Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (1822-1887) belonged to the princely kingdom of Awadh (Oudh) in Uttar Pradesh, India, succeeding his father Nawab Amjad Ali Shah, to become the province’s tenth and last nawab. Muhammad Wajid Ali Shah Bahadur was born on 13th February, 1847 in Lucknow, India. He began his illustrious reign as ruler of Awadh after ascending the throne in 1847, which he went on to rule for nine years. After his kingdom was annexed [...]
Narasimha Varman I was one of the most famous Pallava kings and was successful to maintain the supremacy which his father Mahendravarman had established. He won over the Chalukya king, Pulakesin II to avenge his father’s defeat. He inherited his father’s love for art and sculpture. Narasimha ruled between 645 and 670 AD. During his rule he was able to establish the dominance of the Pallava Empire in the South. He was an excellent war [...]
Nana Saheb Biography Nana Saheb was one of the most influential rulers after the reign of Shivaji. He was also called Balaji Bajirao. When Chattrapati Shahu died in 1749 he made the Peshwas the rulers of the Maratha Empire. He did not have an heir to his kingdom so he appointed the brave Peshwas as the heir to his kingdom,Nana Saheb had two brothers, Raghunathrao and Janardan. Raghunathrao betrayed the Marathas by joining hands with [...]
Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) was the beloved wife of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, in whose fond memory and tribute to her beauty was the grand monument of the Taj Mahal built. Mumtaz’s maiden name was Arjumand Banu Begum, and she was born in April, 1593 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. She was the daughter of a Persian nobleman named Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan, who served the great Mughal emperor Jahangir as the grand vizier, and whose [...]
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq Biography Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was one of the most remarkable and interesting ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty. He introduced some remarkable administrative measures which although failed were very distinct and exemplary in nature. Muhammad succeeded his father Ghiyat-al-Din Tughluq. He was a very knowledgeable person with deep knowledge in philosophy, logic, mathematics and medicine. He was well versed with several languages like Persian, Arabic, Turkish and even Sanskrit. Many hospitals in Delhi [...]
Ashoka Biography ASHOKA or better known as the Emperor Ashoka The Great was a Mauryan King. He was the son of the Emperor Bindusara and one of his queens named Dharma. It is believed that Buddha prophesized about the birth of Ashoka, in the story of the ‘Gift of Dust’. He said that a king would be born in Pataliputra who will reign one of the four continents and adorn Jambudweep with my relics and [...]
Ashfaqulla Khan Biography Ashfaqulla Khan was born on October 22, 1900 in Shahjahanpur,Uttar Pradesh. He was the youngest of the six children of Shafiqur Rahman and Mazharunissa. His father worked in the police department. Ashfaqulla was school student when Mahatma Gandhi called for the Non-Cooperation Movement. This had a great influence on him and shaped him to become a freedom fighter. He was labeled as a terrorist by the British Government for his active participation [...]
Aruna Asaf Ali is famous for hoisting the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942. She was born on 16 July 1909 at Kalka, Haryana and was educated at Lahore and Nainital. After completing her education, she began to teach at the Gokhale Memorial School in Kolkata. She married Asaf Ali, a Congress leader in 1928. After her marriage, she began to participate actively in the [...]
Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju Biography Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju is brave son of India who laid down his life to free mother India from the oppression of the British. He was born on 4th July 1897. While pursuing his studies at Kakinada, Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju came in contact with a notable freedom fighter, Sri Madduri Annapurnayya, and Rallapalli Atchuta Ramayya, a scholar of high repute. For his further studies he went to Visakhapatnam at [...]
Allauddin Khilji Biography Allauddin Khilji succeeded his uncle Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khilji to become the second Ruler of the Khiji Dynasty (1296-1316). Allauddin’s real name was Juna Khan. Allauddin Khilji led a tumultuous yet successful reign during his era. He led the Khilji Dynasty to hold a renowned place in the chronicles of Indian history. Alauddin Khilji was appointed the governor of Kara, near Allahabad city, by his uncle, and it was only after the invasion [...]
