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ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Women of the Mughal Family. Name Other Name(s) Remarks Gulbadan Begum She was the sister of Humayun. She is best known as the author of Humayun Namah. Maraiam-uz-Zamani Harkha Bai, Hira Kunwari She was the third wife of Akbar and the mother of Jahangir. She was the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber. Raja Bhagwan Das, Akbar's companion was her brother. Noor Jahan Meher-un-nisa Wife of Jahangir, daughter of Ghiyas Beg (Idmat-ud-daula), she enjoyed power which no other Mughal lady ever enjoyed. Mumtaj Mahal Anjumand Banu Begum Wife of Shah Jahan, mother of 14 children including Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh and Jahanara Begum. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in her memory. Jahan Ara - Daughter of Shah Jahan, she is well-known for looking after her father during his confinement by Aurangzeb. Rabia-ul-Daurani Dilras Banu Begum She was the first wife of Aurangzeb...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Mughal Rule Prominent Mughal Emperors. Better known as Original name Rule Babur Zaheeruddin Mohammed 1526 to 1530 Humayun Naseeruddin Mohammed 1530 to 1540 1555 to 1556 Akbar Jalaluddin Mohammed 1556 to 1605 Jahangir Nooruddin Salim 1605 to 1627 Shahjahan Shahbuddin Muhammed Khurram 1627 to 1658 Aurangzeb Muhiuddin Mohammed 1658 to 1707 Women of the Mughal Family. Name Other Name(s) Remarks Gulbadan Begum She was the sister of Humayun. She is best known as the author of Humayun Namah. Maraiam-uz-Zamani Harkha Bai, Hira Kunwari She was the third wife of Akbar and the mother of Jahangir. She was the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber. Raja Bhagwan Das, Akbar's companion was her brother. Noor Jahan Meher-un-nisa Wife of Jahangir, daughter of Ghiyas Beg (Idmat-ud-daula), she enjoyed power which no other Mughal lady ever enjoyed. Mumtaj Mahal...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Delhi Sultanate Important Rulers and Points to Remember Ruler Points to remember Balban His original name was Baharuddin. He is considered the  greatest Sultan  of slave dynasty. He was a slave bought by Sultan Iltutmish. He introduced the Persian culture of  Zaminbos  that is lying flat on one's face before the emperor. He adopted a  policy of blood and iron  against rebels, traitors and robbers. He got the title of  Ulagh Khan  for defeating the Mongols. He suppressed the rebellious tribe  Meo , the people of Mewat who used to plunder the people of Delhi even in the day light. Balban ruled with an iron fist. He broke up the  Chahalgani , a group of the forty most important nobles in the court. Ala-ud-din Khilji He was the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty in India and is considered the most po...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Delhi Sultanate Dynasties of Delhi Sultanate. Dynasty Period of Rule Prominent rulers Mamluk or Slave dynasty 1206 - 1290 Qutubuddin Aibak, Iltutmish, Razia Sultan, Ghiyasuddin Balban Khilji dynasty 1290 - 1320 Alauddin Khilji Tughlaq dynasty 1321 - 1413 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, Firoz Shah Tughlaq Sayyid dynasty 1414 - 1450 Khizr Khan Lodhi dynasty 1451 - 1526 Ibrahim Lodhi Important Rulers and Points to Remember Ruler Points to remember Qutubuddin Aibak He was a slave of Mohammad Ghori. He was the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Ghulam dynasty (Mamluk Sultanate) of India. He ruled for only four years, from 1206 to 1210 AD. He  died while playing polo  in Lahore. He built the  Quwwat Al Islam  mosque in Delhi and the  Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra  mosque in Ajmer. He started the construction of Qutb Minar in Del...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Women Rulers in the History of India Woman Points to remember Rani Rudramma 1259 - 1289 A.D. Rani Rudrama Devi belonged to the Kakatiya dynasty on the Deccan Plateau. She was the daughter of King Ganapathideva who formally designated her as a son through the ancient Putrika ceremony and named her Rudradeva. She succeeded her father when she was only fourteen years old. She was married to Veerabhadra, Eastern Chalukyan prince of Nidadavolu. She completed the Warangal Fort, begun by her father. Marcopolo, the Venetian traveller who paid a visit during her rule writes that she was a lover of justice, of equity and peace. Rani Durgawati 1524 - 1564 A.D. Rani Durgawati ruled over Gondwana from 1548 to 1564 on behalf of her son Bir Narayan after the death of Dalpat Shah the ruler of Gondwana. Mughal Emperor Akbar attacked Gondwana in 1564. Rani Durgawat...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Dynasties in India Dynasties/Kings and their Capitals Dynasty/King Capital Cholas Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram Mauryan Patliputra Pallavas Kanchi Pandyas Madurai Chalukyas Vatapi or Badami Later Chalukyas Kalyani Kakatiyas Warangal Satvahanas Pratisthana (modern day Paithan in Maharashtra) Bahmani Gulbarga (Ahsanabad) and later Bidar (Muhammadabad) Varman Pragjyotishpura (Guwahati) Shunga Patliputra and later Vidisha Rashtrakuta Manyakheta Solanki Anhilwara Shivaji Raigarh Tipu Sultan Srirengapatnam Ranjit Singh Lahore Harshavardhana Thanesar and later Kanauj Kanishka Purushapura Dynasties - Founders and Last Kings Dynasty Founder Last King/Last Great Ruler Nanda Mahapadma or Ugrasena Dhana Nanda Maurya Chandragupta Maurya Brihadratha Gupta Chandragupta I Skandagupta (last great ruler) Sunga Pushyamitra Devbhumi (last gr...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Court Poets of India Court Poet In the Court of Well-known works Kalidasa Vikramaditya Shakuntalam, Meghdoot Bana Bhatt or Bana Harshavardhana Harsha Charita, Kadambari Chand Bardai Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraj Raso Bhavabhuti King Yashovarman of Kannauj Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita Amir Khusro mainly Allauddin Khilji but associated with 7 rulers of Delhi Sultannate Tuhfatus-Sighr, Qiranus-Sa'dain Sri Ponna Rashtrakuta King Krishna III Shantipurana, Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya Parmanand Shivaji Shivbharat Pandit Gangadhar Mishra Sambalpur King Baliar Singh Kosalananda Mahakavya Hema Saraswati Kamtapur King Durlabh Narayan Prahalad Charita Rajashekhara Gurjara Pratiharas Balabharata, Karpuramanjari, Balaramayana, Kavyamimamsa Vedanayagam Sastriar King Serfoji II of Tanjore Bethlehem Kuravanji, Gnanakummi Raghavanka Hoysala king...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Foreign Visitors and points to remember Visitor Points to remember Megasthenes He was the ambassador of Seleucus in the court of Chandragupta Maurya known to the Greek as Sandrocottus. He was also the author of a book 'Indica'. Fahien He was a Chinese Buddhist monk who visited India during the reign of Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II). He is known for his visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. His journey is described in his travelogue "Record of Buddhist Kingdoms ...". Huien Tsang He was a Chinese traveller who visited India during the time of Harsha Vardhana. His book is called Si-yu-ki or 'The Records of the Western World'. Alberuni A persian scholar, he accompanied Mohammed of Ghazni and wrote a book titled 'Tahqiq-i-hind'. He was the first mulsim scholar to study India. He is regarded as the father of Indology....

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Foreign Invaders and points to remember Invader Points to remember Alexander He was the first to invade India in 326 B.C. He defeated King Porus on the banks of River Jhelum. The battle is known as the Battle of Hydaspes. Dhana Nanda of the Nanda dynasty was in power in northern and eastern India at the time of his invasion. Alexander's army mutinied, possibly at the prospect of facing a strong army of the Nandas and Alexander decided to return to Macedonia. Chengiz Khan He was a Mongolian who conquered some kingdoms on the banks of River Indus in 1221 A.D. The ruler of Delhi at that time was Iltutmish. Mohammed Bin Qasim He was first muslim to invade India in 712 A.D. He conquered Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus river but did not advance further. Timur Timur Lang or Timur the Lame, was a muslim conqueror who invaded India in 1398. The ruler ...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Important Battles in the History of India. Name of the Battle Year Importance 1st  battle of Tarain 1191 Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori 2nd  battle of Tarain 1192 Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan 1st  battle of Panipat 1526 Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi Battle of Khanwa 1527 Babur defeated Rana Sunga further strengthening his foothold in India. Battle of Ghaghra 1529 Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing Mughal rule in India. Battle of Chausa 1539 Sher Shah defeated Humayun thus breaking the Mughal rule in India. Battle of Kanauj or Billgram 1540 Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time. 2nd  battle of Panipat 1556 Akbar defeated Hemu 3rd  battle of Panipat 1761 Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas Battle of Talikota 1565 Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayan...