History
Name of the boundary demarcated between the India and Pakistan portions of the Punjab and Bengal..
Radcliffe Line
India is birthplace of 4 religions
Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism
Author of Devdas
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya
Fictional town in R. K. Narayan's novels
Malgudi
The tourists Circuit - the Golden Triangle connects
Delhi- Jaipur - Agra
First Mosque in India was in
Cheraman Juma Mosque in Kerala. Built in 629 AD,
Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act
Enacted on 26 July 1856, legalised the remarriage of Hindu widows
World's first female Prime Minister
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected on 21 July 1960 in Sri Lanka
Wagah Border is in
15 miles from Lahore and 20 miles from Amritsar
Land of Kings, Queens, Forts, Palaces, Ghosts
State of Rajasthan in the West
British came to India as a
Trading Company - British East India Company ( 1612-1757)
Pushkar Fair is
India’s biggest cattle fair in Rajasthan
Parsis in India migrated from
Persia
Jerusalem of Hinduism
Varanasi, Benaras, Kashi
India's National Anthem....
Written by....
Jana Gana Mana......
Rabindranath Tagore
The oldest continually inhabited cities of the world
Varanasi, Benaras, Kashi
idol of Goddess Durga is prepared with four things
mud from the banks of the Ganga river
cow dung
cow urine and
soil from outside brothels
Rabindranath Tagore
First Nobel Prize winner in Asia (In Lit)
City known as 'City of Joy'
Kolkatta
Land of Sages, Sadhus, saints in India
State of Tamil Nadu in South India
First colonists in India were
Portuguese
Bengal Sati Regulation in...
1829 - declaring this practice punishable by the criminal court.
Indian-born British-American novelist, who was recently attacked in NYC. Books: Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
'Constantinople of India' and 'Paris of East'
Lucknow
The first successful voyage to India was by
Vasco De Gama