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List of President of Indian History

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963))
Tenure = 26 Jan, 1950-13 may,1962

2. Dr. S.Radhakrishnan (1888-19750))
Tenure = 13may,1962-13 may,1967

3. Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897-1969))
Tenure = 13 may,1967-3 may,1969

4. Sri V.V. Giri (1894-1980))
Tenure = 24 Aug,1969-24 Aug,1974

5. Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977))
Tenure = 24 Aug, 1974-11 Feb, 1977

6. Sri N. Sanjeeva Reddy (1913-1996))
Tenure = 25 July, 1977-25 July, 1982

7. Giani zail Singh (1916-1994))
Tenure = 25 July ,1982-25 July1987

8. Sri R. Venkataraman)
Tenure = 25 July ,1987-25 July 1992

9. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999))
Tenure = 25 July,1992-25 July,1997

10. Sri K.R. Narayanan (1920-2005))
Tenure = 25 July,1997-25July,2002

11. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul kalam (b. 1931))
Tenure = 25 July,2002- 25July, 2007

12. Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil (b.1934))
Tenure = 25 July,2007- till date

Date Wise List of Prime Ministers In Whole Indian History From Begning

1.Jawaharlal Nehru:-
Tenure= August 15, 1947 to May 27, 1964

Party:-Congress

2.Gulzarilal Nanda:-
Tenure= May 27, 1964 to June 9, 1964

Party:-Congress

3.Lal Bahadur Shastri:-
Tenure= June 9, 1964 to January 11, 1966

Party:-Congress

4.Gulzarilal Nanda:-
Tenure= January 11, 1966 to January 24, 1966

Party:-Congress

5.Indira Gandhi:-
Tenure= January 24, 1966 to March 24, 1977

Party:-Congress

6.Morarji Desai:-
Tenure= March 24, 1977 to July 28, 1979

Party:-Janta Party

7.Choudhary Charan Singh:-
Tenure= July 28, 1979 to January 14, 1980

Party:-Janta Party

8.Indira Gandhi:-
Tenure= January 14, 1980 to October 31, 1984

Party:-Congress

9.Rajiv Gandhi:-
Tenure= October 31, 1984 to December 2, 1989

Party:-Congress

10.Vishwanath Pratap Singh:-
Tenure= December 2, 1989 to November 10, 1990

Party:-Janta Dal

11.Chandra Shekhar:-
Tenure= November 10, 1990 to June 21, 1991

Party:-Janta Dal

12.P. V. Narasimha Rao:-
Tenure= June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996

Party:-Congress (I)

13.Atal Behari Vajpayee:-
Tenure= May 16, 1996 to June 1, 1996

Party:-BJP

14.H. D. Deve Gowda:-
Tenure= June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997

Party:-Janta Dal

15.Inder Kumar Gujral:-
Tenure= April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998

Party:-Janta Dal

16.Atal Behari Vajpayee:-
Tenure= March 19, 1998 to May 22, 2004

Party:-BJP

17.Dr. Manmohan Singh:-
Tenure= May 22, 2004 to till date

Party:-Congress

List of Important Battles Of Indian History

1 Battle of Bhopal in which Baji Rao defeated Mohd. Shah. Answers is 1737

2 Battle of Buxar in which the English under Munro defeated the alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud –daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam. 
Answers is 1764

3 Battle of Chausa in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun. Answers is 1539

4 Battle of Chhandwar in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichandra of Kannauj.
Answers is 1194

5 Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh in which Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh. 
Answers is 1658

6 Battle of –Ghaghara in which Baber defeated the Afghans. Answers is 1529

7 Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap. 
Answers is 1576

8 Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram) in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and forced him to flee. 
Answers is 1540

9 Battle of Karnal in which Nadir Shah defeated Mohd. Shah. Answers is 1739

10 Battle of Khanua in which Babar defeated Rana Sanga. Answers is 1527

11 Battle of Khed in which Shahu defeated Tara Bai. 
Answers is 1708

12 Battle of Plassey in which the English forces (Under Robert Clive) defeated Siraj –ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal. 
Answers is 1757

13 Battle of Udgir in which the Marathas defeated the Nizam. Answers is 1770

14 Battle of Wandiwash in which the English forces defeated the French forces. 
Answers is 1760

15 Battle to Talikota (or Banihatti) in which an alliance of Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar defeated the Vijaynagar empire (represented Sadasiva). 
Answers is 1565

16 First Anglo Afghan War in Which the British Defeated Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad. 
Answers is 1839-42

17 First Anglo Maratha War in which the British were defeated. Answers is 1766-69

18 First Anglo Mysore War in which Hyder Ali defeated the English forces. 
Answers is 1767-69

19 First Anglo Sikh war in which the Sikhs were defeated. 
Answers is 1845-46

20 First Anglo War in which the British defeated the Burmess. Answers is 1824-26

21 First Battle in Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. 
Answers is 1526

22 First Battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori.
Answers is 1191

23 Fourth Anglo Mysore war in which Tipu was Defeated and Killed. 
Answers is 1799

24 Kandahar was lost to Persia forever by the Mughals. 
Answers is 1649

25 Mewar submitted to the Mudhals. A treaty of peace was signed between Jahagir and Rana Amar Singh of Mewar.
Answers is 1615

26 Raja Jai Singh Defeated Shivaji and the Treaty of Purandar siged. 
Answers is 1665

27 Second Anglo Afghan war in which the English suffered losses. 
Answers is 1868-80

28 Second Anglo Burmese War in which the British won. 
Answers is 1852

29 Second Anglo Maratha War in which the British defeated the Marathas. 
Answers is 1803-06

30 Second Anglo Mysore War. Hyder Ali died During the battle (1782) and the field was taken by his son Tipu Sultan. The war concluded with the Treaty of Mangalore (1784) 
Answers is 1780-84

31 Second Anglo Sikh war in which the Sikhs were defeated and Punjab was annexed by the British. 
Answers is 1848-49

32 Second Battle of Panipat in which Bairam Kahan (representing Akbar) defeated Hemu. 
Answers is 1556

33 Second Battle of Tarain in which Mohd.Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. 
Answers is 1192

34 Third Anglo Afghan War in which the English, Though victorious, did not benefit from the war. 
Answers is 1919-21

35 Third Anglo Burmese War in which the British defeated the Marathas badly. 
Answers is 1817-19

36 Third Anglo Burmese War in which the British won & annexed Burma. 
Answers is 1865

37 Third Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu Sultan was defeated. The Treaty of Serirangapatnam followed. 
Answers is 1789-92

38 Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas. 
Answers is 1761

The important Rivers of India are:-
Length is in KM


Indus 3,000 KM


Brahmaputra 2,900KM


Ganga 2,510KM


Godavari 1,450KM


Narmada 1,290KM


Krishna 1,290KM


Mahanadi 890KM


Kavery 760 KM