Indian History

 Q.1. Who was the founder of the Kushana dynsty? [A] Kujula Kadphises [B] Kanishka [C] Vasudeva [D] Vāsishka Q.2. During the reign of which Kushana ruler, the Fourth Buddhist Council was held? [A] Kanishka I [B] Huvishka [C] Vasudeva I [D] Vāsishka Q.3. Who among the following patronised Buddhist scholars Vasumitra and Asvaghosha? [A] Ashoka [B] Kanishka I  [C] Chandragupta I [D] Harshavardhan Q.4. Who among the following was not ruler of the Kushana dynasty? [A] Sadashkana  [B] Huvishka [C] Nahapana [D] Vāsishk Q.5. Which of the following cities emerged as the second capital of the Kushanas? [A] Mathura [B] Kannauj [C] Purushpur [D] Patliputra Answers Q.1 [A]   Kujula Kadphises Q.2 [A]  The Fourth Buddhist Council was held at Kundalvana, Kashmir in 72 AD during the reign of Kushan king Kanishka. It was held under the Presidentship of Vasumitra to compose commentaries on the Tripitika. Here at this council Savastivadin doctrines were codified in a s...

Q.1. Which of the following women authored the biography of Humayun during Mughal period?  [A] Gulbadan Begum [B] Jahanara Begum [C] Zebun-nissah Begum [D] Noorjahan Begum Q.2. Who among the following Mughal emperors discontinued the practice of inscribing Islamic creed (Kalima) on coins?  [A] Akbar [B] Jahangir [C] Shahjahan [D] Aurangzeb Q.3. Who among the following assumed the title of Islam Shah Suri? [A] Jalal Khan [B] Sikandar Shah Suri  [C] Firuz Shah Suri [D] Sher Shah Suri Q.4. Who had introduced Ain-i-Dahsala system of land revenue assessment during the reign of Akbar? [A] Raja Todar Mal [B] Birbal [C] Raja Man Singh [D] Murshid Quili Khan Q.5. Who among the following accepted Din-i-Ilahi? [A] Raja Man Singh [B] Birbal [C] Raja Tansen [D] Raja Todarmal Answer:  Q.1 (A)  Ahval-i-Humayun Badshah or Humayun-Nama was written by Babur's daughter and Humayun’s half- sister, Gulbadan Begam, who stayed with Akbar, son and successor of Humayun, from 1556 to ...

Birth of Suraj Mahal , the ruler of the Rathore kingdom of Marwar , on 24 April in 1571. He was the brother of Jagat Gosain , the consort of Mughal emperor Jahangir . Jagat Gosain was the mother of Shah Jahan , the successor of Jahangir. 

Khwajah Nizamuddin Ahmad was a medieval writer who has written Tabaqat-i-Akbari , dealing with the event from early Muslim invasions to the 38th year of the reign of Akbar (1593-4). He held the military title of Mir Bakhshi during Akbar's region. Tabaqat-i-Akbari  was translated into English by Dr.Brajendranath De (1852-1932). 

Some 60km from Mangalore in Karnataka is the Vaishnavite pilgrimage town of Udupi, a sanctum of Madhvacharya, founder of Dvaita school of philosophy .  A 13 th  century Sanskrit philosopher,  Madhva charya  called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning "arguments from a realist viewpoint". He had authored several texts including  Tantrasara Sangraha.  Also known as Rajata Peetha ( silver seat)   and Shivalli , Udupi is famous for its Krishna Temple. The main attraction at this temple is the 'Kanakana Kindi (Kanaka's window), ' - a small window through which Krishna is believed to have given darshan to his ardent devotee, Kanakadasa, the sixteenth century Bhakti saint and philosopher. Kanakadasa belonged to Kuruba (shepherd) community.

Execution of young Indian revolutionary Anant Laxman Kanhere on 19th April in 1910 by the British colonial government for shooting Nashik district collector Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson on 21 December 1909 . Born on 7 January 1892 in a Chitpavan Brahmin family in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra , Anant Laxman Kanhere or Anantrao was 18 years old when he was executed. 

Today is the birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar who was a leader of the depressed classes throughout his life. He worked for the moral and material progress of the 'untouchables'. B. R. Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow (now officially known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar) in Madhya Pradesh. He belonged to the 'untouchable' Mahar caste. Ambedkar was a great scholar who studied economics at Columbia University and the London School of Economics.  In 1924 Ambedkar founded the Depressed Classes Institute (Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha) in Bombay. Three years later in 1927 he established the Samaj Samta Sangh to propagate the gospel of social equality between caste Hindus and worked for the uplift of the 'untouchables'. In December 1927, he led a satyagraha in Mahad to fight for the rights of the 'untouchables' to draw water from public wells and tanks. In 1928 he organized temple entry movement named  Parvati temple satyagraha. He started Kalasam temple ...