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I.N.A.: The I.N.A. (Indian National Army) was organised by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Singapore.
Ibadat Khana: is a building at Fatehpur Sikri where Akbar held discussions on religious matters.
Ibn-Batuta: was a great scholar and traveller from South Africa who came to India in 1333 A.D. during the reign of Mohammd Tughlaq and wrote about him. He described Mohammad Tughlak as the 'wonder of the age'. He wrote that during the transfer of capital, Mohd-bin-Tughlak dragged even blind and crippled to Daulatabad. He spent 8 years in India on his way to China.
Idol worship in India: can be traced to the period of Pre-Aryan.
Ilbert Bill controversy: happened during the Viceroyalty of Lord Rippon.
Iltumish: was the first Muslim ruler who made Delhi as his capital in place of Lahore. He introduced, for the first time, a sound administrative system in Delhi Sultanate
Imperial Capital: The British shifted the imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
Independence of India League: was founded by the radical wing of the Congress Party in opposition to the Home Rule Movement.
India State Peoples Conference: was formed in 1927.
Indian Association: was founded in 1878 by Surindra Nath Banerjea, joined by his friends Anand Mohan Bose (a barrister), Sibunath Sastri (a Brahmo leader), and Krishna Mohan Banerji.
Indian Councils Act, 1861: By this Act, the 'portfolio' system was introduced whereby members were placed in charge of specific departments instead of sitting as a board of consultants to discuss each question on its merits.
Indian Independence League: was organised by Rash Behari Bose, an old revolutionary, at a conference held at Bangkok in June 1942.
Indian Mutiny (Revolution) 1857 : or the first War of Indian Independence started from Meerut on May 16, 1857. Its main cause was supply of greased cartriges to Indian soldiers which contained fat of cows and pigs.
The Sikhs supported the British in this revolt.
Indian National Congress: was founded on 28th December, 1885 by A.O. Hume. Its first session was held at Bombay under Presidentship of W.C. Bonnerji.
A resolution asking for complete independence of India was passed in the Congress session held at Lahore in 1929 under the Presidentship of Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Indian National Trade Union Congress: was founded in 1947. It drew inspiration from Gandhian philosophy and sought to secure redress of grievances by means of negotiation and conciliation without stopagges of work.
Indian Naval Mutiny: It took place in 1946 against the British.
Indian Railways and Postal Services: were started during the period of Lord Dalhousie.
Indica: The Indica, written by Megasthenese, is the historical source of the period of Chandragupta Maurya. It gives a detailed account of the municipal administration of the Mauryas.
The division of society into seven classes is mentioned in this book.
Indigo disturbances in Bengal: took place in 1859 and 1860 immediately after the revolt of 1857 between European indigo planters and the Bengal peasants. The prevailing system often compelled the Bengal peasant to grow indigo against both his will and his interests.
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts: has been set up in New Delhi as a resource centre and data base for cultural activities.
Individual Civil Disobedience or Individual Satyagraha: The Congress Working Committee decided to start individual civil disobedience on Oct 11, 1940. Vinoba Bhave was the first Satyagrahi who was arrested on Oct 21, followed soon by many more including Nehru and Patel.
Indra: is said to be the most celebrated deity of the Rig-veda.
During Rigvedic period Indra was known as God of Thunder.
He belongs to the early Iranian period of the Aryan migration, and his name has been deciphered as 'In-da-ra' in a fourteenth century B.C. inscription at Boghaz Koi in Asia Minor.
Indus Valley Civilization: According to carbon-dating process, the Indus Valley Civilization appears to have flourished between 2500 and 1700 B.C. This period is known as pre-historic period. It belongs to the Chalcolithic Age.
The remains of the Indus Valley Civilization were first discovered at Harappa (1921) and Mohenjodaro (1922). The Civilization was primarily urban.
The Indus Valley people established commercial contacts with the Sumerians.
Iron was not known to the people of the Indus Valley Civilization.
The ornaments of the poor people of Indus Valley Civilization were made of copper, shells and bones.
.The Indus script has not been deciphered so far.
The system of governing of Indus Valley Civilization was probably Kingship.
Indus Valley Civilization Script: The script of Indus Valley Civilization is not yet deciphered.
Iqbalnama-i-Jahangiri: official history of the reign of Jehangir.
Iqta: It was the land-grant system adopted by Ala-ud-din Khilji to grant his officers as reward for services rendered.
Qutabuddin Aibak was assigned the first iqta in India by Mohd of Ghor.
Iron: This metal was discovered during the Mauryan period which, according to D.D. Kausambi and R.S. Sharma, provided techonological base for material advancement.
Iron, first used in India: Iron was first used in India around 1500 B.C..
