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- A. R. PillaiIndian pro-independence writer in Germany
- Abaqati familyFamily of the Nishapuri Kintoori Sayyids
- Abbas II of PersiaSafavid Shah of Iran from 1642 to 1666
- Abbas TyabjiIndian freedom fighter
- Abhinav Bharat SocietySecret revolutionary society in India
- AbhinavadityaChalukya Emperor from 645 to 646
- Achaemenid conquest of the Indus ValleyAncient Persian conquest in the Indian subcontinent
- Achyuta Deva RayaEmperor of Vijayanagara from 1529 to 1542
- Action of 11 September 1778The Action of 11 September 1778 was a minor naval engagement which took place off the Fren
- Action of 11 September 1779Naval engagement off Charles Town, South Carolina
- Action of 12 December 1779The action of 12 December 1779 was a minor naval engagement that took place in the Bay of
- Action of 12 December 1782The action of 12 December 1782 was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Spain near F
- Action of 13 May 1779The action of 13 May 1779 was a battle in Cancale Bay, near St Malo, between French and Br
- Action of 15 February 1783The action of 15 February 1783 was a small naval engagement of the American Revolutionary
- Action of 15 September 1782The action of 15 September 1782 was a naval action in the mouth of the Delaware Bay in whi
- Action of 17 February 1783The action of 17 February 1783 was a minor naval engagement fought in between Jamaica and
- Action of 17 June 1778The action of 17 June 1778 also known as the Fight of Belle Poule and Arethusa was a minor
- Action of 18 August 1798The action of 18 August 1798 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Action of 18 October 1782The action of 18 October 1782 was a minor naval engagement of the American Revolutionary W
- Action of 2 January 1783The action of 2 January 1783 was a minor naval battle that took place in the Caribbean Sea
- Action of 2 September 17811781 action of the American Revolutionary War
- Action of 21 July 1781Naval battle
- Action of 4 September 1782The action of 4 September 1782 was a small naval engagement fought off the Île de Batz bet
- Action of 5 September 1782Naval battle of the American Revolution
- Action of 6 December 1782The action of 6 December 1782 was a naval encounter primarily fought between HMS Ruby and
- Action of 6 July 17461746 naval battle
- Action of 6 October 1779
- Action of 7 June 1780Naval battle of the American Revolution
- Aditya IChola emperor from 871 to 907
- Adityavarman (Chalukya dynasty)Chalukya Emperor from 643 to 645
- Adrien Jules Jean BonhoureFrench colonial administrator
- Afghan (ethnonym)Historic term for ethnic Pashtun people
- Afghan Conquest of BalkhThe Afghan Conquest of Balkh took place from the spring of 1849, to January 1850. Dost Moh
- Afghan–Maratha War1758–1761 conflict between Afghans and Maratha–Sikh alliance
- Afshar peopleOghuz Turkic tribe
- Afzal Khan (general)Indian Bijapur Sultanate general (d. 1659)
- AgattiyamEarliest book on Tamil grammar
- Agencies of British IndiaFully- or semi-autonomous administrative region of British India
- Agra SubahProvince in the Mughal Empire
- Ahilyabai HolkarQueen of the Malwa kingdom (1725–1795)
- AhirSocial community of India
- Ahmad Shah BahadurMughal emperor from 1748 to 1754
- Ahmad Shah ISultan of Gujarat from 1411 to 1442
- Ahmednagar FortFort in the city of Ahmednagar, India
- Ahom languageEndangered language of Northeast India
- Ahom scriptAbugida used to write the Ahom language
- AiholeHistoric site in Karnataka, India
- Aintiṇai AimpatuAinthinai Aimpathu (Tamil: ஐந்திணை ஐம்பது) is a Tamil poetic work belonging to the Eightee
- Airavatesvara Temple12th-century Chola Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- Ajit Singh of KhetriMaharaja of Khetri from 1870–1901
- Ajmer StateAjmer State was a separate state within India from 1950 to 1956 with Ajmer as its capital.
- Ajmer-MerwaraFormer province of British India
- Akbar IIMughal emperor from 1806 to 1837
- Akbar's tombTomb of the third Mughal Emperor
- Ala SinghMaharaja of Patiala from 1763 to 1765
- Alai DarwazaMosque gateway in Delhi, India
- Alamgir IIMughal emperor from 1754 to 1759
- Alauddin Husain ShahSultan of Bengal from 1493 to 1519
- Alchon Huns370–670 CE nomadic people who invaded India
- Ali Adil Shah ISultan of Bijapur from 1558 to 1580
- Aligarh FortHistoric structure in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Alivardi KhanNawab of Bengal from 1740 to 1756
- All India Kisan SabhaFarmers' wing of Communist Pary of India
- All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)Farmers' wing of Communist Pary of India (Marxist)
- Alupa dynastyRuling dynasty of India
- Amar ManikyaAmar Manikya was the Maharaja of Tripura from 1577 to 1586.
- Amrut RaoMaratha noble
- Anandamohan BoseIndian nationalist
- Ananta SaiMeitei Prince
- Anarchism in IndiaAnarchism in India first emerged within the Indian independence movement, gaining particul
- Anarta kingdomKingdom in ancient India
- Anarta traditionThe Anarta tradition or Anarta ware is a Chalcolithic culture tentatively dated between c.
- Ancestral House of Rajendra PrasadHistoric house museum in Siwan, Bihar, India
- Ancient Tamil musicMusic genre
- Andhra MahasabhaHyderabad-based people's organisation
- André WinkDutch historian (born 1953)
- AngaAncient kingdom of India
- Anglo-Persian War1856–1857 war between the UK and Iran
- Anis Al-Hujjaj17th-century literary work by Safi ibn Vali
- Anna MemorialMemorial in Chennai, India
- Arakkal MuseumMuseum in Kannur
- Aram (Kural book)The Book of Aṟam, in full Aṟattuppāl (Tamil: அறத்துப்பால், literally, "division of virtue"
- Archaeology of IndiaArchaeology in India is mainly done under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of
- Architectural sculptureArchitectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculpto
- Architecture of KeralaKerala architecture is a style of architecture found in the Indian state of Kerala, and in
- Arcot Ramasamy MudaliarDiwan of Mysore
- Arcot, Tamil NaduTown in Ranipet
- Ardhamagadhi PrakritMiddle Indo-Aryan language of India
- ArikameduArchaeological site in South India
- Arinjaya CholaChola emperor from 956 to 957
- Arisil KilarArisil Kilar (Tamil: அரிசில் கிழார்) was a Tamil poet of the Sangam period. He has authore
- Ariyalur districtAriyalur district is an administrative district, one of the 38 districts in the state of T
- Ariyanatha MudaliarAriyanatha Mudaliar was the Delavoy (General) and the Chief Minister of the greatest of th
- Arni jagirArni Jagir was a Jagir (estate) and a permanently settled zamindari estate that existed in
- ArniaTown in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- ArnorajaArnoraja (IAST: Arṇorāja, r. c. 1135–1150 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the Shakambh
- Arthur Llewellyn BashamBritish historian and Indologist (1914–1986)
- Arthur Rullion RattrayRear-Admiral Sir Arthur Rullion Rattray, KBE, CB, CIE (2 May 1891 – 10 August 1966) was a
- Artillery batteryArtillery unit size designation
- ĀryāvartaHistorical region in northern India where the Indo-Aryan people lived
- Ashoka's policy of DhammaSet of edicts that formed the policy of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
- Ashokan Edicts in DelhiSeries of edicts on the teachings of Buddha
- Ashokan PrakritAncient Indo-Aryan dialect continuum
- Ashta PradhanCouncil of ministers in the Maratha empire
- AshvamedhaHorse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion
- Asian studiesAsian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe i
- AskaranRaja Askaran (? – c. 1599) was a late sixteenth-century Kachwaha Rajput ruler. Though brie
- AsmakaAncient kingdom in India
- Asmat BegumAsmat Begum (died 1621) was the wife of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, the Prime minister of the Mughal
- Assam ProvinceProvince of British India
- Asura kingdomAsura kingdom, or Sonitpura kingdom, is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a mult
- Ataga KhanShams ud-Din Ataga Khan (died 16 May 1562) was a prominent figure in the court of the Mugh
- AthirajendraChola emperor in 1070
- Athiyaman (Sathiyaputhra)Ancient rulers of southern India
- AttockCity in Punjab, Pakistan
- Attur FortAttur Fort is a historic fort present in Attur in Salem district in the South Indian state
- Audrey TruschkeHistorian of late medieval India
- Auguste-Louis de Rossel de CercyAuguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy (22 June 1736 – 27 February 1804) was a French Navy offic
- AupamanyavaVedic sage
- Aurangabad CavesRock-cut Buddhist shrine in Maharashtra, India
- Austrian colonization of the Nicobar IslandsThe Austrian colonization of the Nicobar Islands (German: Nikobaren, renamed to the Theres
- Avanibhajana Pallaveshwaram TempleShiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- Avanti (region)Historical country in India
- Ay AndiranEarly historic south Indian ruler
- AygudiAygudi(), also spelled Aaikudi, is a panchayat town in Tenkasi district in the state of Ta
- Ayodhya firing incidentOn 30 October and 2 November 1990, security forces in Uttar Pradesh opened fire on kar sev
- Ayodhya Inscription of Dhana1st-century BCE inscription
- Ayyavu SwamikalThycaud Ayyavu Swamikal (1814 – 20 July 1909) was a spiritualist and social reformer. He w
- Azad HindIndian provisional government during World War II
- Azad Hind stampsThe Azad Hind stamps are a set of prepared but never issued stamps for the planned Provisi
- Azad Maidan (public square)Martyrs' monument and ground in Panaji, Goa