Indian History & Culture - General Knowledge
01 Alexander invaded India in 326 BC
02 The Mauryan Empire was established in 322 BC
03 The First Mughal Emperor of India was Babur
04 Taj Mahal was built by Shahjahan
05 Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as Lion of Punjab
06 Chandragupta II was also known as Vikramaditya
07 The city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar
08 The Red Fort in Delhi was built by Shahjahan
09 Battle of Panipat was faught in 1761 AD
10 The first President of India was Dr.Rajendra Prasad
11 "Swaraj is my birthright!" was said by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
12 The capital of Mysore during the rule of Tipu Sultan was Srirangapatnam
13 Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757 AD
14 The first Governor-General of Bengal under the East India Company was Warren Hastings
15 Ashoka was born in 269 BC
16 Permanent settlement in Bengal was introduced by Lord Cornwallis
17 The last Governor-General of India was C.Raja Gopalachari
18 The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at Bombay (Mumbai)
19 Quit India Movement started in the year 1942 AD
20 Sir Thomas Roe,English Ambassador, visited India during the reign of Jahangir
21 In the battle of Plassey, Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daula
22 The city of Calcutta was founded in 1690 AD
23 The capital of king Vikramaditya's kingdom was Ujjain
24 The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning
25 The name of the famous horse of Rana Pratap was Chetak
26 The Grand Trunk road was built during the reign of Shersa Suri
27 Tipu Sultan was born in 1750 AD
28 Home Rule Movement was started by Annie Besant
29 Shivaji was crowned in 1664 AD
30 East India Company was established in the year 1600 AD
31 The capital city of ancient India was Indraprastha
32 The first woman ruler in India was Razia Begum
33 The capital of the Mauryan was Patliputra
34 The construction of Qutb Minar in Delhi was completed by Ala-ud-din
35 Din-i-Ilahi was founded by Akbar
36 Rabindranath tagore was born in 1861 AD
37 The most famous king of Vijayanagar Empire was Krishnadevaraya
38 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was also known as Frontier Gandhi
39 Samudra Gupta is popularly known as Napolean of India
40 The first Tamil hero who fought against the British was Veerapandya Kattabomman
41 Akbar's tomb is situated at Sikandrabad
42 Gautama Buddha was the son of Shuddhodan
43 Shivaji's mother was Jeejabai
44 Gandhiji's mother was Puthali Bai
45 The political teacher of shivaji was Dadoji Konddev
46 Timur invaded India in the year 1398 AD
47 Mahmud Ghazni was the son of Sabaktageen
48 The city of Ahmedabad was established by Ahmed Shah I
49 Rani padmini was Queen of Rana Ratna simha,the king of Chittoor
50 The real name of Babar was Zahiruddin Muhammed
51 The meaning of the word "Babar" is Tiger
52 Vijayasthamba is located at Chittoor Fort
53 Timur was the ruler of Samarkhand,Central Asia
54 The Indian social reformer who fought for the abolition of Sati was Rajaram Mohan Roy
55 The first British Governor General of free India was Lord Mountbatten
56 Dadabhai Naoroji was associated with the theory of "Drain of Wealth"
57 The kingdom of South India well known for its Naval power was The Cholas
58 Aligarh Muslim University was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
59 The first Indian ruler who prohibited Sati was Akbar
60 The Mughal ruler who was to recruit Rajput nobles in his administration was Akbar
61 The reforms announced by the British Govt.in 1909 are known as The Morle-Minto Reforms
62 The architect who designed the capital City of New Delhi was E.L.Lutyens
63 At the time of independence, the number of princely states in India were 552
64 The Indian Prime Minister known as "Man of Peace" was Lal Bahadur Shastri
65 The Indian king who fought the last Anglo-Mysore War against the English was Tipu Sultan
66 Kohinoor Diamond was taken away by Nadir Shah
67 The full name of Shahjehan was Khurram Shihabuddin Mohammed Shahjehan
68 The Bardoli satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi
69 The founder of Arya Samaj was Swamy Dayanand Saraswati
70 The Governor General who abolished Sati was Lord William Bentinck