About the Book

The book in the hands of the reader is a valuable collection of Questions and Answers that help the reader know about India from its eariest civilisations to the present day democratic set up in India.  It addresses all types of readers from Research Scholars to enthusiastic students of History, those preparing of IAS, IFFS, IPS etc. and also those preparing for TV Quiz like KBC2 and other competitive games based on knowledge.   Indeed it is a first attempt to its kind, looking at the large encyclopedic volume of questions and answers it contains. Volume I Part I of the book [History of India] covers all periods of History from Ancient India to the present day renunciation episode of Sonia.  It has a special coverage of Mahatama Gandhi, his assassination, his various movements for India’s freedom, without forgetting the noblest work he did in South Africa.  The tragic end of Kalpana Chawla, the attack by terrorists on India’s temple of democracy i.e. the parliament, are all notable sections of the book.  This part has a detailed History of Jammu and Kashmir through Questions and Answers with circumstances that led to terrorism, the ‘Intifada’ phase and the subsequent “Fidayeen’ attacks.   Special sections covering Mother Teresa and her beatification, Swami Vivekananda and his speeches in the ‘Parliament of Religions’ [1893] & Sister Nivedita are other attractions [ch. 10].  A brief section on the births and deaths of India’s intellectuals/saints like Tulsidas, Mirabai etc. add to the merits of the book.  Volume 2 Part I [Religions] enriches the reader about various faiths in our country and contains the names of all 5 conches of the Pandavas and that of Lord Krishna, the names of Krishna’s 8 queens and Prophet Muhammad’s 12 wives, the 12 Apostles of Jesus, the 10 Commandments, the 8-fold path of the Buddha, the 6 Shankracharyas, the 24 Tirthanuras of Jainism and the 5 seats of Sikh Polity along with contents of the ‘Dasam Grantham’ and the names of all the poets/gurus whose verses constitute the ‘Guru Granth Saheb’ of the Sikhs. Part II [Indian Cinema] of this Volume begins with the invention of movie and starting from the first movies shown in India, it has all the firsts like the first film to receive President’s Gold Medal, the first woman to act in Indian Cinema etc. It has the lists of the winners of Dada Saheb Phalke Awards alongwith 48^th to 51^st. National Awards and 47^th to 50^th [Golden Jubilee] Filmfare Awards with special coverage of some mega films.  Part III [Cricket] of the Volume includes the first Test series of History giving names of the batsman who played the first Test ball of the History, the bowler who bowled the first Test ball and the one who took the first test catch, the wicketkeeper who made the first Test stump as also the first ever Test 100 of Test History.  Records in all fields like batting bowling fielding in Test, LOIs and WC matches are exhaustively given Players who played for 2 countries, related players, birthdays of 700 cricketers, and ‘Wisden Player of the Year’ awards further enrich this part.  Chapter 1, Cricket [India], interests the reader with lovable achievements of precious cricketers from Prince KS Ranjit Sinhji to Viru the ‘Multan ka Sultan’ or ‘Najafgarh ka Raja’as we call him out of love.  The ‘Duckworth-Lewis Rule’ and the names of various cricket grounds all over the the world have been taken with the help of some websites.  The reader also finds the background of naming the England-Australia Test series as the ‘Ashes’.  The book will undoubtedly be a valuable asset to every library in India and abroad.  

CONTENTS:

VOL.-1

PART I: HISTORY OF INDIA

CHAPTER I INDIA  ANCIENT

EARLIER MAN AND CIVILISATIONS/ARYANS

MAGADHA/MAURYA DYNASTY/CHANAKYA/ALEXANDER

KUSHANA DYNASSTY-NW INDIA

PALLAVA DYNASTY

GUPTA DYNASTY

PALA/RASHTRAKOOT/GURJARA PRATIHARA/SEN

SATAVAHANA DYNASTY

HARSHAVARDHANA/RAJYAVARDHANA/RAJYASHRI

CHOLA OF TANJORE (THANJAVUR)

CHALUKYA DYNASTY OF MAHARASHTRA (BADAMI)

CHALUKYA DYNASTY-(EASTERN VENGI OF ANDHRA)

CHALUKYA DYNASTY (KALYANI-SOUTH INDIA)

NOTES

CHAPTER-2 INDIA-MEDIEVAL

SULTAN MAHMUD  OF GHAZNI

SHIHAB-UD-DIN MUHAMMAD GHORI

SLAVE DYNASTY

KHILJI DYNASTY

TUGHLAK DYNASTY

SAYYID DYNASTY

LODI DYNASTY

MUGHAL DYNASTY

1. BABAR

2. HUMAYUN 

3. AKBAR

4. JAHANGIR

5. SHAHJAHAN

6. AURANGZEB & AFTER

SHIVAJI

SAMBHAJI

SHAHU & AFTER

SOME POPULAR  QS

SOME OTHER DYNASTIES

HOYSALA DYNASTY (DORASAMUDRA-KARNATAKA)

AHOMS OF ASSAM

SHAH MIRZA DYNASTY (KASHMIR)

CHAKK DYNASTY (KASHMIR)

NAWABS OF BENGAL

JATS OF BHARATPUR

NAWABS OF OUDH

NOTES

CHAPTER-3 BRITISH PERIOD (1559-1857)

GENERAL 

RANJIT SINGH/ANGLO-SIKH WARS

ANGLO-MYSORE WARS (HYDER ALI, TIPU SULTAN)

PESHWAS/ANGLO-MARATHA WARS

KOH-I-NOOR

NOTES

CHAPER-4 1857 SEPOY MUTINY

MUTINY

NOTES

CHAPTER-5 PORTUGAL

GENERAL

LIBERATION OF PORTUGUESE COLONIES

NOTES

CHAPTER-6 SOME TEMPLES

SOMNATH TEMPLE

MAHAKALA  TEMPLE

KONARK TEMPLE

CHENNAKESAVA (VISHNU) TEMPLE

CHAPTER-7 DELHI

THE 9 CITIES

NOTES

CHAPTER-8 BRITISH PERIOD (1857-1947)

GENERAL

MAJOR EVENTS

BENGAL DIVISION

GADAR MOVEMENT

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

ROWLETT ACT/JALLIANWALLAH BAGH

MAPILLA REVOLT

LUCKNOW PACT & NEHRU REPORT

SIMON COMMISSION

RED SHRIT MOVEMENT

REVOLT IN ROYAL INDIAN NAVY (RIN)

PARTITION/AIML/KHILAFAT/UNIONIST PARTY/CABINET MISSION

NATIONAL ANTHEM & OTHER PATRIOTIC SONGS

INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC)

LOKMANYA TILAK

MAHATMA GANDHI & THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE

MAHATMA GANDHI ASSASSINATION

MAHATMA GANDHI: (MISCELLENEOUS QS)

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

VALLABH BHAI PATEL

RAS BEHARI BOSE

SUBHASH CHAND BOSE

BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR

MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH

ANNIE BESANT

SOME OTHER GREAT MEN/WOMEN

JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS

REVOLUTIONARY  TERRORIST ACTIVITIES FOR FREEDOM OF INDIA

ADDENDA: VINAYAK DAMODA R SAVARKAR

NOTES

CHAPTER-9 INDIA POST-INDEPENDENCE

GENERAL

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INIDIA

PRESIDENTS OF INDIA

PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA (VP)

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (COL) & SOME ACTS/ORDINANCES

DEFENCE

WARS

5-YEARS PLANS

INTERNATIONAL 

STATES/UTS OF INDIA

JAMMU & KASHMIR (J&K)

LOK SABHA/RAJYA SABHA

POLITICAL PARTIES & RELATED ORGANISATIONS

INTERNAL EMERGENCY

NETAJI DISAPPEARANCE

AYODHYA

MANDAL COMMISSION

SATELLITES/ROCKETS/COMPUTERS

RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEWAK SANGH (RSS)

13 DEC. 2001

NOBEL PRIZE

RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD

AVIATION/HIJACKING

FIRST IN INDEPENDENT INDIA

KALPANA CHAWLA (KC)

SPORTS/ADVENTURE/TALENT

MOUNTAINEERING (MOUNT EVEREST & OTHER EXPEDITIONS)

INDIA  AT OLYMPICS (1920-2004)

17TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES (2002)

BEAUTY QUEENS

PROMINENT DAYS

SPECIAL FEATURE: SONIA GANDHI ALIAS SAINT SONIA

MISCELLANY

NOTES

CHAPTER 10 SOME MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

INDIAN RAILWAYS

PHOOLAN DEVI

PHOOLAN DEVI MURDER

TEHELKA

NEPAL (ASSASSINATIONS IN THE KING'S PALACE)

iNDIA'S SAINTS/POETS/INTELLECTUALS

MOTHER TERESA

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA/SWAMI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHANSA

ADDENDA

NOTES

VOL.-2

PART I: RELIGIONS

CHAPTER 1 BUDDHISM

SIDDHARATHA

BUDDHA

BUDDHISM

NOTES

CHAPTER 2 JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY

(i) OLD TESTAMENT (MOSES)

(ii) NEW TESTAMENT (JESUS)

CHRISTIANITY

NOTES

CHAPTER 3 ISLAM

MUHAMMAD

AYESHA

MIRACLE IN MECCA

ISLAM: SOME RELATED FACTS

CRUSADES

NOTES

CHAPTER: 4 HINDUISM

FOUNDERS

ADI SHANKARACHARYA

KUMBHA

MAHABHARATA (SOME SELECTED QS)

MSCELLANUY

NOTES

CHAPTER  5: JAINISM

MAHAVIRA

NOTES

CHAPTER  6: SIKHISM

FIRST GURU

SECOND GURU

THIRD GURU

FOURTH GURU

FIFTH GURU

SIXTH GURU

SEVENTH GURU

EIGHTH GURU

NINTH GURU

TENTH GURU

NOTES

PART II: INDIAN CINEMA

CHAPTER 1 INDIAN CINEMA

BRIEF HISTORY

INDIAN CINEMA (NOSTALGIA)

48TH NATIONAL AWARDS (2001-FOR FILMS OF 2000)

49TH NATIONAL AWARDS (2002-FOR FILMS OF 2001)

50TH NATIONAL AWARDS (2003-FOR FILMS OF 2002)

51TH NATIONAL AWARDS (2004-FOR FILMS OF 2003)

LAGAAN

DEVDAS

MISCELLANY

THEY LEFT US RECENTLY

ADDENDA

NOTES

PART III: CRICKET

CHAPTER 1 CRICKET (INDIA)

BRIEF HISTORY

TEST RECORDS

I V A TEST SERIES (2001)

GENERAL 

MUMBAI TEST

KOLKATA TEST

CHENNAI TEST

LIMITED OVER INTERNATIONALS (LOI) RECORDS

WORLD CUP (INDIA) RECORDS

WISDEN AWARDS (2002)

MISCELLANEOUS

NOTES

CHAPTER 2 CRICKET (WORLD)

TEST RECORDS

LIMITED OVER INTERNATIONALS (LOI) RECORDS

WORLD CUP (WC) RECORDS

MISCELLANEOUS

RELATIVE PLAYERS

NOTES

NEW UPDATES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRUSADES

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