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Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a public open & distance learning university located in Delhi, India. Named after the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of ₹ 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985). [4]
The historiography of India refers to the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to develop a history of India.. In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography in how historians study India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern.
The Sannyasi rebellion (Bengali: সন্ন্যাসী/ সাধু বিদ্রোহ, lit. 'monk's rebellion') was a revolt by sannyasis, sadhus (Hindu ascetics) and faqirs in Bengal, India in the late 18th century which took place around Murshidabad and Baikunthapur forests of Jalpaiguri under the leadership of Pandit Bhabani Charan Pathak.
An Evergreen Protective Association volunteer recording an oral history at Greater Rosemont History Day. Oral history is the collection and study of historical information from people, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.
During the medieval and later feudal/colonial periods, many parts of the Indian subcontinent were ruled as sovereign or princely states by various dynasties of Rajputs.. The Rajputs rose to political prominence after the large empires of ancient India broke into smaller ones.
Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha, also referred to as the Depressed Classes Institute [1] was an organisation formed by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on 20 July 1924 in Bombay, driven by the goal of improving the educational standards for Untouchables [2] and address their socio-political challenges. [3]
The number of 150,000 Mongol invaders during 1292 opposed by Jalaluddin were also recorded in Wolseley Haig's work of The Cambridge History of India. [11] A count of the Mongol commanders named in the sources as participating in the various invasions might give a better indication of the numbers involved, as these commanders probably led tumens ...
The dynasty reached its greatest extent and zenith of prosperity only under its founder, Yashovarman.The Gaudavaho depicts Yashovarman as conquering large swathes of northern India — including Bihar, Bengal, the western Deccan, Indus Valley and Kashmir — before returning in triumph to Kannauj.