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Indian honorifics. A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief ( Raja) and the nobles ( Sardars, Jagirdars, Sarpatil, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state. Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships.
Nihari ( Hindi: निहारी; Bengali: নিহারী; Urdu: نہاری) is a stew originating in Lucknow, the capital of 18th-century Awadh under the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of slow-cooked meat, mainly a shank cut of beef, lamb and mutton, or goat meat, as well as chicken and bone marrow. It is flavoured ...
The Sikh Confederacy was a confederation of twelve sovereign states (each known as a Misl, derived from the Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal'; sometimes spelt as Misal) which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and is cited as one of the causes of the weakening of the Mughal Empire prior to Nader Shah's invasion of India (1738 ...
A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer ‚ dancer ‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs ( nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [1]
Modern Standard Hindi, [a] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.
Urdu. v. t. e. Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad ...
Headquarters. H-8/4, Islamabad. Website. fbise .edu .pk. The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education ( Urdu: وفاقی ہیئت برائے متوسط و ثانوی تعلیم ), commonly known as FBISE, is an autonomous board under the Ministry of Federal Education for examining the intermediate and secondary education in ...
t. e. Sanātana Dharma ( Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning "eternal dharma ", or "eternal order") [1] is an alternative term used by some Hindus to refer to Hinduism instead of the mainstream term Hindu Dharm. The term is found in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. [2] [3] It is generally used to signify a more traditional ...