Indian History Questions

Mughal emperor, Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar popularly known as Akbar propounded a syncretic religion called 'Din-i-ilahi' which literally means that "Religion of God".

His intention in propounding this religion is to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire, and thereby reconcile the differences that divided his subjects.

The sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization. Francesco Petrarch first popularized the sonnet form and after that many others like Shakespeare, Edmund Spencer and many other started that.

Lord Ripon was the Viceroy of India from 1880 to 1884. He introduced Local Bodies (Local Self Governance) in 1882 and showed the taste of independence to Indians.

Indian river Brahmaputra is also known as Dihang.

The decentralization system was recommended by Balwant Rai Mehta.

Article 370 of the Indian constitution used to give special provision to the region of Jammu and Kashmir. It allows the state to have its own constitution, a separate flag and independence over all matters except foreign affairs, defence and communications. It was adopted in 1947 by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.