Indian History

Ghateshwar Mahadev, Badoli / Image Credit Built in the tenth century AD by the Gurjara Pratihara rulers, Badoli Temples are nine temples located near Rawerbhata in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. Of these eight temples is situated within a walled enclosure. The ninth temple is about 1 kilometre from the complex of eight temples.  Four temples are dedicated to Shiva, two to Durga and one each to Shiva-Trimurti, Vishnu and Ganesha. Dedicated to Shiva, Ghateshwara Mahadeva Temple is the most prominent of the Badoli Temples. 

Q.1. The idea of a separate homeland for Muslims found mention for the first time in the writings of: A. Mohammed Iqbal B. Liaqat Ali C. M.A. Jinnah D. Rahmat Ali Q.2. The beginning of the British political sway over India can be traced to the battle of A. Tai Khamti-British War of 1839 B. Plassey C. Buxar D. Wandiwash Q.3. Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the “Father of Indian unrest”? A. Disraeli B. Valentine Chirol C. Minto D. Chelmsford Q.4. Who assassinated Sir Michael O`Dwyer, the British Lt. Governor of Punjab? A. Udham Singh B. Lala Lajpat Rai C. Bhagat Singh D. Vir Savarkar Q.5.  The first Europeans to come to India were A. French  B. Dutch C. Portuguese D. British Q.6. Who among the following did Lord Mountbatten replace as the viceroy of India in 1947? A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Chelmsford C. Lord Wavell D. Lord Linlithgow  Q.7. The Communal Award was declared by Ramsay Macdonald in: A. 1928 B. 1929 C. 1931 D. 1932 Q.8. Who declared, "The only hope for India is...

Indian revolutionary leader Shyamji Krishna Varma was born on 4th October, 1857 in Mandvi town of Kachchh district of Gujarat . He is known for founding the Indian Home Rule Society , India House and The Indian Sociologist in London. Shyamji Krishna Varma was impressed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj .  He was an admirer of Herbert Spencer , a Victorian sociologist who coined the phrase " survival of the fittest ".  He worked as an assistant to Monier Williams, a professor of Sanskrit in the Oxford University. In 1883 Shyamji Krishna Varma graduated from Balliol College in Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1884. In 1881, he attended the Berlin Congress of Orientalists. In 1905, Krishnavarma founded the Indian Home Rule Society and India House .  India House became a meeting-place for Indian revolutionaries in London. Krishna Varma shifted his base to Paris in 1907 to avoid arrest by the British Government due to the polit...

Q.1. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the Central Assembly Bombing Case were? A. Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekar Azad B. Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt C. Bhagat Singh & Sachindranath Sanyal D. Jatindra Nath Das & Bhagat Singh Q.2. Rani Gaidinliu was the fearless freedom fighter from: A. Manipur  B. Tripura C. Mizoram D. Nagaland  Q.3. The treaty of Srirangapatnam was signed between Tipu Sultan and A. Robert Clive B. Cornwallis C. Dalhousie D. Warren Hastings Q.4. Who among the following was the first English President of the Indian National Congress? A. George Yule B. Alfred Webb C. Henry John Stedman Cotton D. William Wedderburn Q.5. Both the processes of transfer of power and the partition of India were hurried through in ____ days? A. 72 B. 94 C. 86 D. 92 Q.6. Albuquerque captured Goa from the ruler of A. Golconda B. Vijaynagar C. Ahmednagar D. Bijapur  Q.7. The two Home Rule Leagues in India were led by: A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant. ...

Smṛrti is a class of literature comprising law books. Many medieval Indian jurists wrote lengthy commentaries on the Smriti literature. Of these the most important was Vijnaneshwara who wrote at the court of great Western Chalukya emperor Vikramaditya VI (r. 1076 – 1126 CE). Western Chalukyas are also known as the Chalukyas of Kalyani.   Vijnaneshwara's treatise, Mitakshara played a very important part in forming the civil law of modern India. Mitakshara is a commentary on the law book of Yājñavalkya,

  Nuakhai Juhar Festival  is an agricultural festival chiefly celebrated in  Western Odisha .  Celebrated primarily by tribal people, this festival falls on the day right after  Ganesh Chaturthi . Nuakhai Juhar is a celebration of the harvest, which is being celebrated on  September 20  this year.  The word ‘Nuakhai’ is translated into  ‘Nua’  (i.e., new) and  ‘Khai ’ (i.e., eating). Nuakhai Juhar is the most prominent harvest festival celebrated in Odisha. It is a festival of worship of food grain. As per the ritual,  Nabanna  or the newly harvested rice has been offered to the presiding deity of the presiding deity of western Odisha, the Goddess Samaleswari.. Though celebrated throughout Odisha, the districts of Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Balangir, Bargarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sonepur, Boudh, and Nuapada are the places where people celebrate Nuakhai on grand scale. 

'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala', the three Hoysala temples in Karnataka, have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These temples are the Chennakeshava temple at Belur, Hoysaleshwara temple at Halebidu and The Keshava temple at Somnathapura. While the first two are in Hassan district, the third is in Mysuru district.  All the three temples are protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Nominations were entered as ‘’The Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas’’. While the Chennakeshava temple and Hoysaleshwara temple at Halebidu were on the UNESCO’s tentative list since 2014, the Keshava temple at Somanathapur was appended to the other two monuments under the tentative list and all the three were officially nominated by the Centre as India’s entry for 2022-23 in February in 2022. An expert from International Commission on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) concluded the site visits covering all the three temples in September 2022 and the monuments were officially inscri...