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- Indian history
- Invading enemies
- Mughals
- Rajputs
- Marathas
- Forgotten Bravehearts
- World History
- India and China
- Geography and Indian States
- Hot Political Topics
- British Rule and Partition
- Hinduism
- Random topics
1) Indian history:
- What's your favorite historical period in Indian history?
- Who were the Indian kings before the Mauryas and the Nandas? What are the Brihadratha, Pradyota, and Haryanka dynasties of ancient India? Can you explain in detail?
- Is it true that the Mauryan dynasty re-emerged in the medieval period of Indian history? If so, when and where?
- Was Malik Ambar the first Pioneer of Guerrilla warfare in India before King Shivaji?
- Who were the greatest rulers of India?
- Why did Muslim rulers not destroy the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura as they did with the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya?
- How was the life for Hindus in the regions of Northern India during the time of the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526)?
- Who was Muhammad bin Tughlaq and what was his historical importance?
- Which was the most successful of the five dynasties that ruled the Delhi Sultanate?
- Were India and Pakistan a single nation at any point of time in history?
- How come temples in Orissa like Lingaraj Temple were saved from the Islamic invaders/rulers?
2) Invading enemies:
- Which is the unheard Indian battle that took place in history?
- What are the differences in invasion between Muhammad of Ghor and Ghazni?
- Did Taimur Lang get defeated by a coalition of Jats, Rajputs and Hindu sadhus when he attacked Madhyadesh? Are there any links to support such a claim?
- Why did most of the invasions launched into India, like, Arab caliphate, Persian empires, Alexander and Mongol empires, stop mostly around the modern day Pakistan-India border?
- Why did Indian kings not resist Muslim invaders?
- Did the Islamic invaders destroy India's ancient culture (eg. tampered with the spiritual and religious doctrines) that existed long before the Islamic invasion? If yes, how? I think destroying the culture is more dangerous than destroying temples.
- Do you think history would have been different if India were united when Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India? What are some reasons?
- Was Rajasthanis’ failure responsible for the Mughal invasion of India? Being a Rajasthani, it hurts my pride.
- What was Jauhar? Why was it practiced?
3) Mughals:
- Why did the ruthless and mighty Mughals fail to capture Assam?
- Who suffered the biggest fall from grace in India’s History?
- Why did the Mughals find it necessary to seek the help of the Maratha?
- Why was the Mughal rule successful in a Hindu majority country like India?
- Why did the Mughal kings execute the Sikh Gurus?
- How were the relations between the Mughals and the Sikhs?
- Why is Akbar not glorified as other Indian kings like Shivaji or Pratap as he was greater and better in every aspect if we compare? Why is there such huge hypocrisy in celebrating Akbar?
- Do you think that it was easier for the British to colonize India because the Mughals were ruling?
4) Rajputs:
- What happened to the Rajput's pride when they were marrying their daughters to Muslim rulers? Are they not ashamed that rather than fighting Islamic invaders and Britishers, they helped them to rule India?
- Why didn't Maharana Pratap try to consolidate the entire Rajputana against the Mughals?
- Why did the majority of Rajputs accept Mughal sovereignty? Why didn't they fight? Why did they fight wars on behalf of the Mughals? Rajputs are also responsible for the Mughal rule in India. Why don't we blame them?
- How is Rani Padmavati related to Maharana Pratap?
- What happened after the Maharawal Ratan Singh died? Which dynasty ruled over the Chittor after Rajput dynasty?
- What is the contribution of Rajput in India?
- Why did Rana Pratap fail to establish any big kingdom while Akbar became a great emperor though Rana Pratap was braver and had a much better childhood? How did Akbar manage a large empire?
- Eventually, Mewar had to accept Mughal sovereignty. Is this not a victory for the Mughals? If Mewar had earlier accepted, the loss of lives and destruction would have been avoided. Is this decision not better for Mewar, logically?
- What is the relation between Maharaja Rawal RatanSinh and Maharana Pratap?
- If Maharana Pratap was so brave then, why did he escape or run away from the Battle of Haldighati? Doesn't it prove that he was a coward?
- How many times have Rajputs defeated the Mughals? and in which wars?
- What were the real reasons for wars between Maharana Pratap and Akbar? Was it simply the religion, or something else?
- To what extent is it true that Maharana Pratap's spear, armor, shoes, and swords weighed 80 kg, 72 kg, 5 kg each and 25 kg respectively?
5) Marathas:
- Had the Marathas won the third battle of Panipat, how much socially, politically, economically, and territorially different would current India be?
- Why did Marathas, after winning the Battle of Delhi in 1757, let the defeated Mughals rule it?
- Why Marathas didn't rule Saurashtra & Gujarat or show interest in the state while they ruled rest of India?
- The unconventional move of Peshwa Bajirao
- The true successor of Peshwa Bajirao
- Who's your favorite leader?
6) Forgotten Bravehearts:
- Kashmir's Alexander
- India's Napolean vs Europe’s Samudragupta?
- Hammir Dev Chauhan- The warrior who challenged Khiljis.
- Forgotten warriors of Odisha
- Peshwa Madhavrao- The 16-year-old Maratha gem
- Peshwa Bajirao, the most badass strategist warrior in Indian history.
- Rana Sanga, the one-eyed warrior who humiliated the Sultans.
- Durgadas Rathore, the warrior who challenged Aurangzeb in his own court.
- Chandrasen Rathore, the King as great as Maharana Pratap or Shivaji Maharaj but not that popular.
- Raja Bhoja, the king who ended the peril of Ghazni.
- The brothers who ended the Delhi’s subjugation of South India.
- Who is Medini Rai? Who fought with Babur?
- Other forgotten Bravehearts
7) World History:
- Can you tell me the history of 1) India, 2) World, 3) China, 4) the US in three simple paragraphs each?
- What is an interesting fact of history that most people don't know?
- Who is (was) the greatest person of the 20th century in the whole world (other than Einstein, Gandhi)?
- Who was the most influential historical figure who left his or her mark on the world?
- Why were Russia and Japan able to remain outside the British colonial influence?
- Is Pakistan a mercenary state?
- What is the reason behind Turkey attacking Syria recently?
- Why has the USA always favored Israel in most of the issues?
- The British and the French were at war with each other for centuries. How do they get along so well these days?
- What is the future of the Indian UN vote against Israel? What is the future of this friendship?
- Why did India vote against Israel in the UN?
- What is the need for Qatar to maintain good relations with Iran?
- Why is the USA supporting Israel even though they are getting isolated in the UNSC?
- Why didn't the British do Opium trade with India? Why was China targeted instead of India?
- What if Bangladesh and Pakistan reunited today?
- How is the relationship between India and Kuwait?
- Why is India not listed in the Queen Elizabeth list of Commonwealth realms in Wikipedia? What does a commonwealth realm actually mean?
- What will happen to the geopolitics of the Middle East if the Americans started supporting the independence in Kurdistan?
- What are the interests of the USA and China in the Balochistan province of Pakistan?
- Why doesn't Iran leave nomadic Arabic religions, and go back to Zoroastrian?
- Why does everyone in the UN besides the US hate Israel?
- Will India attack any country who try to invade or war against Iran?
- How can India be a spiritual leader of the world?
- Why can't Rohingya just go to another country besides Bangladesh to live?
- What is Israel and Jerusalem issue?
- Does the Islamisation of India concern Nepalis?
- Why are the Central Asian-Muslim countries secular?
- Why don't India free Tibet or Tibbat?
- Pakistan's double standards- The Black September
8) India and China:
- What facts about Chinese-Indian history are not commonly known?
- Which is the Chinese equivalent of the Indian Empires?
- Why is India not supporting Tibetan refugees to get their country?
- Why is India still a developing country but China developed too fast?
- Why can't expansionist China take over Pakistan as it'd be easy instead of irking India?
- What are the things that India should learn from China?
9) Geography and States of India:
- How did Northern Plains influence history of India?
- Is West Bengal a part of South India or North India?
- What is West Bengal's contribution to the expansion of Indian and Global economy?
- Is China really interested in taking over control of Arunachal Pradesh?
- How long will India survive since more than 9 states wanted separation?
- Why isn't Jammu and Kashmir not known as Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh, as it is comprised of these three regions?
- Why do we need 8 different states in the small region like North East of India? Why don't we unite them into maximum 2 or 3 states?
10) Hot Political topics:
- Why is Indian politics so religion-oriented?
- In my class 10th history text, it's written that Aryans are foreign invaders from Central Asia who settled down in India. Is it wrong, then why should we study the wrong History?
- Is it true that Aryans invaded India?
- How is SAARC important to India both economically and politically?
- What exactly happened in the anti-Brahmin riots of 1948 in Paschim Maharashtra?
- What's the most savage thing anybody ever said in history?
- Why was Adolf Hitler so much against the Jews?
- The new stamps issued by the government of India on the theme of Ramayana leaves me pondering. Is it violating the essence of a secular nation?
- Why don't Hindus build Ram Mandir at another place in Ayodhya? What is the significance of Babari Masjid Place
- Why is India reactive and not proactive against Pakistan?
- Why is India militarily defensive against Pakistan?
- Why is West Bengal still West Bengal? Why is it not called Bengal even after independence and Bangladesh’s separation?
- Why do Sikhs want a separate state? Will India give up in the Khalistan movement?
- Why do we need Ram Mandir in Ayodhya?
- What was the motive behind Muslims burning Hindu people alive on the Godhra train?
- How can the whole world make Kashmir and Sikkim free from India?
11) British Rule and Partition:
- What would have happened if Hindus refused to move to India and Muslims refused to move to Pakistan?
- Why did India ignore the instrument of accession of Junagadh to Pakistan and proceed to illegally invade and forcefully annex the state?
- Why did India invade Hyderabad and Junagadh and annex them forcefully into the Indian union?
- How can one say India is a secular country?
- Why India and Pakistan are occupying Kashmir and not giving freedom to independent Kashmir?
- What was the reason for so much violence between Hindus/Sikhs and Muslims in Punjab 1947?
- Can India justify their claim on Kashmir based on Maharaja Hari Singh’s signing accession, whereas the annexation of Junagarh was done by force against the wishes of the Nawab?
- Did India exist as a nation prior to British colonialism?
- Why did the creation of India and Pakistan provoke such violence?
- Are Indians who support controlling Kashmir against the wishes of the people hypocrites? When the Nawab of Junagadh acceded to Pakistan against his people’s wishes India invaded.
12) Hinduism:
- Why is Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) so superior?
- Why there are lots of Islamic and Christian dominant country but rarely we found Hindu dominant country except India?
- Why is atheism less prevalent in India compared to the West?
- Referring to various conflicting views, is there any difference between being Indian and being Hindu? If yes, what and why?
- What if Draupadi also fought the war in the Mahabharata?
- My friends don't accept that Hinduism was the oldest religion, and they say we copied from the Muslims, even though one of them is a Brahmin. How could I prove them wrong?
- Why is building Ram Mandir at Ayodhya so important for so many Hindus?
- Why is my Quora feed filled with Pro Hindu, Modi and Pro conservatives?
- Why are there so many conflicts between Dravidians and Aryans despite the fact that we both are Hindus (Sanatan Dharmi)?
- Why are Indian Hindus so self-centered that they don't care about the Hindus of other countries?
- Why did Jainism and Buddhism mostly die out in India under Islamic rule? Why was Hinduism the faith that flourished?
- Where in history do Muslims kill millions of the people of Hindu?
13) Random:
- What is your pet doing right now?
- What benefit do people get from writing on Quora?
- Why is defense so critical for a country?
- Were people in historical times really very loyal and fond of their ruler or king and would die for them, as depicted in records and popular media? Why or why not?
- What kind of animal would you choose to represent your country?
- What are the major differences between IIT and MIT?
- What are some IIT mess stories?
