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Aurangzeb was one of the boldest Mughal emperors and during his reign. Aurangzeb disliked music and banned any form of music or dance in his kingdom in 1668. Officials were empowered to break musical instruments if anywhere they heard the sound of music. Musicians and dancers who gave up their profession were given allowances by the Emperor. He never indulged with women outside marriage.

Second Anglo Mysore war was fought in the year 1780 - 1784. Warren Hastings was the Governor-General during this war. The Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict that took place on the Indian Subcontinent from 1780 to 1784. The war was ended on 11 March 1784 with the signing of the Treaty of Mangalore, at which both (Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company) sides agreed to restore the others' lands to the status quo ante bellum.

During the early period, Multan was known as the city of gold for its large and wealthy temples. The Sun temple, Suraj Mandir, was considered one of the largest and wealthiest temples in the entire sub-continent.

Amoghavarsha I was a follower of the Digambara branch of Jainism. His own writing Kavirajamarga is a landmark literary work in the Kannada language and became a guide book for future poets and scholars for centuries to come.

The Kailasa temple is a famous rock cut monument, one of the 34 monasteries and temples known collectively as the Ellora Caves, extending over more than 2 km.The temple was commissioned and completed between dated 757-783 CE, when Krishna I ruled the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the home of Lord Shiva. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.

the Thalavaipuram copper plate, belonging to the period between 1018 and 1054 brought out by the Pandya kings, describes giant waves, most possibly a tsunami.

Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest of the Satavahana rulers. His reign period is noted by some scholars as 80 to 104 and by others from 106 to 130; in any case he is credited with a rule of 24 years.

Tulsidas wrote Shri Ram-Charit-Manas during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar.Tulsidas started writing this greatest Hindu 'Granth' on the birth day of Lord Shree Ram, i.e. Chaitra Navmi (9th day of Hindu month Chaitra) in year 1574. The life span of Akbar is 1556 1605.

Architecture reached a milestone in the Dravidian style during the reign of Rashtrakutas, the finest example of which is seen in the Kailasanath Temple or Kailasa Temple at Ellora.

The famous Badami Chalukyas King Pulakeshi II (610-642 A.D.) was a follower of Vaishnavism. The inscription of Ravikirti, his court poet, is a eulogy of the Pulakeshi II and is available at the Meguti temple. It is dated 634 CE and is written in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script. The Aihole inscription describes the achievements of Pulakeshi II and his victory against King Harshavardhana.

The Delhi Sultanate was the name of Delhi-based Muslim kingdoms that ruled over large parts of India for 320 years (1206 – 1526). Five dynasties ruled over Delhi Sultanate sequentially, the first four of which were of Turkic origin and the last was the Afghan Lodi. The Lodi dynasty was replaced by the Mughal dynasty.
The five dynasties were the Mamluk dynasty (1206– 90); the Khilji dynasty (1290–1320); the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414); the Sayyid dynasty (1414–51); and the Afghan Lodi dynasty (1451–1526).

R. Shamashastri transcribed, edited and published the Sanskrit edition in 1909. He proceeded to translate it into English, publishing it in 1915.

The earliest inhabitants of India used stones to make tools and weapons

Swami Vivekanand was the Indian saint to attend ' World Congress of Religion' held at Chicago in 1893. He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech beginning with "Sisters and Brothers of America," through which he introduced Hinduism at the opening session of the Parliament on 11 September. Thereafter he conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy in America, England and Europe. In America Vivekananda became India's spiritual ambassador.

Chhatrapati Shivaji was a follower of Ramayana and Mahabharta from his childhood. Shivaji Maharaj did everything possible to promote Hinduism in every aspect of the fight for independence and establishing his own kingdom. Shivaji Maharaj's assembly of eight ministers was formed based on Hindu ideals. One comes across this concept of eight ministers in the Ramayan and the Mahabharat.

Kanishka was the greatest ruler of the Kushan Empire, a realm that covered much of present-day India, Pakistan, Iran and other parts of central Asia and China during the first and second centuries

Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 7 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who promoted the Vedas. Dayananda emphasised the ideals of brahmacharya. The group found most of its support in Punjab.

Bold and impartial judiciary is the most important safeguard of liberty and no one can restrain it. One of the most important safeguards is that the person has someone appointed with legal powers to represent them even in extreme case of deprivation of liberty.

The philosophical school of law is the ancient school of law. It came into existence in 3rd century in Roman empire.

Akbar celebrated his conquest of Rajputana by laying the foundation of a new capital, 23 miles (37 km) South West of Agra in 1569. It was called Fatehpur Sikri ("the city of victory").

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route to India from Europe through the Cape of Good Hope.

The Unification of Karnataka refers to the formation of the Indian state of Karnataka, then named Mysore State, in 1956 when several Indian states were created by redrawing borders based on linguistic demographics

Lord Curzon introduced the Indian University Act. The Indian Universities Act of 1904, passed on March, 21 was formulated on the basis of the recommendations of the Indian University Commission of 1902. Curzon gave importance on improving the standard and quality of higher education.

After the spread of the Buddhist religion, Chinese travelers came to India in big numbers to collect religious books and to visit holy places of Buddhism

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

The theory of Din-i-Ilahi was introduced by Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1582 A.D. It is based on Monotheism (believe in one God).

On 19 December 1929, the Indian National Congress passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' (total independence) resolution at its Lahore session. A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930, a day which the Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as 'Independence Day'.

Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired the Boundary Commission in 1947, to demarcate the boundary line between India and Pakistan.

Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled India from ca. 268 to 232 BCE. Ashoka led a deadly and destructive war against the state of Kalinga, in modern day Odisha. He succeeded and captured the region ca. 260 BCE. The Edicts of Ashoka claim that after the war, the emperor was full of regret over the mass deaths he caused. This led him to convert to Buddhism and to work to spread its values

Madan Mohan Malaviya was an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and as the two time president of Indian National Congress. He was respectfully addressed as Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and also addressed as 'Mahamana' by Mahatama Gandhi.