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Aihole inscription is found at Aihole in Karnataka state India, was written by the Ravikriti,court poet of Chalukya king,Pulakeshin II who reigned from 610 to 642 CE.The poetic verses of Ravikirti,in praise of the king, can be read in the Meguti temple,dated 634CE.

Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system. This system came under the military reforms of Akbar. Under this system each officer was assigned a rank(mansab). Varying from 10 to 10,000, the mansab carried the Zat(the personal status and salary) and Sawar (the number of cavalry men to be maintained.

Calcutta with Robert Clive is wrongly matched. Lord Curzon was associated with Calcutta. Lord Curzon felt that the Bengal province was too big to be administered efficiently and so he wanted to split it into two provinces, one of which had Dacca as its capital.

Battle of Wandiwash decided the fate of French in India. Battle of Wandiwash, (Jan. 22, 1760), in the history of India, a confrontation between the French, under the comte de Lally, and the British, under Sir Eyre Coote. It was the decisive battle in the Anglo-French struggle in southern India during the Seven Years' War (1756-63).

The Crimean War came to an end by the treaty of Paris. Crimean War, (October 1853-February 1856), war fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia- Piedmont.The resulting Treaty of Paris, signed on March 30, 1856, guaranteed the integrity of Ottoman Turkey and obliged Russia to surrender southern Bessarabia, at the mouth of the Danube.

Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi (c. 31 December 695- 18 July 715) was an Umayyad general who conquered the Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus River (now a part of Pakistan) for the Umayyad Caliphate. He was born and raised in the city of Taif (in modern day Saudi Arabia). Qasim's conquest of Sindh and Punjab enabled further Islamic expansion into India.

Mao Zedong, commonly referred to as Chairman Mao (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary, politician and socio-political theorist. The founding father of the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949, he governed the country as Chairman of the Communist Party of China until his death.

Gandhi calls Gokhale his mentor and guide. Gandhi also recognised Gokhale as an admirable leader and master politician, describing him as 'pure as crystal, gentle as a lamb, brave as a lion and chivalrous to a fault and the most perfect man in the political field'.

The Swadeshi movement started with the partition of Bengal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, 1905 and continued up to 1911. It was the most successful of the pre-Gandhian movements. Its chief architects were Aurobindo Ghosh, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai.

The Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire. The flag of India had been hoisted by Congress President Jawaharlal Nehru on December 31, 1929, on the banks of the Ravi river in Lahore, modern-day Pakistan.

Gandhra is noted for the distinctive Gandhra style of Buddhist art, which developed out of a merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian, and Indian artistic influence. This development began during the Parthian Period (50 BC - AD 75). Gandhran style flourished and achieved its peak during the Kushan period, from the 1st to the 5th centuries. It declined and suffered destruction after invasion of the White Huns in the 5th century.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.

Iltutmish received contlnnation of his robe of honour and title Nasir amir al-muminin (Helper of the Commander of the Faithful) from the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir in 626 (1229) and remained on the throne for twenty-six years, This added an element of strength to Iltutmish's authority and gave him a status in the Muslim world.

As a British Overseas Territory, the Falkland Islands enjoy a large degree of internal self-governance with the United Kingdom guaranteeing good government and taking responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. In 1982, following Argentina's invasion of the islands, the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War between both countries resulted in the surrender of all Argentine forces and the return of the islands to British administration.

Chalukyas : Vatapi (Badami): Hoysalas : Dwarasamudra: Rashtrakutas : Malkhed; and Kakatiyas: Warangal.

With a towering height of 70 feet, the world's tallest statute of Mahatma Gandhi was recently unveiled in Patna in Bihar. Funded by the state government, the Rs 10 crore statue, inclusive of a 30-feet-high pedestal, has been built by Delhi-based sculptor Ramsutar and Sons.

The vivid description of Kalinga war is given in 13th Rock Edict of Asoka. The edict gives description of the devastation caused to Kalinga due to war and how the Mauryan emperor felt remorse for it.

Trusteeship principle advocated by Gandhiji provides a means of transforming the present capitalist order of society into an egalitarian one. He envisaged trusteeship as a post capitalist arrangement which gives no quarter to capitalism, but gives the present owning class a chance of reforming itself (Gandhi Nehru And Globalization, p 7).

Hunter's Commission: 1882; Wardha Scheme: 1937; University's Act; 1904; and Radhakrishnan Commission: 1948.

Gandhara style flourished and achieved its peak during the Kushan period. from the 1st to the 5th centuries. It declined and suffered destruction after invasion of the White Huns in the 5th century.

So far 51.8 million hectares (1/3 of the total cultivated land) of land have been consolidated in the country. In Orissa, the Consolidation Act was passed in 1972. The work of consolidation has been completed fully in Punjab and Haryana. Considerable progress has also been made in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Karnataka.

The Mandal Commission was established by the Janata Party govt under PM Morarji Desai in 1979 to "study the condition and representation of socially or educationally backward castes" and recommend steps for their advancement.

The period of Later Vedic is falls between 1000 BC-600BC, where as In Mesopotamia (Iraq) there is evidence that people were smelting iron around 5000 BC.

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.

Tughlakabad: In the 1320s GhiasuddinTughlak , a Turk governor invaded Delhi, and won it from Nasiruddin Mohammed(a Pawar Rajput who had adopted Islam and had gained kinghood by slaining the last Khilji ruler). Tughlak, known as a headstrong tyrant, created the third city of Tughlakabad here.

During the reign of Jahangir, English established their factory for the first time in Masulipattanam temporally in 1611. In 1613 they established their first permanent factory in Surat.

The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was brought into effect by the East India Company headed by the Governor-General Lord Cornwallis in 1793. As per permanent system, rajas and taluqdars were recognised as zamindars, who were supposed to collect the land revenue from the peasants.

King Ashoka assumed the title Devanampiya Piyadasi which means "Beloved-of-the-Gods, He who Looks on with Affection".

Shivaji, the great Maratha King and founder of a nationalist tradition was contemporary of Tukaram. Tukaram introduced Shivaji to Ramdas for his spritual education.

Barley was the first cereal to be cultivated by the man near the areas of east Mediterranean sea and some areas of Iran during 8000 BC and later wheat was cultivated at the same areas.