Dictionary of History of India

 After the disintegration of the Bahmani Kingdom (founded by Hasan Gangu Bahmani - a general of Delhi Sultanate in 1347 - Tughlaq rule) in t...

  The Shad Darshanas, also known as the Six Schools of Indian Philosophy, are the traditional classification of the different philosophical ...

 Bostan The author of Bostan (The Orchard) is the Persian poet and mystic Saadi Shirazi. Saadi was born in Shiraz, Iran, in the 13th century...

 Dabistan The author of Dabistan, also spelt as Dabestan or Dabirul Mulk Dabestani, is Muhammad ibn Mohsin ibn Abdullah al-Jurjani. Dabistan...

B. A. HISTORY: Fill Bodh Gaya in the outline map of India :   The YouTube video contains instructions to mark Bodh Gaya in the outline map o...

The book is written by Sumir Sharma to fulfil the requirements of the students of the Post Graduate course in History of Punjab Uni...

As per Manusmriti, there are eight forms of marriage: 1. Brahma Vivah 2. Prajapatya Vivah 3. Daiva Vivah 4. Arasha Vivah 5. Asur ...

(pending: In Henry Lawrence articles on how to improve military administration in India, he had discussed the training of Golundauze along...

Gomastahs were the agents of the East India company. As the agent of the East India company, they moved around inner side of the country a...

Bheeln(Bhil) Corps was raised by James Outram. It was raised in 1827 in Khandesh. It was a part of a policy of Governor Elphinstone. Specia...

Battle of Swally: It was fought between Portuguese and English in 1612. The Portuguese did not like the establishment of the factory at S...

Sir James Lancaster: He was the first commander of the first fleet sent by the East India company to India. It consisted of four big ships a...

George of Earl of Cumberland: He was the person received the first charter of East India Company on December 31, 1600. It was given along wi...

Thomas Stevens: Thomas Stevens was the first Englishman to round the Cape of Good Hope and reached India. He was member of Jesuit mission to...

                                                 Dwarkanath Tagore was the founder of illustrious Tagore (Thakur) family of Bengal in India....

Nij Cultivation It was also called zerat cultivation. It was a land settlement between the planters and ryots wherein the ryots were bound ...

Saptanga: Saptanga means seven elements of State, a theory of state as given by Kautilya and Valluvar. The seven elements are Swami, Amaty...

Sultan Nizam Shah was the founder of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmadnagar. His actual name was Malik Ahmad. He was governor of Junar under ...

Yusuf Adil Shah was the founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur. He was a Turkish Noble. The Adil Shahi dynasty was founded by him in 1...

Pabna Unrest: Pabna Unrest was an agrarian unrest. It started in 1873 and continued upto 1885. It was directed against the oppressive zamin...

Bishnu Biswas: Govindpur Village, Nadia District, Bengal Province, Indigo Revolt 1859-60 The Santhals Santhal Women: A Social Profile Ethno...

Digambar Biswas: Govindpur Villagae, Nadia District, Bengal Province, Indigo Revolt 1859-1860. He with his brother Bisnu Biswas started a so...

Hem Chandra Kar, Deputy Magistrate, Indigo Revolt 1859-60

Indigo Revolt 1859-60: Peasant Uprising in post 1857 period. The main leaders were Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas. It started from Nadia...

Kanhu Murmu: Santhal Revolt: 1855 to 1866. He was brother of Sido Murmu. They jointly motivated 60000 Santhals against the British Rule whom...

Sido Murmu: Santhal Revolt of 1855 to 1866. He was brother of Kanhu Murmu. They jointly mobilized 60000 Santhals who fought desperately with...

Santhal hool is translated as Santhal uprising. Santhals are a tribe of Rajmahal hills between Bhagalpur and Rajmahal (falls now in present...

Gadkaris Revolt was a civil uprising which took place in 1844 in Maharashtra. It was participated by peasants against the British revenue po...