalanda University – An ancient center of Learning

Nalanda University was an ancient higher-learning institution in Bihar, India. The site is located about 88 kilometres southeast of Patna and was a religious...

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Inventions That Changed the World

“Nothing is permanent except a change.” You might have come across this quotation more than once in your lifetime. Here is the list of...

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The Administrative System under Delhi Sultanate

It was none other than the Sultan who headed the administrative System during the Delhi Sultanate; and in discharging his duties was supported by...

Classical Dances of India: Mirror of Cultural India

Due to her various climate conditions, India in all spheres of its life is a land of diversities that have made her culture a...

Central Powers of World War 1

World War I was fought between two major alliances of countries: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The Central Powers began as an alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary....

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India. An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress...

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian...

Prehistoric India

The Indian prehistoric era is one of the most fascinating and intriguing eras to read about. It is estimated that the first humans to...

Important Years in Indian History

1851 - First telegraph line in India is operational between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour. 1853 - First train in India runs from Bombay...

Useful facts about Agriculture & Farming

Farming began around 10,000 B.C. during the First Agricultural Revolution, when nomadic tribes began to farm. The Industrial Revolution led to faster and...

India under Governor generals

Warren Hastings (1772-1785) Add of the dual systems; shifting of the treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta. The Collection of revenue was taken over by the...

India Under Viceroys

Lord Canning (1858-1862) Lord Canning was made the first Viceroy of India. 5% income tax was imposed on all are links beyond Rs. 500...

Administrative Structure under the Mughals

The view that many significant characteristics of the administrative structure under the Mughals were taken directly from the administrative system of the Sultanate and...

Chief National Activities of India (1930-1947)

Each National Activities has its own story an importance. An account of National Activities of India during the period 1940 to 1947. In previous article we...

Chief National Activities of India (1905 – 1930)

Chief National Activities like Partition of Bengal, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Non-cooperation Movement have come into the list of Chief National Activities. Following list...

Mughal Emperors – Story of 15 Mughal Kings of India

Mughal Emperors like Babur, Akbar, Jahangir, and Shahjahan have ranked the Mughal Empire into the list of very few great empires of India. Following list...

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi-Nehru was the fourthPrime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi, who served from 1966 to 1977 and then...