Muhammad Shah, Third Ruler of Sayyid Dynasty

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/21/2013 6:06:00 PM

';;; After the murder of Mubarak Shah, the second ruler of Sayyid Dynasty, by the Delhi nobles in 1434, Muhammad, a grandson of Khizr Khan, the first ruler of Khizr Khan, was made Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. Muhammad Shah, a nephew of Mubarak, was latter’s heir-designate.  His inefficiency contributed fast to the weakening of the Sayyid Dynasty. Sarvar-ul-mulk, wazir of the kingdom, enjoyed supreme power. Even after the wazir’s death, he failed in his duty as a ruler. In the (...)'

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Alauddin Alam Shah, Last Ruler of Sayyid Dynasty

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/21/2013 5:03:00 PM

';;; After the death of Muhammad Shah in A.D. 1445, his son, Alauddin Alam Shah, succeeded him to the throne of the Sayyid Dynasty, the fourth in the line of five dynasties that compromised Delhi Sultanate. This pleasure loving ruler was more inefficient than his father.  Such was his fondness for gratification and aversion to work that he abdicated the throne in favour of Buhlul Khan Lodi, the governor of Lahore and Sirhind, in 1451 and retired to Badaun (now in Uttar Pradesh),(...)'

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Mubarak Shah: The Second Ruler of the Sayyid Dynasty

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/19/2013 4:10:00 PM

';;; After the death of his father Khizr Khan, the founder of the Sayyid dynasty, Mubarak Shah ascended the throne of Delhi Sultanate. Mubarak Shah, who was nominated as the successor by his father, became the sovereign ruler of Delhi on the very day of the latter's death (20th May, 1421). Unlike his father, he assumed royal title. It was during Mubarak Shah’s reign that Yahiya bin Ahmad Sarhindi composed his Ta'rikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, dedicated to the Sayyid ruler. Like that is his fa(...)'

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Khizr Khan (1414-1421), Founder of Sayyid Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/19/2013 10:49:00 AM

';;; ;;; Khizr Khan was the founder of the Sayyid Dynasty, the fourth and penultimate dynsty of the Delhi Sultanate. After the death of Sultan Mahmud, the last ruler of the Tughluq dynasty, in 1413, the nobles of Delhi entrusted Daulat Khan Lodi with the task of ruling Delhi. However, In March 1414, Khizr Khan,  who was appointed Governor of Multan, Lahore and Dipalpur by the Mangol leader Timur Lang or Tamerlane who won these places after invading India and sacking Delhi in 139(...)'

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Skanda Gupta (c 454-467): the Last Great Gupta Ruler

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/19/2013 9:19:00 AM

';;; Skanda Gupta is considered to be the last great Gupta ruler. He ascended the throne after the death of Kumar Gupta I. Though not the regular claimant to the throne as he was not born of the chief queen, he was chosen due to his superior ability. And he proved equal to the task. Soon after his accession to the Gupta throne, Skanda Gupta had to deal with the Hunas the barbaric tribes from Central Asia who after terrorizing parts of the Roman Empire made incursions into Indian plai(...)'

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Chandra Gupta I

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/17/2013 7:16:00 PM

';;;Though third in the line of the Gupta rulers, Chandra Gupta I is considered to be the real founder of the Gupta dynasty. Ascending the throne in 320 AD, he was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja, "supreme King of great Kings". His marriage with a Lichchhavi princess Kumaradevi went a long way in increasing his power and position. It seems that Lichchhavis of Vaishali was once again a powerful force by now since its defeat by Ajatashatru some eight cent(...)'

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Kuka Revolt of Punjab

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/15/2013 4:35:00 PM

';;;;;; Initially started as a religious movement started with a view to reforming the Sikh religion by purging it of the degenerate features, Kuka movement, founded in 1840 in the Western Punjab, turned into a political struggle against the British. The founder of Kuka movement was  Bhagat Jawahar Mal.  Popularly known as Sian Saheb, Bhagat Jawahar Mal and his disciple, Balak Singh, gathered around them a band of followers and made Hazro in NWFP their headquarters. The Kuk(...)'

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Alluri Seetharama Raju: The Brave Son of India

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/14/2013 5:13:00 PM

';;; Alluri Seetharama Raju is known in Indian history to have led the Rampa rebellion which took place in during 1922-24 against the British. He was born on July 4, 1897 in Pandrangi village in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. He studied at Mrs. AVN College in Visakhapatnam.Rampa rebellion was one of the 70 listed tribal uprisings during the British colonial period from 1778 to 1947. What makes Rampa rebellion unique that it was the earliest known tribal revolt led by a(...)'

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Shivaji: Founder of the Great Maratha Empire

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/13/2013 4:38:00 PM

';;;; One of the most famous figures of Indian history, Shivaji was the founder of the Maratha kingdom. The rise of Marathas is considered to be a revival of Hinduism in the seventeenth century. Shivaji was brilliant leader, a just ruler and a statesman of consummate craft. He always respected the religion of his adversaries.Belonging to the Bhonsle clan, Shivaji was born in the hill-fort of Shivneri near Junnar (in the Pune district of Maharashtra) in 1630. According to one school(...)'

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Rani Gaidinliu: Revolutionary Woman from Manipur

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/12/2013 9:13:00 AM

';;; Described by Jawaharlal Nehru as the Rani of the Nagas, Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga woman revolutionary leader and successor to the political movement launched by the Naga leader Haipou Jadonang to derive away the British from Manipur. She was born in 1915.   After the execution of Jadonang in 1931 by the British Rani Gaidinliu led a popular rebellion against the British rule at the young age of sixteen. In order to suppress her followers and capture her, the British dep(...)'

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Rash Behari Ghose: Moderate INC Leader

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/12/2013 7:26:00 AM

';;;; Born in Khandaghosh village in the Burdwan district of West Bengal in 1845, Rash Behari Ghose was an eminent lawyer, educationist, social worker and philanthropist. His was a brilliant academic career. He proved to be a very successful lawyer. Rash Behari Ghose was a leading leader of the moderate wing of the Indian National Congress. During the freedom struggle for India there were two divisions in the Indian National Congress (INC)- moderate and extremist. He is said to hav(...)'

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Swami Shraddhanand: The great Hindu Reformist

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/11/2013 8:09:00 AM

'Swami Shraddhanand was a leading member of the famous reform movement Arya Samaj and tried his best to propagate the ideals and teachings of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, who founded the movement in 1875. A nationalist leader from Punjab, he strove hard to reform Hinduism of purging it all later degenerate features that had crept into it. A successful lawyer and a great educationist, Shraddhanand plunged headlong into the freedom movement.  He started a weekly, Satya Dharma Peach(...)'

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Sri Narayan Guru: Reformer Saint of Kerala

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/3/2013 6:46:00 PM

';;; Born in 1856, Sri Narayan Guru was a great socio – religious reformer, saint, seer, poet and philosopher of the southern state of Kerala. Belonging to a lower caste, he fight against the Brahmin domination was relentlessly. His contribution to the spread of education in Kerala was immense. He stressed the need of education and for freedom. According to him, the essence of all religions is one and same, and exhorted the people to study all religions.In 1888 an important event too(...)'

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Charles Freer Andrews: A Biography

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 5/2/2013 6:03:00 PM

';;; An English missionary and social reformer, Charles Andrews Freer (also known as C. F. Andrews) had a fascination for everything Indian. Born in 1871 in England, He taught at St. Stephens College in Delhi. A close confidante of Mahatma Gandhi, he maintained close association with Gopal Krishna Gokhle, Rabindranath Tagore, and other Indian freedom fighters. He spent time with Gandhi at the Phoenix ashram in South Africa and worked hard to improve the lot of Indians living in Afric(...)'

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A Selection of Famous Quotes on India

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 4/26/2013 11:23:00 AM

'There is no doubt that world’s debt to India is immense. Many good things have been said, rightly so, about this country by scholars, scientists and great men of the world. Below are some of the famous quotes on India. "India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." -(...)'

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History of Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 4/25/2013 5:08:00 PM

';;; Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is a country where Buddhism entered very early. Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle) of the island country deals with the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It was during the reign of the great Mauryan emperor Ashoka that Buddhism embarked on a career of world religion. Sri Lanka was converted to Buddhism in the 2nd century BC by Mahendra (in Pali Mahinda), Ashoka’s son or his brother by some sources, during the reign of great king Devanampiya- Tissa, (...)'

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Akbar's Religious Policy

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 4/22/2013 6:09:00 PM

'Akbar (1555-1605), the greatest of the Mughal emperors, was a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I and is known for his rejection of bigotry. He was firmly of the view that an Empire can last only on a basis of complete toleration. Born in Umarkot into a Sunni Muslim family in 1542, Akbar had been brought up in an atmosphere where he came into contact with conflicting religious influences. Sufism also had an impact on him and he made it a point to visit the famous shrine of Shaikh Muin(...)'

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Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 4/11/2013 3:35:00 PM

';;; Mudrarakshasa (The Minister Signet’s Ring) is a Sanskrit drama written by Vishakhadatta, who is also credited with the authorship of Devichandragupta. Sanskrit drama of 4rth century AD describing the overthrow of the Nandas ruling the Magadhan empire by the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya who was aided in this endevour by Kautilya also called variously as Chanakya and Vishnugupta.There is no unanimity among the authorities on the date of Mudrarakshasa. However, majorit(...)'

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Qutb-ud-din Aibak First Muslim Ruler of Delhi

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 4/10/2013 5:08:00 PM

';;;; Though he ruled for only four years, Qutb-ud-din Aibak’s main claim to fame rests on his being the first Muslim ruler of Delhi. He was the founder of the Slave Dynasty, the first of the five Muslim dynasties, known as Delhi Sultanate. He is also famous as the builder of Qutb Minar in Delhi, a signature monument in the capital of India.  When Muhammad of Ghur died in 1206, Qutb-ud-din, who was his slave (Mamluk), assumed the title of Sultan and became the ruler of Indian te(...)'

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Indra: The Most Powerful Vedic God

Author : Deepak      Blog : Indian History      Date : 2/27/2013 4:40:00 PM

';;; Going by the number of hymns addressed to the deities in the Vedic period, the atmospheric god Indra is the clear winner. Apart from weather god, he was also war god. Sharing several characteristics of the Greek Zeus and the Germanic Thor, Indra has been variously described as a winner (jitendra), efficient car warrior (rathestha), Shatakratu (possessing a hundred powers) and meghavahana (rider of cloud), and  a Somadrinker (Somapa). Indra’s father is Dyaus (heaven). I(...)'

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