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[6] View of the Deeg Fort taken in the 1890s. Deeg was the first capital of the Sinsini Jats established by Badan Singh. Later the capital was moved to Bharatpur. The formation of the state of Bharatpur was a result of revolts by the Jats living in the region around Delhi, Agra, and Mathura against the imperial Mughals.
The same year, he succeeded Sakkottai Krishnaswamy Aiyangar [9] as the Professor of History and Archaeology at the Madras University, [10] a post he held till 1946. [4] He was the Professor of Indology (now the Department of History and Archaeology) at the University of Mysore from 1952 to 1955.
An Advanced History of India is a book on Indian history written by R.C. Majumdar, H.C. Raychaudhuri, and Kalikinkar Datta, first published in 1946. This renowned book consists of two parts. And similarly, according to the periods, the same are divided into more parts.
History by Frederick Dielman (1896) The word history comes from the Ancient Greek term ἵστωρ (histōr), meaning ' learned, wise man '. It gave rise to the Ancient Greek word ἱστορία (historiā), which had a wide meaning associated with inquiry in general and giving testimony. The term was later adopted into Classical Latin as ...
Aurangzeb's Deccan campaign saw one of the largest death tolls in South Asian history, with an estimated 4.6 million people killed during his reign, Muslims and Hindus alike. [119] An estimated of 2.5 million of Aurangzeb's army were killed during the Mughal–Maratha Wars (100,000 annually during a quarter-century), while 2 million civilians ...
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When Madras fell to Dupleix, the British were still able to direct the war from another of their strongholds, Calcutta. They also used the wealth of Bengal to defeat the French. As Dr. R. C. Majumdar stated in An Advanced History of India, "The Battle of Plassey may be truly said to have decided the fate of the French in India."
The Chalukya dynasty ([tʃaːɭukjə]) was a Classical Indian dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. During this period, they ruled as three related yet individual dynasties.