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- M. H. KrishnaMysore Hatti Krishna Iyengar (M. H. Krishna: 19 August 1892 – 23 December 1947) was an Ind
- M.G.R. and Amma MemorialMemorial complex in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Madanapala (Gahadavala dynasty)Parama-bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshvara Parama-Maheshvara
- Madhavrao IPeshwa of Maratha Empire from 1761 to 1772
- Madhavrao IIPeshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1774 to 1795
- Madho Singh IMaharaja of Jaipur from 1750 to 1768
- Madhusudan DhakyArchitectural historian
- MadikeriCity in Karnataka, India
- Madras ArmyMilitary unit
- Madrasian culturePrehistoric archaeological culture of the Indian subcontinent
- MadukkaraiMadukkarai is a suburb of Coimbatore city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the gat
- Madukkarai WallHistoric wall demarcating the boundaries of three ancient kingdoms of India
- Magahi languageIndo-Aryan language spoken in India
- Maha ManikyaMaha Manikya (died 1431), also known as Chhengthung Fa, was the Maharaja of Tripura from a
- Maham AngaFoster mother of the Mughal emperor Akbar
- Mahamaham stampede1992 crowd crush in Tamil Nadu, India
- Mahameghavahana dynastyAncient Indian dynasty
- Mahapadma Nanda4th-century BCE Nanda emperor
- MaharIndian caste mostly in Maharashtra
- MaharajaIndian princely title
- Maharaja of MysoreRuler of the Kingdom of Mysore
- Maharaja of PatialaTitle of the ruler of Patiala State
- Maharana PratapMaharana of Mewar from 1572 to 1597
- Mahendra ManikyaMahendra Manikya (d. 1714) was the Maharaja of Tripura from 1712 to 1714.
- Mahendra Nath MullaIndian Navy officer
- Mahendra Singh of PatialaMaharaja of Patiala from 1862–1876
- Mahendrapala IGurjara-Pratiharan Emperor from 885 to 910
- Mahendravarman (Varman dynasty)Mahendravarman ruled Kamarupa from the Varman dynasty for the period 470–494 CE, was son o
- Mahendravarman IPallava emperor from 590 to 630
- Mahendravarman IIMahendravarman II or Mahendra Varma II was a Pallava monarch who reigned in southern India
- Mahi (Kushan)Mahi (Brahmi script: Ma-hi) was a Kushan ruler, whose reign is dated to circa 300–305 CE.
- Mahi Kantha AgencyAgency of the British Raj
- Mahipala IPratihara emperor from 913 to 944
- Mahisha kingdomAncient Hindu kingdom of India
- Mahmood Shah Bahmani IIMahmood Shah or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud was the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482 unt
- Mahuli19°28′46″N 73°14′18″E / 19.4794792°N 73.2382754°E
- MaidanIndex of articles associated with the same name
- Maimana KhanateUzbek Khanate around Maimana, Afghanistan
- MainpuriCity in Uttar Pradesh, India
- MairangMairang is the headquarters of Eastern West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India. It i
- Maithili languageIndo-Aryan language spoken in India and Nepal
- Maithili literatureLiterature in the Maithili language
- Majnu ShahIndian freedom fighter (died 1788)
- Major general (United Kingdom)2-star rank in the British Army and Royal Marines
- Major Rock Edicts10 separate edicts of Mauryan emperor Ashoka across South Asia
- Makkhali GosalaAscetic teacher of ancient India
- MakranSemi-desert coastal region in Iran and Pakistan
- Malabar DistrictAdministrative district of Bombay and later Madras from 1792 to 1956
- Malabar pepperMalabar pepper is a variety of black pepper from the Malabar region of the present day of
- Malabar rebellionConflict in India in 1921–1922
- MalavasAncient Indian tribe
- MalerkotlaCity in Punjab, India
- Malhar Rao HolkarMaharaja of Indore from 1732 to 1766
- Malla (tribe)Republican confederacy in ancient India
- Mallabhum kingdomKingdom in present-day West Bengal, India (694–1947)
- Mallick Bari (Midnapore)The Mallick Bari is an erstwhile Zamindari palace or rajbari located in the district of Pa
- Mallikarjuna Temple, BasaraluThe Mallikarjuna temple, dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, is in Basaralu, a small town in
- Mallikarjuna Temple, KuruvattiThe Mallikarjuna temple is located in the town of Kuruvatti (also spelt Kuruvathi) in the
- Malpur StatePrincely state of the British Raj
- MalwaPlace in India
- Malwa AgencyMalwa Agency was an administrative section of British India's Central India Agency. The he
- Malwa SultanateLate medieval kingdom in northern India (1401–1562)
- MamankamIndian festival
- Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)Rulers of northern India (c. 1206–1290)
- MandapamMandapam is a panchayat town in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
- Mandapeshwar CavesCaves in Mumbai, India
- MandyaCity in Karnataka, India
- Mandya districtDistrict of Karnataka in India
- Mangal PandeyIndian soldier and freedom fighter (1827–1857)
- MangaleshaChalukya Emperor from 592 to 610
- Mangalore Ranga PaiMangalore Ranga Pai (7 May 1931 – 3 July 2003), or M. R. Pai, was an Indian journalist and
- MangayarkkarasiyarMangayarkkarasiyar (Tamil:மங்கையர்க்கரசியார்) was one of the 63 Nayanmars or holy Saivite
- Manipur (princely state)1110–1949 kingdom in South Asia, now Manipur state, India
- Manjusha ArtIndian art form
- Manmath Nath GuptaIndian Marxist revolutionary
- Manmohini DeviThird Maharani consort of Tripura
- Mannathu Padmanabha PillaiIndian social reformer and freedom fighter
- Manpur, IndoreManpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mhow Tehsil of Indore district in the Indian sta
- MansabdarRank and obligation system of the Mughal Empire
- Mantharan Cheral IrumporaiYanai Katchai
- Maratha invasion of Deccan (1739)The Maratha invasion of the Deccan in 1739, led by Peshwa Bajirao I, was a military campai
- Maratha Military Landscapes of IndiaWorld Heritage Site in India
- Maratha–Mysore wars18th century conflict between the Maratha Empire and the Kingdom of Mysore
- Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan IPandyan emperor from 1268 to 1308
- Maravarman Sundara Pandyan IPandyan emperor from 1216 to 1238
- Maravarman Sundara Pandyan IIPandyan emperor from 1238 to 1251
- MarichjhanpiIsland in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India
- Marichjhapi massacre1979 eviction of Bangladeshi refugees
- Marine archaeology in the Gulf of KhambhatArchaeological exploration along Western Indian coast
- Maritime history of BengalThe Maritime history of Bengal (Bengali: বাংলার সামুদ্রিক ইতিহাস; Bānglāra Sāmudrika Itihā
- Maritime history of OdishaThe Maritime history of Odisha, known as Kalinga in ancient times, started much before 800
- Marquis de Bussy-CastelnauGovernor of French India
- Martand Sun TempleHindu temple in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Martanda Bhairava TondaimanRaja of Pudukkottai from 1886 to 1928
- Marthanda VarmaMaharaja of Travancore from 1729 to 1758
- Martial raceBritish Indian colonial military recruitment theory
- MarwarRegion in Rajasthan, India
- Masʽud IGhaznavid Sultan from 1030 to 1040
- Matak rajyaAdministrative area
- Matangini HazraIndian freedom fighter (1870-1942)
- Mathura lion capitalThe Mathura lion capital is an Indo-Scythian sandstone capital (a part of a pillar) from M
- MātṛviṣṇuMaharaja
- MauesIndo-Scythian king
- Maya RataThe Maya Rata (Principality of), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a principal
- Mayo Hall (Bengaluru)Mayo Hall is a government building located in the center of Bangalore. It was built to hon
- Medieval city of VijayanagaraThe city of Vijayanagara was the urban core of the imperial city and the surrounding princ
- Medini RaiRajput chieftain of Malwa and Mewar (d. 1528)
- Medinipur Sadar subdivisionMedinipur Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur dist
- Meerut districtDistrict of Uttar Pradesh in India
- Meerut mutinyFirst armed resistance during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 at Meerut
- MehrauliDistrict Subdivision in Delhi, India
- Mehrauli Archaeological ParkArchaeological park in India
- MehrgarhNeolithic archaeological site in Balochistan, Pakistan
- MeikeerthiA meikeerthi (Tamil: மெய் கீர்த்தி) is the first section of Tamil inscriptions of grant is
- MewarRegion in the Indian state of Rajasthan
- Mewari languageRajasthanic Language spoken in Sindh and Rajasthan
- Mian (title)Royal title of India
- Michel Joachim Marie RaymondGeneral Michel Joachim Marie Raymond (25 September 1755 – 25 March 1798), popularly known
- Middle TamilForm of the Tamil language used from the 8th to the 15th century
- Midnapore districtFormer district in West Bengal, India
- Mihira BhojaPratihara Emperor from 836 to 885
- Minor Inscriptions of KharavelaThe Minor Inscriptions of Kharavela are the shorter inscriptions found near the major and
- Minor Pillar Edicts3rd-century BCE Indian inscriptions
- Minor Rock EdictsAncient rock inscriptions in India attributed to Mauryan emperor Ashoka
- Mir (title)Persian title
- Mir JafarNawab of Bengal (r. 1757–1760, 1763–1765)
- Mir MadanChief of the artillery of Nawab Siraj Ud Dowla
- Miramar, GoaMiramar is the beach area of the Goan capital of Panjim, also known as Panaji and is one o
- Mirzapur stele inscriptionThe Mirzapur stele inscription, also called the Mirjāpur stele inscription, is a dedicator
- Mithila (region)Cultural region in India and Nepal, Asia
- Mitra dynasty (Mathura)Indian dynasty
- Mizo National Front uprising1966 uprising in Mizoram, India
- Mizoram Pradesh Congress CommitteeMizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (or Mizoram PCC) is the wing of Indian National Congres
- Mlechchha dynastyMedieval dynasty from Kamarupa, Assam
- Mohamed Barakatullah BhopaliIndian revolutionary
- Mohammed Shah IMohammed Shah I (reigned 1358–1375) was the second ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate, a late
- Mohan, Uttar PradeshMohan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Unnao district in the Indian state of Uttar Prade
- Mohanlal (Dewan)Diwan of Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah
- MoidamTumuli of the Ahom Kingdom
- MoirangTown in Manipur, India
- Monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological ParkUNESCO-recognized monuments
- Mormugão fortThe Mormugão fort was located on the southern tip of the mouth of the Zuari river in Mormu
- Mosa Walsalam SastriyarMoses Anthony Nadar popularly known as Mosa Walsalam Sastriyar (1847 - 20 February 1916) w
- Moth, Uttar PradeshMoth is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jhansi district in the Indian state of Uttar Prade
- Moti Masjid (Mehrauli)Mosque in Mehrauli, Delhi, India
- MudrarakshasaSanskrit play by Vishakhadatta
- Mughal dynastyDynasty of the Mughal Empire
- Mughal paintingMughal manuscript miniatures from South Asia
- Mughal–Persian warsSeries of wars fought in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Mughal–Safavid war (1649–1653)Conflict within present-day Afghanistan
- Muhammad Azam ShahMughal emperor in 1707
- Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji13th-century Turko-Afghan military general of the Ghurid dynasty
- Muhammad bin TughluqSultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351
- Muhammad Farid KhanFinal Nawab of Amb
- Muhammad ShahMughal emperor from 1719 to 1748
- Muhammad Shah III LashkariSultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1463 to 1482
- Muhammed SaadulahPrime Minister of Assam from 1937 to 1946
- Muiz ud din BahramSultan of Delhi from 1240 to 1242
- MujatriaIndo-Scythian king
- Mujeeb Ahmad Khan LodhiPakistani admiral and defence analyst
- Mukunda ManikyaMukunda Manikya (d. 1739) was the Maharaja of Tripura from 1729 to 1739.
- Mukut ManikyaMukut Manikya was briefly the ruler of Tripura during the late 15th century.
- MundigakArcheological site in Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Murshid Quli KhanNawab of Bengal from 1717 to 1727
- MurshidabadCity in West Bengal
- Murugan Temple, SaluvankuppamHindu temple ruins
- Muscular HinduismPhilosophy promoting Hindu physical fitness
- Mushika dynastyRuling lineage from ancient/early medieval south India
- Muslin trade in BengalTextile trade in Eastern India
- Mutharaiyar dynastyZamindars from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
- Muzaffar Shah ISultan of Gujarat from 1407 to 1411
- Mysore (1789–1791)The battle honour of Mysore commemorates the action of native units of the British East In
- Mysore CommissionProvisional government of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1831 to 1881
- Mysore PalaceHistorical palace in Mysore, Karnataka, India
- Mysore petaType of turban
- Mysore StateIndian state from 1950 to 1956; predecessor of Karnataka
- Mysorean invasion of Malabar1766–1792 part of the Anglo-Mysore Wars
- Mysorean rocketsEarly modern Indian artillery weapon