| Name | Tiranga; Tricolour |
|---|---|
| Use | National flag   |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 22 July 1947 |
| Design | Horizontal tricolour flag (India saffron, white, and India green). In the centre of the white is a navy blue wheel with 24 spokes |
| Designed by | Pingali Venkayya[N 1] |
Indian History:
India's history and culture is
ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization.
Beginning with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming
communities in the southern lands of India. The history of india is
one puncuated by constant integration with migrating peoples and with the
diverse cultures that surround India. Placed in the center of Asia, history
in india is a crossroads of cultures from China to Europe, and the most
significant Asian connection with the cultures of Africa.
India's history is more than just
a set of unique developments in a definable process; it is, in many ways, a
microcosm of human history itself, a diversity of cultures all
impinging on a great people and being reforged into new, syncretic forms.
IndHistory.com brings you the india's history starting from ancient history
of india to modern indian history. Shown below is the india timeline
starting from 3000 BC of ancient indus valley civilization and
harappa civilization to 1000 AD of Chola Dynasty of ancient history
of india.
The History of India begins
with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization in such
sites as Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Lothal, and the coming of the Aryans.
These two phases are usually described as the pre-Vedic and Vedic perio ds.
It is in the Vedic period that Hinduism first arose: this is the time to
which the Vedas are dated.
In the fifth century, large parts
of India were united under Ashoka.
He also converted to Buddhism, and it is in his reign that Buddhism spread to
o ther parts of Asia. It is in the reign of the Mauryas that Hinduism took
the shape that fundamentally informs the religion down to the present day.
Successor states were more fragmented.
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Islam first came to India in the
eighth century, and by the 11th century had firmly established itself in
India as a political force; the North Indian dynasties of the Lodhis,
Tughlaqs, and numerous others, whose remains are visible in Delhi and
scattered elsewhere around North India, were finally succeeded by the Mughal empire, under which India once
again achieved a large measure of political unity.
The European presence in India
dates to the seventeenth century, and it is in the latter part of this
century that theMughal empire began to disintegrate,
paving the way for regional states. In the contest for supremacy, the English
emerged 'victors', their rule marked by the conquests at the battlefields of
Plassey and Buxar.
The Rebellion of 1857-58, which
sought to restore Indian supremacy, was crushed; and with the subsequent crowningof
Victoria as Empress of India, the incorporation of India into the empire was
complete. Successive campaigns had the effect of driving the British out of
India in 1947.
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