Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia - History Of India
The History of India can be traced in fragments as far back as 700,000 years ago. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Independent India
Main Articles: History of Independent India, Political Integration of India Since independence, India has fought a number of wars against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Republic Of India
Main Articles: Political Integration of India, History of the Republic of India Since independence, India has fought a number of wars aga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - History
Stone Age rock shelters with paintings at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh are the earliest known traces of human life in present-day India. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - History
Stone Age rock shelters with paintings at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh are the earliest known traces of human life in India. The first kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mahajanapadas
By 500 BC, sixteen monarchies and 'republics' known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mahajanapadas
By 500 BC, sixteen monarchies and 'republics' known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of India - History
India became formally independent of the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. However, the country remained a Commonwealth Realm and contin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of India - History
India's economic history can be broadly compartmentalised into three eras, beginning with the pre-colonial period lasting up to the 17th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism In India - History
For a full account of the spread of Buddhism in India and beyond, see the History of Buddhism and the Decline of Buddhism in India. Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of India - History
India's economic history can be broadly compartmentalised into three eras, beginning with the pre-colonial period lasting up to the 17th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenians In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenians In India - History
Armenians had trading relations with several parts of India, and by the 7th century a few Armenian settlements had appeared in Kerala, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air India: Encyclopedia Ii - Air India - History
Air India traces its history back to October 15, 1932 when its founder, J. R. D. Tata flew a single engined De Havilland Puss Moth regist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyderabad India: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyderabad India - History
Hyderabad was founded as Bhagyanagar on the banks of Musi river by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, in 1590; th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yanam India: Encyclopedia Ii - Yanam India - History
In 1723 Yanam was the third French colony established in India. The colony was abandoned in 1727 because of lack of commercial interest. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flag Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Flag Of India - History
At the beginning of the 20th century, as the Indian independence movement seeking freedom from British rule gained ground, the need was f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In India - History
Education in India - Up to the 17th century. The first millennium and the few centuries preceding it saw the flourishing of higher educ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Constitution Of India - History
The Cabinet Mission World War II in Europe came to an end on May 9, 1945. In July, a new government came to power in the United Kingdom. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French India: Encyclopedia Ii - French India - History
The first French expedition to India is believed to have taken place in the reign of Francis I, when two ships were fitted out by some me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - Independent India
Independent India has fought three wars with Pakistan and one border war with China. Independent India has never experienced a military c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panna India: Encyclopedia Ii - Panna India - History
Panna was the capital of Chhatar Sal, the Bundela Rajput leader who led a revolt against the Mughal Empire. Upon his death in 1732, his k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bank Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Bank Of India - History
Bank of India - BoI - Timelines. 1906: Founded with Head Office in Mumbai. 1946: BoI opened a branch in London, the first Indian bank ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British India: Encyclopedia Ii - British India - History
The British first established a foothold in the Indian subcontinent when British soldiers led by Robert Clive and funded by the British E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Independent India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Independent India - Political Integration Of India
Main Article: Political Integration of India The British India consisted of some provinces and a few hundred princely states. The provinc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gateway Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Gateway Of India - History
The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Darbar in Delhi in Decemb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Company Rule
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a new sea route to India in 1498 paved the way for European colonization of India. The British established t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The British Raj
The British, established a foothold in Bengal when the British soldiers, funded by the East India Company, and led by Robert Clive, defea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Magadha Empire
Amongst the 16 Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Bronze Age
History of India - Indus Valley Civilization. The transition of settlements from agricultural to complex urban communities occurred som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mughal Era
In the early 16th century, descendants of Genghis Khan swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal (Mogul) Dynasty, which las...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Independent India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Independent India - Constitution
Main Article: Constitution of India The Constituent Assembly of India adopted India's Constitution, drafted by a committee headed by B. R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Islamic Sultanates
After the Arab-Turkic invasion of India's ancient northern neighbour Persia, various short lived Islamic empires invaded and spread acros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Colonial Era
During the colonial era, India, along with several ancient nations in Asia, Africa and South America, was targeted by expansionist Europe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Magadha Empire
Amongst the 16 Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mughal Era
History of India - Mughal Empire. In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur, swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mugha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Neolithic Era
The early Neolithic culture in South Asia is represented by the Mehrgarh culture which began in 7000 BC, now in Baluchistan, Pakistan. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Islamic Sultanates
After the Arab-Turkic invasion of India's ancient northern neighbour Persia, various short lived Islamic empires invaded and spread acros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The Mahajanapadas
Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion. The Vedas and other associated texts contain references to warfare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Independent India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Independent India - The 1980s
On October 31, 1984, assassins killed Indira Gandhi, and the Congress (I) - for "Indira" - Party chose her son Rajiv Gandhi to take her p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor-general Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor-general Of India - History
Much of India was originally governed by the East India Company, which nominally acted as the agent of the Mughal Emperor. In 1773, motiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor-general Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor-general Of India - History
Much of India was originally governed by the East India Company, which nominally acted as the agent of the Mughal Emperor. In 1773, motiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - States And Territories Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - States And Territories Of India - History
States and territories of India - Pre-independence. British India, which included all of modern-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Bhu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planning Commission Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Planning Commission Of India - History
Rudimentary economic planning, deriving the sovereign authority of the state, first began in India in 1930s under the British Raj, and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In India - History
A plan for a rail system in India was first put forward in 1832, but no further steps were taken for more than a decade. In 1844, the Gov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India Meteorological Department: Encyclopedia Ii - India Meteorological Department - History
After a tropical cyclone hit Calcutta in 1864, and the subsequent famines in 1866 and 1871 due to the failure of the monsoons, it was dec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Star Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Star Of India - History
The Order was founded to honour Indian Princes and Chiefs, as well as British officers who served in India. The Order of the Indian Empir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Bronze Age
Bronze age civilizations in the Indian subcontinent laid the foundations for modern Indian civilization, including urban settlements and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India Pale Ale: Encyclopedia Ii - India Pale Ale - History
The East Indies market was a very tempting but difficult one to enter for English brewers. After the British East India Company had estab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Portuguese India: Encyclopedia Ii - Portuguese India - Early History
The first Portuguese encounter with India was on May 20, 1498 when Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut (present-day Kozhikode). Over the obje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Railway India: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Railway India - History
The Western Railway was created on November 5, 1951 by the merger of several state-owned railways, including the Bombay, Baroda, and Cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Of India Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Star Of India Ship - History
Star of India ship - As Euterpe. Named for Euterpe, the muse of music, she was a full-rigged (royals and double topsails) iron ship bui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astronomy - India
See also: Hindu astronomy There are astronomical references of chronological significance in the Vedas. Some Vedic notices mark the begin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kochi India: Encyclopedia Ii - Kochi India - History And Heritage
The history of Kochi(Chinese 柯枝) dated back to early 15th century. During the Yong Le era of Ming Dynasty, Admiral Zheng He and his t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South India - Medieval History
History of South India - The Grand Struggle. The early medieval period saw the rise of Muslim power in South India. The defeat of the K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South India - Ancient History
The ancient history of South India is the story of a number of different kingdoms and dynasties which controlled various parts of the reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Early Middle Kingdoms - The Golden Age
The middle period, especially that associated with the Gupta dynasty, is known as India's Golden Age, a time of unparalleled cultural dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - The Classical Age
Later, the Chola kingdom emerged in northern Tamil Nadu, and the Chera kingdom in Kerala. The ports of southern India were involved in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - South Indian History
South India has been at the crossroads of the ancient world, linking the Mediterranean world and the far-east. The Southern coastline fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India - Postal History Of India
The usage of the stamps began on 1 July 1852 in Scinde district, with the use of an embossed pattern on paper or wax. The shape was circu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The European Incursions
Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars. ... See also:Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Independent India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Independent India - Military Conflicts
In 1961, after continual petitions for a peaceful handover, India invaded and annexed the Portuguese colony of Goa on the west coast of I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Early Middle Kingdoms - The Golden Age
The middle period, especially that associated with the Gupta dynasty, is known as India's Golden Age, a time of unparalleled cultural dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - The Classical Age
Later, the Chola kingdom emerged in northern Tamil Nadu, and the Chera kingdom in Kerala. The ports of southern India were involved in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjab India: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjab India - History Since Partition
The Indian state of Punjab was created in 1947, when the Partition of India split the former Raj province of Punjab between India and Pak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The Mughal Era
Military history of India - Mughals. Military history of India - The Maratha empire. The Maratha Empire, also called the Maratha Conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - Overview And Recent Developments
The Indian military today ranks as the world's third largest after the USA and China. Over a million strong, the paramilitary unit of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The British Raj
The Indian Air Force was established in 1932. Military history of India - The British-Indian army. The British-Indian army contained me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The Sultanate Era
Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode. More famously known as the Zamorin, this small Kingdom welcomed the Portuguese in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The Bronze Age
Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization. The amazing uniformity of measurement systems across a number of sites suggests ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - The Magadha Empire
Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty. King Bimbisara was an expansionist and conquered Anga in what is now West Bengal. He st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - Company Rule
The British Indian Army was raised to guard the factories. Later, it grew into the army of John Company Bahadur, and subsequently grew in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India - India Post Post-independence 1947
A memorial to Mahatma Gandhi was issued 15 August 1948, and followed up exactly one year later by a definitive series depicting cultural ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of India - Post-liberalization
Economic history of India - Initial Period. As late as 1991, India still had a fixed exchange rate system, where the rupee was pegged t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Independent India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Independent India - The 1970s And Emergency
Main Articles: Bangladesh Liberation War, Indian Emergency, Janata Party In 1966, power passed to Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, who se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Persian And Greek Invasion
Around the 5th century BCE, the northern Indian subcontinent was invaded by the Achaemenid Empire and the Greeks of Alexander the Great's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Independent India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Independent India - The Era Of Coalitions
On May 27, 1991, while Rajiv Gandhi campaigned in Tamil Nadu on behalf of Congress (I), assassins, apparently Sri Lankan Tamil extremists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of India - Post-independence To 1979
At independence the economy was predominantly agrarian. Most of the population was employed in agriculture, and most of those people were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Goa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Goa - Portuguese India
In 1498, Vasco da Gama became the first European to set foot in India via a sea route. His successful mission led to other European power...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of India - Pre-colonial Characteristics
Much of India's population resided in villages, whose economy was largely isolated and self-sustaining. Agriculture was the predominant o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of India - Colonial Rule
The colonial rule brought along an institutional environment that guaranteed property rights, ensured free trade, had fixed exchange rate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rajputs: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rajputs - Independent India
On India's independence in 1947, the native rules were given three choices, join one of the two states Indian or Pakistan, or remain inde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bangladesh - British India
Portuguese traders and missionaries were the first Europeans to reach Bengal in the latter part of the fifteenth century. They were follo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British East India Company: Encyclopedia Ii - British East India Company - History
British East India Company - The foundation years. The Company was founded as The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Portuguese India: Encyclopedia Ii - Portuguese India - Postage Stamps And Postal History
Early postal history of the colony is obscure, but regular mail is known to have been exchanged with Lisbon from 1825 on. Portugal having...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Defence Academy India: Encyclopedia Ii - National Defence Academy India - History
The National Defence Academy is the first Joint-Services Academy in the world where future officers of all three wings of the Defence For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India - Stamp Gallery
A commemorative postage stamp on "Mahatma Gandhi: Man of the millennium", 2 October 2001 A Commemorative stamp of 1988 to mark 150 years ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolutionary Socialist Party India: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolutionary Socialist Party India - History
The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushlian Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East India Company College: Encyclopedia Ii - East India Company College - History
It first opened in Hertford Castle, then moved in 1809 to a purpose-built site at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, now used by Haileybury C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - The Classical Age
Military history of India - Harsha's empire. Empror Harshavardhana (606-648) ruled northern India for over forty years. His father, a k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of India - Early Middle Kingdoms The Golden Age
Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty. Simuka, the founder of the Satavahana dynasty, conquered Maharashtra, Malwa and part of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India Pentecostal Church Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - India Pentecostal Church Of God - History
Out of the different places where IPC is growing, IPC Eastern Region is the most prosperous. IPC Eastern Region are made of IPC denominat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parachute Regiment India: Encyclopedia Ii - Parachute Regiment India - Indian Paratroop History
The first Indian airborne formation was the 50 Independent Parachute Brigade raised in October 1941 with 151 British, 152 Indian, and 153...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Union Carbide India Limited: Encyclopedia Ii - Union Carbide India Limited - History
EIIL started its operation in India in the year 1905. The first dry cell batteries were imported from USA and sold in the major cities of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Goa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Goa - After The Independence Of India
When India became independent in 1947, Goa remained Portuguese. The Indian government of Jawaharlal Nehru insisted that it, along with a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Postage Stamps And Postal History Of India - 20th Century
High values - 2, 3 and 5 rupees were introduced in 1895, and in 1900 existing designs were reprinted in new colors. In 1902 a new series ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mumbai: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mumbai - British East India
Charles II, eager to set up base in India, leased the islands in 1668 to the fledgling British East India Company for a paltry sum of £ ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All India Institute Of Medical Sciences: Encyclopedia Ii - All India Institute Of Medical Sciences - History And Introduction
Founded on the recommendations of the Bhore committee and funded by a grant from the government of New Zealand, the All India Institute o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Law School Of India University: Encyclopedia Ii - National Law School Of India University - Early History
The NLSIU started its journey in 1987 under the stewardship of its Founder-Director, Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon and has since had three other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Punjab: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Punjab - The Punjab Of India And Pakistan
In terms of area, Pakistan obtained roughly 70% of the Punjab in 1947, including most of the population, which was Muslim. More than 10 m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cricket: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cricket - The India Vs. Pakistan Rivalry
India and Pakistan have been long-time rivals. The bloodshed and hatred created during partition of India has not abated yet. It also mos...   » Read the article