Kannauj district — is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganga, or Ganges. The historic town of Kannauj, northwest of Kanpur, is the administrative center.GeographyKannauj is located at coord|27.07|N|79.92|E| [… … Wikipedia
Vaid — is a Brahmin clan from the Punjab, one of the seven clans of the Mohyals. The words Vaid Rajvaid are particularly used to denote medical professionals in Indian history. Gotra The gotra of the Vaids is Dhanvantari . In the story of the Kurma… … Wikipedia
Chandela — Krishna Chandravanshi lineage The Chandela is a Rajput clan found in North India. A section of the Chandelas ruled much of the Bundelkhand region of central India for long periods between the 10th and the 13th centuries AD.[1] The Chandela… … Wikipedia
Kachwaha — The Kachwaha (also spelled as Kachavāhā, Kacchavahas, Kachhawa, Kuchhwaha Kushwaha including Kacchapghata, Kakutstha, and Kurma) are a Suryavanshi Rajput clan who ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states in India such as Alwar, Maihar,… … Wikipedia
Pajawan — or Pajjun was ruler of Dhundhar with his capital at Amber, India. He was fifth Kachwaha ruler of this area. He was married to Prithviraj Chauhan s cousin. He was prominent and trusted general of Prithviraj Chauhan. Col. James Todd found a stone… … Wikipedia
Swayamvara — (Sanskrit: स्वयंवर), in ancient India, was a practice of choosing a life partner, among a list of suitors by a girl of marriageable age. Swayam in Sanskrit means Self and Vara means choosing or wanting . In this practice, the girl s father… … Wikipedia
Samyukta — Sanyogita, daughter of Raja Jaichand of Kannauj, was the wife of Indian king Prithviraj Chauhan. Her choosing Prithviraj Chauhan at the swayamvara for which he was not even invited enraged her father. This led to a rift between Delhi and Kannauj… … Wikipedia
Kara (Kaushambi) — Kara is an old township situated on the river Ganges, west of Allahabad and was capital of a very big region for centuries under the Muslim Sultanate Rule in India.NameIt has been sometimes spelt at Karrah, Kada and Kurrah but actually it is Kara … Wikipedia
List of people from Uttar Pradesh — This is a list of famous and people from Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those persons who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces that now are part of the modern… … Wikipedia
Mir Jafar — Ali Khan Shuja ul Mulk, Hashim ud Daula, Nawab Ja afar Ali Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, meeting with Mir Jafar after Plassey, by Francis Hayman … Wikipedia