The city of Hisar, originally Hisar-e-Firoza, and its Gujari Mahal were built by which ruler?
- A.Iltutmish
- B.Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- C.Alauddin Khalji
- D.Prithviraj Chauhan
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who founded the walled city as Hisar-e-Firoza in 1354 and built a palace complex there, of which the Gujari Mahal, the Diwan-e-Aam, the Jahaj Kothi and the Barsi Gate survive. He also cut canals from the Yamuna and the Sutlej to water the tract, and he founded Fatehabad and Firozpur in the same region, which is why his name runs through the medieval history of Haryana.
Option A, Iltutmish, of the Slave dynasty, is associated with Hansi, which he held and strengthened, not with Hisar, which did not exist then. Option C, Alauddin Khalji, left no foundation of this kind in the region. Option D, Prithviraj Chauhan, belongs to the twelfth century and to the battles of Tarain near Thanesar, nearly two hundred years before Hisar was founded.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Panipat
- B.Kurukshetra
- C.Karnal
- D.Jind
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Jyotisar lies a few kilometres from Kurukshetra town, and tradition identifies it as the spot on the battlefield where Krishna gave the Gita sermon to Arjuna.
Read the full explanation →The Kabuli Bagh mosque at Panipat was built by which ruler?
- A.Babur
- B.Humayun
- C.Akbar
- D.Sher Shah Suri
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He raised the Kabuli Bagh mosque and the garden around it at Panipat to mark his victory in the first battle of Panipat in 1526, in which Ibrahim Lodi, the last Lodi sultan, was killed.
Read the full explanation →The Pinjore Garden, also called the Yadavindra Garden, is located in which district of Haryana?
- A.Ambala
- B.Panchkula
- C.Yamunanagar
- D.Kurukshetra
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Pinjore lies on the Shivalik slope in Panchkula district, and the garden there is a Mughal charbagh laid out in descending terraces by Nawab Fidai Khan, the foster brother of Aurangzeb.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only hill station of Haryana?
- A.Morni Hills
- B.Dhosi Hill
- C.Tosham Hill
- D.Kalesar
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It is the one place in Haryana developed as a hill station, and the twin Tikkar Taal lakes lie below it.
Read the full explanation →Adi Badri, traditionally regarded as the place where the Saraswati rises, is in which district?
- A.Kurukshetra
- B.Yamunanagar
- C.Panchkula
- D.Kaithal
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Adi Badri lies in the Shivalik foothills of Yamunanagar district, and tradition treats it as the point where the Saraswati emerges, which is why the state has taken up work on the river and on a reservoir there.
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