Indian History

Rajendra Lahiri 1927- Revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri was hanged to death on 17th December 1927 in Gonda District Jail, now in Uttar Pradesh. After a long trial he was found guilty of taking part in the Kakori conspiracy carried out on August 9th, 1925. On this day a train carrying government money was passing Kakori near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Lahiri pulled the chain resulting in the stopping of the train. The money was looted, but an Indian passenger named Ahmad Ali got killed by mistake. Rajendra Lahiri, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqullah Khan were sentenced to death. Rajendra Lahiri was hanged two days before the other three. Rajendra Lahiri was an active member of the Hindustan Republican Association.  Lahiri was also prosecuted for his role in the Dakshineswar bombing.  On December 17, 1927 , Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru  shot dead JP Saunders, assistant superintendent of police, in Lahore. They mistook Saunders for their in...

Celebrated annually on 16 December, Vijay Diwas or Victory Day commemorates India’s decisive victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. The day marks the surrender of 93,000 Pakistani soldiers to the forces of the Indian Army n December 16, 1971, paving the way for the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation. The emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign country in 1971 is an important event in the world history. At the time of Indian independence in 1947 Bangladesh was a part of newly created nation of Pakistan. Since then, (it is still the case) Pakistan had been carrying their hate India campaign since its creation. It was nor ready (is still not ready) to understand that the future of India and Pakistan depends on peace and cooperation between these two countries. Before its independence in 1971 Bangladesh was described as Eastern Pakistan. Due to the high handedness of the West Pakistan (present Pakistan) over the people of Eastern Pakistan, the situat...

1872 - Famous Hindu nationalist leader Dr Balakrishna Shivram Moonje, popularly known as B. S. Moonje, was born on 12 December in 1872. The place of his birth is Bilaspur in the present day in Chhattisgarh.  Moonje was the All India President of the Hindu Mahasabha. He attended the Round Table Conferences in London in 1930 and 1931 as a representative of Hindu Mahasabha much to the chagrin of the Indian National Congress.  Moonje died on 3 March 1948, aged 75.

1946 - Rajendra Prasad   was elected as the President of Constituent Assembly on  11 December 1946 .  Constituent Assembly had drafted the Indian constitution . 

The Battles of Tarain (1191, 1192) were two military engagements between Ghurid ruler Muhammad Ghori and Chauhan King Prithviraj Chauhan at Tarain in the  present-day Haryana state of India.  Battles of Tarain (1191-92) were fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and Shihabuddin, popularly known as Muhammad Ghori.  Prithviraj, known as Rai Pithaura to the Muslim historians, was the greatest ruler of the Chauhan dynasty, whose kings also came to be known as Chahamanas of Sakambhari. Also known as Muizuddin Muhammad bin Sam, Muhammad Ghori was a Turkish invader who made his first Indian expedition in 1175 AD. After subjugating some of the Indian rulers, this governor of Ghazni met Prithviraj, the powerful Rajput ruler of Delhi and Ajmer, at Tarain near Thanesar in present-day Haryana in 1191 AD. According to the Persian historian Ferishta, Prithviraj, with an army of 200,00 horses and 3, 000 elephants, inflicted a terrible defeat on Muhammad Ghori whose army was completely overp...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) has added Deepavali, India’s spectacular festival of lights, to its 'Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.'  Deepavali, also known as Diwali, is the most widely celebrated Hindu festival in India.  The decision was taken during the twentieth session of the of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, chaired by Vishal V Sharma, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of India to UNESCO. The session of the panel is underway from December 8 to 13 at the Red Fort in Delhi. This is the first time that India is hosting a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). India currently has 15 elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these include the Kumbh Mela (2017), Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba dance of Gujarat ...

Q.1. Which Indian President participated in the Irish Freedom  Struggle? (A) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (B) V. V. Giri  (C) S. Radhakrishnan (D) Gulzarilal Nanda Q.2. Which of these battles involved the British? (A) Wandiwash (B) Plaseey  (C) Battle of Chinsurah (D) All the Above  Q.3. Which book was written by Bhavabhuti? (A) Malati Madhava (B) Mṛcchakatika  (C) Mahabhasya (D) Janakiharana  Answer:  1. B. V.V. Giri, India’s president from 1969 to 1974, studied in Dublin, Ireland, where he became involved in the movement to free Ireland from British rule. 2. D 3. A Malati and Madhava; The Deeds of the Great Hero (Mahavircharita); and “The Later Deeds of Rama” (Uttararamcharita) and Mahaviracharita were written by Bhavabhuti