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 Vikramadityas 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 Akbars tomb is situated at Sikandrabad 42 Gautama Buddha was the son of Shuddhodan 43 Shivajis mother was Jeejabai 44 Gandhijis 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
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