Notes on Indian History

In the year 727 AH (AD 1326-27), Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (r: 1325-1350) made a significant strategic move by establishing Devagiri, located in the Deccan

Malik Naib Kafur Hazar Dinari was a slave who was forcibly taken from a merchant in Cambay by Nusrat Khan, the wazir of Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah Khilj

Prithviraj Chauhan, also known as Rai Pithaura and Prithviraja, ruled Ajmer prior to Muslim conquest of Delhi. The first battle at Tarain was fought be

Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Ghori, also known as Muiz-ud-din Muhammad Bin Sam, while acting as the lieutenant of his brother Sultan Ghias-ud-din Ghori, led

Tipu Sultan was the ruler of Mysore, which covered parts of present-day Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Tipu is remembered for his successful campaigns agai

Chendamangalam (alternatively spelled Chennamangalam) is a picturesque village located in the North Paravur taluk of Ernakulam district in Kerala. It

Vizhinjam, located in Thiruvananthapuram district (formerly known as Trivandrum), was the former capital of the Ay rulers who dominated South Travanco

Fort Emmanuel was the first fort constructed by a European power in Asia, erected by the Portuguese at Cochin [now known as Fort Kochi] in 1503. When t

The first European-constructed fort in India was the Manuel Fort, or Emmanuel Fort built in 1503 in Cochin (also called Kochi). Named after the King o