ABBREVIATED TITLES OF SOME WELL KNOWN FIGURES Original Name Also Called Abdul Gaffar Khan Badshah Khan, Frontier Gandhi Bal Gangadhar Tilak Lokmanya C.R.Das Deshbandhu Jawaharlal Nehru Chach, Panditji Lala Lajpat Rai Sher-e-Punjab, Punjab Kesari Otto von Bismarck Man of Blood and Iron Chancellor Sarojini Naidu Nightingale of India Tenzing Norgay Tiger of snows Adolf Hitler […]
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BOOK Megahdoot Kalidasa Kumar Sambhva Kalidasa Bhagavad Gita Rishi Ved Vyas Upanishads Rishi Ved Vyas Saket Maithili Sharan Gupt The Post Office Rabindra Anth Tagore The Discovery of India Jawahar Lal Nehru The Guide R.K.Narayan Ramchrit manas Swami Tulsidas Harsh charity Bana Bhatt Ain-e-Akbari Abul Fazal Devdas Sarat Chandra Dharmashastra Manu Hindustan Nirad Chaudhuri Kalyani
PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF AIR Component Volume percent 1.Nitrogen 78.110 2.Oxygen 20.953 3.Argon .934 4.Carbon dioxide 0.10 5.Neon .1818 6.Helium .000524 7.Methane 0.003 8.Krypton .0114 9.Hydrogen .0005 10.Nitrous oxide .0005
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FESTIVALS Buddhist Festivals Ashadh Purnimka: It is in the memory of the first sermon of Buddha containing Mahaparinirawana. Full Moon of Vaisakha: it is a sacred day in the Buddhist calendar. it was on this day that prince Siddhartha, who later became Buddha was born. it was again on this day that Buddha got enlightenment
DANCES A solo dance, originating from the temples of South India, it is a based on Natya Shastra, written by Bharat Muni in around 4000 BC. It is a highly traditional dance form comprising items such as alarippu, varnam, padam, thillana, etc. OdissiIt is a dance form that originated in Orissa during the second century
UNO Location. Lying between latitude 8 degree 4` N to 37 degrees 6` N and from longitude 68 degree 7` E to 97 degrees 25` E the country is divided into almost equal parts by the tropic of Cancer. .The southernmost point in Indian territory is the Indira Island is the Indira Point (6 degree
THE DELHI SULTANATE The Delhi Sultanate: Muhammad Ghori died in AD 1206. As he had no sons, his nephew succeeded him on the throne. The empire created by Muhammad Ghori was divided among his generals. Five Dynasties ruled the Delhi Sultanate between AD 1206 and AD 1526. These were the: .Slave Dynasty (AD 1206-1290) .Khalji
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THE AGE OF HARSHAVARDHANA SOURCES There are two main source on Harsh,s reign.One is Harshacharita the biography of Harsha written by his court poet,Banabhatta.The other source is the accounts of the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang,who visited India during Harsha’s regin.Besides these,insciptions and coins also tell us about Harsha. POLITICAL HISTORY HARSHA (AD 606-647) Harsh ascended
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THE GUPTA EMPIRE Both archaeological and literary sources inform us about the Gupta period.Among the archaeological sources,mention must be made of the Allahabad Pillar Inscription,remains of temple,the paintings at Ajanta and the large number of coins issued by the Gupta rulers. POLITICAL HISTORY CHANDRAGUPTA I (AD 320-335) The first ruler of the dynasty was Sri
The Vedic Age THE ARYANS Most historians believe that the Aryans lived in North-east Iran or in central Asia. Due to difficulties in their original homeland, they migrated to other places. Some moved to Europe, others to western Asia, and some moved to India. VEDIC TEXTS The Aryans composed the four Vedas-Rig Veda, Sama
