Most voted questions under tag history

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Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ?

posted Aug 25, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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On 1 April 1954, who became the first Indian Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) ?

posted Mar 21, 2015 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What is the story behind Marathon. How it has got this name.

posted Apr 13, 2016 by Atindra Kumar Nath

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What was the duration of the Kurukshetra War ?

posted Dec 12, 2014 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Has any country ever named on a person? if so please share the name and detail of the person on which it named?

posted Jul 28, 2016 by Salil Agrawal

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Who is the oldest person to go in Space?

posted Jul 7, 2016 by Atindra Kumar Nath

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Whats is role of 9 Unknown men of Ashoka?

posted Jul 3, 2016 by Amit Kumar Pandey

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Where was the world’s First Oil Paintings have been found?

posted Jun 6, 2016 by Abhay Dubey

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Bob Fosse won a "Best Director" Oscar in 1972 for which film?

posted Apr 25, 2016 by Divya Bharti

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Who was Megasthenes and he was envoy of which king?

posted Mar 23, 2016 by Atindra Kumar Nath

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Who was the first animal went to the space and what was her/his name?

posted Mar 7, 2016 by Ramya

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When and where first case of AIDS was discovered?

posted Dec 28, 2015 by Aman

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Who made a first attempt in printing and it was done at which place?

posted Dec 9, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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Since the late 1930s, what date has been reserved for the inauguration of a President of the USA?

posted Dec 7, 2015 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who was King/Queen of UK at the time of world war II and what was his/her role in the war?

posted Nov 30, 2015 by anonymous

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Which building was attacked at the start of the French Revolution on 14 July 1789 because it was symbolic of injustice?

posted Jun 3, 2019 by Farhan

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What are the joints in the fingers called?

posted May 29, 2019 by Renita

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How many times Mohammad Gauri attacked on India?

posted Jan 12, 2017 by anonymous

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What is the current name of the island that was formerly known as Ceylon?

posted Dec 22, 2016 by George Davros

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Which British journal of political and social satire was first published in June 1841?

posted Sep 1, 2016 by Prachi Sharma

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What were the various early names for Jakarta?

posted Aug 16, 2016 by Aarati Mahajan

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The Battle of Bull Run was fought in which war?

posted Aug 12, 2016 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Broadcasting from Germany to England in English in 1940, by what name was William Joyce better known?

posted Aug 11, 2016 by Sandeep Otari

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Which country, now part of Europe, did Robert the Bruce rule over in the 14th century?

posted Jul 1, 2016 by Akriti

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What was the first airship to cross the Atlantic in 1919?

posted Jun 23, 2016 by Parampreet Kaur

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Which business entity can be considered as strongest entity of its time in human history?

posted May 23, 2016 by Salil Agrawal

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Who is known as 'Napolean of India'?

posted Apr 22, 2016 by Farhan

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Who was the first man sent into space and when?

posted Apr 13, 2016 by Brijesh Talwar

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Why April 1 is celebrated as fool's day and how and where was it started?

posted Apr 1, 2016 by Salil Agrawal

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Who is considered as the master of Greek comedy?

posted Mar 25, 2016 by Abhay Dubey

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Who is the first person to get Param vir chakra in India?

posted Feb 20, 2016 by A.k

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Who were the nine ratans of Akbar Court?

posted Feb 18, 2016 by anonymous

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What was Jizya Tax and when was it introduced first time in any indian state?

posted Jan 26, 2016 by Nikhil Pandey

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Who were the winning team at the first World Aerobatic Championships in 1960?

posted Jan 25, 2016 by Ujjwal Mehra

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After the independence of India and Pakistan how many princely stats has joined India and how many to Pakistan?

posted Jan 13, 2016 by Salil Agrawal

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On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, which led to the start of which war?

posted Dec 28, 2015 by Mridul

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What type of motor vehicle propulsion was introduced by Citroen in 1934?

posted Dec 28, 2015 by Nimish

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How many famous wars has taken place at the Panipat and what was the outcome of each?

posted Dec 4, 2015 by anonymous

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Famous battle of HaldiGhati was fought between which two armies and what was the outcome?

posted Dec 4, 2015 by anonymous

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From 1797 to 1805 and from 1814 to 1866, the city of Venice was part of what country?

posted Dec 3, 2015 by Vishal

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Who was leader of the Army of Pandavas in the famous war Kurukshetra and why he was chosen?

posted Nov 30, 2015 by anonymous

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Up until 1869 where was the city known as Edo?

posted Nov 23, 2015 by Kapil Kapoor

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Who gave the name to the famous diamond Kohinoor?

posted Nov 20, 2015 by anonymous

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Which was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province........

posted Nov 6, 2015 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Who was the first woman to make a solo flight from England to Australia in 1930?

posted Nov 4, 2015 by Prachi Sharma

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In England, Dick Turpin (1706-39), Claude Duval (1643-70) and John Nevison (1639-84) were well known as what?

posted Oct 26, 2015 by Aman

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Which winter sport was contested as an Olympic sport only once, at the 1908 Summer Olympics?

posted Aug 31, 2015 by Mohammad

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The famous armless statue of Venus or Aphrodite was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruin?

posted Aug 20, 2015 by Udita

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What 3-D puzzle was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture?

posted Aug 3, 2015 by Sandeep Bedi

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The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which king ?

posted Jul 23, 2015 by Amarvansh