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Ranjit Singh

Ranjit Singh (1780-1837), the Sikh hero, built up his empire covering Punjab, Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of Afghanistan, when the British were expanding their rule over other parts ...

Rani Of Jhansi

Rani (Queen) Laxmibai of Jhansi is today a symbol of the first organized Indian resistance to British rule. She was born (c. 1828) in a conservative priestly family, but she got an ...

Rani Durgavati

Durgavati was the daughter of a Rajput king of the Chandela dynasty. She was well versed in the martial arts and a woman of strong will. Paying no attention to accepted norms of ...

Rana Sanga

In the 8th Century A.D., Bappa Rawal drove out the invaders from Rajasthan and united several small kingdoms into one. Rana Sanga was his worthy successor. Early in the 16th ...

Rana Pratap

With Akbar coming to the throne of the Mughal Empire in early 1556, the Mughals had become a part of India. As a conqueror, Akbar triumphed all over North India. He added Gujrat, ...

Rana Kumbha

Maharana Kumbha was a scion of the Sisodiya branch of the House of Hammir.Kumbha ascended the throne of Mewar in 1433 after his father, Rana Mokal, was killed in a treacherous ...

Raja Raja Chola

One of the great kings of southern India during the mediaeval period was Raja Raja Chola (985-1014). During his 30-year reign he extended and consolidated an empire that spanned ...

Raja Bhoja

Bhoja, King of Malwa during the 11th Century A.D., is well known to us as the central figure of the Vikramacharita. The original version of this work was probably written during ...

Prithviraj Chauhan

With the death of Harsha, King of Kanauj, in about 647 A.D. his great empire in North India collapsed. It rapidly disintegrated into several petty kingdoms. This political division ...

Paurava And Alexandar

When Alexander, the great Macedonian conqueror, invaded India in 327 B.C., the various kingdoms and republics of the North-West failed to forge a united front against the common ...

Panna And Hadirani

This Amar Chitra Katha brings to you the stories of two courageous Rajput women, who were willing to forfeit their all at the call of duty. Among the chivalrous and valiant people ...

Padmini

In the history of India, Padmini of Chittor holds a very prominent position. She was a perfect model of ideal Indian womanhood. When the values cherished by her were threatened by ...

Noor Jahan

Noor Jahan is one of the most fascinating figures of Mughal India. She showed considerable skill as an administrator and proved to be a shrewd statesman. Jahangir had full ...

Mangal Pande

India in the mid-19th century was under the rule of the British East India Company. The Companys army was largely Indian, commanded by British officers who were often authoritarian ...

Lalitaditya

Lalitaditya ruled over Kashmir from 724 AD to 760 AD. During his reign, the kingdom of Kashmir became the most powerful empire in India. If the brave King Lalitaditya had not ...