🏛 100 History One-Liners Facts
| Competitive Exam Level
This collection of 100 Indian History One-Liner Facts covers Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India in a clear and exam-focused format. Each fact is short, accurate, and easy to remember, making it ideal for last-minute revision for competitive exams like SSC, Railways, Banking, UPSC, and State PSCs.
ANCIENT INDIA (1–20)
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The oldest Veda is —
Rigveda -
The founder of the Mauryan Empire was —
Chandragupta Maurya -
The Arthashastra was written by —
Kautilya (Chanakya) -
Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions were written in —
Prakrit -
The capital of Magadha during the Mauryan period was —
Pataliputra -
The Great Bath is located at —
Mohenjo-daro -
The Harappan Civilization was mainly —
Urban -
The last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty was —
Brihadratha -
Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment at —
Bodh Gaya -
Gautama Buddha was born at —
Lumbini -
Buddhism was founded by —
Gautama Buddha -
Buddha’s teachings were preserved in which language?
Pali -
The Iron Pillar of Delhi belongs to the —
Gupta Empire -
The term “Golden Age of India” refers to the —
Gupta Period -
Who is known as the “Indian Napoleon”?
Samudragupta -
Nalanda University was established by —
Kumaragupta -
Megasthenes authored the book —
Indica -
Bindusara’s ambassador to the Greek court was —
Deimachus -
The Indus Valley script is —
Undeciphered -
The earliest discovered city of the Indus Valley Civilization is —
Harappa
MEDIEVAL INDIA (21–40)
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The founder of the Delhi Sultanate was —
Qutb-ud-din Aibak -
Qutub Minar was started by Qutb-ud-din Aibak and completed by —
Iltutmish -
The first woman ruler of Delhi was —
Razia Sultana -
Akbar introduced a religion known as —
Din-i Ilahi -
The Taj Mahal was built by —
Shah Jahan -
The Red Fort of Delhi was constructed by —
Shah Jahan -
Aurangzeb’s capital city was —
Aurangabad -
The Battle of Plassey was fought in —
1757 -
The Battle of Buxar was fought in —
1764 -
The Mughal Empire was founded by —
Babur -
Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the —
First Battle of Panipat (1526) -
The last Mughal emperor of India was —
Bahadur Shah II -
Shivaji was associated with the —
Maratha Empire -
The Peshwas were leaders of the —
Maratha administration -
The capital of the Vijayanagara Empire was —
Hampi -
Ain-i-Akbari was written by —
Abul Fazl -
The Charminar was built by —
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah -
Sikhism was founded by —
Guru Nanak -
The Khalsa was founded by —
Guru Gobind Singh -
Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of —
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
MODERN INDIA (41–70)
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The Revolt of 1857 began at —
Meerut -
The leader of the 1857 revolt in Lucknow was —
Begum Hazrat Mahal -
The leader of the revolt in Kanpur was —
Nana Saheb -
The Indian National Congress was founded by —
A. O. Hume -
The first President of the Indian National Congress was —
W. C. Bonnerjee -
The Partition of Bengal took place in —
1905 -
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in —
1919 -
The Rowlatt Act was passed in —
1919 -
The slogan “Do or Die” was given by —
Mahatma Gandhi -
The Quit India Movement was launched in —
1942 -
The Non-Cooperation Movement began in —
1920 -
The Civil Disobedience Movement started in —
1930 -
The Dandi March took place in —
1930 -
The Lahore Session of INC (Poorna Swaraj) was held in —
1929 -
The Azad Hind Fauj was formed by —
Subhash Chandra Bose -
The slogan of INA was —
Jai Hind -
The first Viceroy of India was —
Lord Canning -
The last Viceroy of India was —
Lord Mountbatten -
The first Governor-General of independent India was —
Lord Mountbatten -
The first Indian Governor-General was —
C. Rajagopalachari -
India achieved independence in —
1947 -
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in —
1948 -
The Simon Commission arrived in India in —
1928 -
The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” was given by —
Bhagat Singh -
Arya Samaj was founded by —
Swami Dayananda Saraswati -
Brahmo Samaj was founded by —
Raja Ram Mohan Roy -
The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in —
1856 -
The capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in —
1911 -
The Indian Constitution was adopted in —
1949 -
The Father of the Indian Constitution is —
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
WORLD HISTORY (71–100)
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The First World War began in —
1914 -
The First World War ended in —
1918 -
The Second World War began in —
1939 -
The Second World War ended in —
1945 -
Atomic bombs were dropped on —
Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
The Father of Communism was —
Karl Marx -
The French Revolution started in —
1789 -
The “Iron Lady” of Britain was —
Margaret Thatcher -
The first President of the USA was —
George Washington -
Abraham Lincoln abolished —
Slavery -
The Renaissance began in —
Italy -
The Berlin Wall fell in —
1989 -
Adolf Hitler belonged to the —
Nazi Party -
Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at —
Waterloo -
The United Nations was founded in —
1945 -
The Titanic sank in —
1912 -
The Great Wall of China was built to stop —
Mongol invasions -
The Industrial Revolution began in —
England -
The Russian Revolution took place in —
1917 -
Nelson Mandela fought against —
Apartheid -
The first man to walk on the moon was —
Neil Armstrong -
The Cold War was mainly between —
USA and USSR -
The longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history was —
Zhou Dynasty -
Ancient Rome was built on —
Seven hills -
The Pearl Harbor attack occurred in —
1941 -
The ancient city of Petra is located in —
Jordan -
America was discovered by —
Christopher Columbus -
The Pyramids are located in —
Egypt -
The Colosseum is situated in —
Rome -
The Statue of Liberty was gifted by —
France to the USA
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