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Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military officer and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Napoleon of India can refer to the following individuals: Samudra Gupta (335–375) Rajendra I (1014–1044) "Napoleon of South India" (and South East Asia) Gangeyadeva (1010–1041) "Napoleon of West India" Hemu (1501–1556) "Napoleon of Medieval India" Shivaji (1640-1680) Yashwantrao Holkar (1776–1811) Maharaja Ranjeet Singh (1799–1839)
The Story of India is a BBC documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood about the history of India. It originally aired on BBC Two in six episodes in August and September 2007 as part of the BBC season "India and Pakistan 07", which marked the 60 year independence of India and Pakistan .
Various Franco-Indian Alliances were formed between France and various Indian kingdoms from the 18th century to the ascent of Napoleon.Following the alliances of Dupleix, a formal alliance was formed between by King Louis XVI during the American Revolutionary War in an attempt to oust the British East India Company from the Indian subcontinent.
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, attacks Napoleon by showing Spanish resisters being executed by his soldiers.. In the political realm, historians debate whether Napoleon was "an enlightened despot who laid the foundations of modern Europe" or "a megalomaniac who wrought greater misery than any man before the coming of Hitler". [4]
Further advance would take another fifty days via Herat and Kandahar before reaching the main areas of India in September of the same year. The Indian March was designed to look very much like Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, with engineers, painters and scientists taking part. Also meticulously devised was the public relations side of the ...
Napoleon proclaimed the invasion as being intended to defend French trade interests and to establish scientific enterprise in the region, and envisioned the campaign as the first step of a march to India, where he would join forces with Tipu Sultan, the ruler of French-allied Mysore who was at war with Britain, to attack British possessions in ...