The site of birth of Gautama Budha is marked by a Rummindei Pillar of ‘Ashoka the Great’. Ashoka built the Sarnath Pillar to preaching of Lord Buddha. He reduced tax to 1/8th past because Gautama Buddha was born there.

Lumbini is a Buddist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddharta Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Budhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BC

1. Pliny the Elder was a Roman natural philosopher.

2. The book written by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder is Natural History.

3. It is an encyclopedia covering all aspects of the natural world, including geography, zoology, botany, astronomy, agriculture, mathematics, pharmacology, mining, mineralogy, sculpture, art precious stones, etc.

1. The place where Dandi Salt March was carried out is today located in Gujarat state of India.

2. This place is on the coast of Arabian Sea near Dandi city.

3. Dandi March lasted from March 12, 1930 to April 6, 1930.

4. This journey was led by Mahatma Gandhi.

5. The purpose of this journey was to protest against the salt monopoly imposed by the British government.

1. Litti Chokha is a famous dish of Singrauli (Bihar).

2. It is made with whole wheat, black gram flour and brinjal. This dish has a rich flavor of Indian spices.

Bengal Partition

1. In 1905, Lord Curzon divided the Bengal province of India into two parts.

2. West Bengal was Hindu majority, while East Bengal was Muslim majority.

3. The purpose of this partition was to create a Muslim-majority province in India, but instead, it led to communal tension and strengthening of the Indian national movement.

4. Opposition to the Partition of Bengal was widespread across India, and it was eventually annulled in 1911.

1. The British army was victorious in the Battle of Arcot or the Siege of Arcot (1751 AD).

2. It was led by the forces of Robert Clive and the Nawab of Carnatic, Chanda Sahib, assisted by a small number of French East India Company troops.

1. Inspired by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Mother India, in which she is depicted as an ascetic figure.

2. A nephew of the Indian poet and artist Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath was exposed to the artistic inclinations of the Tagore family at an early age.