History One-Liners for various competitive examination

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 Maximum questions come from this portion of different competitive exams.

Here are some important History one-liners for students competing for various exams

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1- Skandagupta: 455 – 467 AD was the last great ruler of the Gupta dynasty.

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2-Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq of Qaurana tribe was the founder of Tughlaq dynasty.

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3-Samudragupta was the greatest king of Gupta dynasty and he is also known as Napoleon of India described by ‘V. A. Smith’.

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4-The great Buddhist Stupa (at Bharhut in Madhya Pradesh) was built during the reign of Sungas.

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5-Vikramaditya II defeated the Nandivarma II (Pallava king) to take over the major portion of the Pallava kingdom.

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6-Muhammad Ghori returned to Ghazni after Tarain battle fought done and handover affairs of India to his trusted slave General Qutbuddin Aibak.

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7-Razia Sultana was the daughter of Illtutmish. She got first and only Muslim lady who ever ruled over India after Shamsuddin Illtutmish.

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8-Ghiyasuddin Balban took up the title of ‘Zil-i-Ilahi’ known as ‘Shadow of God’.

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9-Bahram Shah was the third son of Iltutamish’s and was killed by a Turkish noble .

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10-Qutbuddin Aibak was the first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. He was a Turkish slave by origin.

* India capital was Lahore at his time.

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11-The first battle was fought at Tarain in AD 1191 between Prithviraj and Muhammad Ghori.

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12-The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in AD 1192.

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13- Chandragupta II, who was known as ‘Vikramaditya’ (380-414 A.D.) issued the silver coins in the memory of the victory over Sakas.

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14-The Palas Empire was founded by Gopala in 750 AD.

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15-Chandragupta defeated Seleucus Nikator in 305 BC, who surrendered his big territory.

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16-Asoka fought the Great Kalinga war in 261 BC.

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17-The most famous Saka ruler in India was Rudradaman. He was famous for his military conquests and his public works.

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18-Allauddin Khalji was a Turkish Sultan of Delhi.

* He was the governor of Kara during the reign of Jalaluddin Khalji.

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