celebrity.estateAn EGRET.LAW propertyWorld map3D timeline
Home / Places / India
Country

India

Every case set in what is now India, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

South AsiaEvery country

Cases in India

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
63
Years
750 BCE to 2026
Region
South Asia
Main subjects
India and South Asia, Fame and fortune, Great houses, Music and sport
Families
Mughal dynasty, Tata family, Ambani family
Updated
30 October 2026
Rajesh Khanna: Rajesh Khanna at Prithvi Soni's exhibition2012 · Aashirwad, Carter Road, Bandra, Mumbai, IndiaRajesh Khanna's live-in partner sued his widow and daughters for 14 years, and his bungalow was sold for Rs 90 crore and torn downRajesh Khanna bought the sea-facing bungalow Aashirwad from the actor Rajendra Kumar in 1970 for Rs 3.5 lakh. He married Dimple Kapadia in 1973; they separated in the mid-1980s and never divorced.The Times of India and 5 moreKishore Kumar: Legendary singers of India1987 · Mumbai, IndiaKishore Kumar's nephew agreed to sell his childhood home for Rs 14 crore, his son published a legal notice to stop it, and the house became a ruinKishore Kumar was born Abhas Kumar Ganguly in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. His last rites were performed at the family house, Gauri Kunj, also called Ganguly House, in the Bombay Bazar area.theweek.in and 3 moreSushant Singh Rajput: Manish Malhotra’s 50th birthday bash2020 · Mumbai, IndiaA Delhi court ruled that Sushant Singh Rajput's publicity rights died with him, so his father could not stop a film about his deathThe actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his flat in Bandra, Mumbai, in June 2020.LiveLaw and 2 moreSidhu Moose Wala: Sidhu Moose Wala during the shooting of his film Moosa Jatt (cropped)2022 · Mansa district, Punjab, IndiaSidhu Moose Wala's parents won his song copyright in court, had a son by IVF at 58, and were questioned by the state over the babyShubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moose Wala, was shot dead in Mansa district at 28. Media reports said the killers acted for Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar and jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.LiveLaw and 4 moreIndira Gandhi: Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of India2009 · Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaIndira Gandhi's government jailed Jaipur's Rajmata and searched Jaigarh Fort for treasure for five months, and found noneGayatri Devi, widow of Maharaja Man Singh II of Jaipur, sat in Parliament for the opposition Swatantra Party.CaseMine and 5 moreRabindranath Tagore: 1926 Rabindrath Tagore1941 · Calcutta, IndiaRabindranath Tagore's 1913 Nobel gold medal and 49 other items were stolen from the Visva-Bharati museum in March 2004 and have not been recoveredRabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, West Bengal, and the university kept his Nobel medal and other belongings in its museum.tribuneindia.com and 3 moreAI illustration: The palaces of Bhopal above the Upper Lake, 19601960 · Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaBhopal's heiress left for Pakistan, her sister's line took the palaces, and in 2025 a court reopened Saif Ali Khan's inheritanceHamidullah Khan was the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. His eldest daughter and heir, Abida Sultan, moved to Pakistan; LiveLaw dates this to 1950 and Dawn dates her abdication to 1948. He died on 4 February 1960.LiveLaw and 4 moreRatan Tata: Shri Ratan Naval Tata2024 · Mumbai, IndiaRatan Tata's will gave a third of the residue to a little-known Jamshedpur businessmanRatan Tata led the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012. He never married and had no children.businesstoday.in and 3 morePalden Thondup Namgyal: Palden Thondup Namgyal, 12th and last Chogyal (king) of Sikkim.1982 · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA; GangtIndian troops disarmed Sikkim's palace guard in 1975; the last king died in New York, his heir died on a mountain road, and a federal committee was still deciding which palace property the family ownsPalden Thondup Namgyal was born in 1923, the second son of Sikkim's ruler.hcs.gov.in and 3 moreRumtek Monastery 01: Plaque of Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India1981 · Zion, Illinois, USA; Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, IndiaThe 16th Karmapa died in Illinois in 1981; two rival successors were enthroned, and the Black Crown he left at Rumtek has gone unused sinceThe 16th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, left Tibet in 1959 with the Black Crown, the school's central relic, and placed it at his monastery at Rumtek in Sikkim.www2.kenyon.edu and 3 moreAI illustration: Bombay House, the Tata headquarters in Mumbai2022 · Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway, Maharashtra, IndiaThe Tata board removed Cyrus Mistry in 2016, and India's Supreme Court upheld it over the minority family's appealThe Tata Trusts, charitable trusts set up by Tata family members, hold about 66% of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group.economictimes.indiatimes.com and 3 moreAI illustration: Mysore Palace lit up at night, Mysuru1974 · Mysore Palace, Mysuru, Karnataka, IndiaKarnataka took Mysore Palace during the Emergency, lost in court in 1997, and passed a law to take it again in 1998On 23 January 1950 the Union government recognised Mysore Palace as the private property of the last Maharaja, Jayachamaraja Wadiyar. He died on 23 September 1974.indiacode.nic.in and 4 moreDayanidhi Maran: The Minister of Commerce & Industries, Sultanate of Oman, Mr. Maqbool Ali Bin Sultan calls on the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology,2003 · Chennai, IndiaDayanidhi Maran alleged his brother took control of Sun TV while their father was in a coma, then withdrew the notice two months laterMurasoli Maran, a nephew of DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, died in 2003 after a long illness. His elder son, Kalanithi, built Sun TV Network; by 2025 he held 75% of it and Forbes put his worth at $2.9 billion.nsearchives.nseindia.com and 2 moreKottayam Cheria Pally01: Cheria Pally Church outside in Kottayam, Kerala, India selfmade by pitichinaccio, 26 Dec 20051960 · Kottayam, Kerala, IndiaMary Roy's brother told her to leave their father's cottage, she sued, and the Supreme Court gave Kerala's Syrian Christian daughters equal shares back to 1951Mary Roy's father, the entomologist P. V. Isaac, died without a will.LiveLaw and 3 moreJai Vilas Palace ( Scindia Palace): Jai Vilas Palace, the current residence of the royal Maratha family 'Scindia', is an Italianate structure combining the Tuscan and Corinthian ar2001 · Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; Bombay and Delhi High Courts, IndiaGwalior's Rajmata disinherited her son and barred him from her last rites; the Scindia property fight ran 40 yearsMaharaja Jiwajirao Scindia of Gwalior died in 1961. His widow Vijaya Raje became a founding member of the BJP; their son Madhavrao became a Congress minister. A 1980 arbitration award divided some property between mother and son.theprint.in and 2 moreMahar: "A Mahar woman," a watercolor by Rao Bahadur M. V. Dhurandhar, 1928; more watercolors from the set: *"A working woman at Ajmere"* *"ABengali lady"* *"A Bhatia lady"* *"A Bhi1958 · Bombay Presidency (Maharashtra and northern Karnataka), IndiMahar families inherited village land in return for hereditary service; Ambedkar told them to give it up, and Bombay abolished the watans in 1958Under the village service system, Mahar families, classed as untouchable, served as watchmen, trackers of thieves, messengers and wall-menders, settled boundary disputes and removed dead cattle.CaseMine and 2 moreMap of India, marked on the globe2016 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJayalalithaa left no will; a court gave her house to her niece and nephew, and the state took 21 kilos of her goldJ. Jayalalithaa, a former film actress, was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She died in December 2016, unmarried and without children. On 27 May 2020 the Madras High Court declared her niece J. Deepa and nephew J.LiveLaw and 4 moreBirla Family Tree: a family tree of all the members of the Birla Family Other information This is similar to the tons of family tree images on google search, but entirely made on m2004 · Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaPriyamvada Birla's will left a Rs 5,000 crore group to her accountant; the Birla family has fought it in court since 2004Madhav Prasad Birla died in 1990, and his widow Priyamvada became chair of the M.P. Birla Group. She died on 3 July 2004.LiveLaw and 4 moreTomb Aurangzeb: Aurangazeb's tomb in Khuldabad1707 · Khuldabad, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India; battle at JaAurangzeb was buried under a plain stone as he willed, and his sons fought for the throne; one said "a throne or a bier"Aurangzeb ruled from 1658 and died on a Friday, 3 March 1707, at Bhingar in the Deccan, aged 88. His son Muhammad A'zam arrived the next day.Internet Archive and 1 moreAI illustration: JK House, the Singhania family tower in Mumbai2026 · MumbaiRaymond's founder gave his son his 37 percent stake and says he was then pushed out of the family towerVijaypat Singhania built Raymond into India's best-known suiting brand. In 2015 he handed his 37 percent controlling stake to his son Gautam Singhania.gulfnews.com and 2 moreSir Ganga Ram Hospital: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi2020 · New Delhi, IndiaAn unmarried Delhi man froze his sperm before chemotherapy, a court ruled it was property his parents inherit, and the government appealedPreet Inder Singh, 30, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in June 2020. Before chemotherapy he stored his semen at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 27 June 2020. He died on 1 September 2020. He was not married.scconline.com and 3 moreAI illustration: A laptop and a hardware wallet on a hotel desk in Jaipur, 20182018 · Jaipur, IndiaCrypto CEO Gerald Cotten died in India holding the only keys to C$215 million, and regulators found the money was already goneGerald Cotten ran QuadrigaCX, a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange. On 27 November 2018 he signed a will leaving C$9.6 million to his wife, Jennifer Robertson, and C$100,000 in trust for his two chihuahuas.advisor.ca and 3 moreAI illustration: A blood sample vial beside a tied bundle of plain court files in a New Delhi courtroom, 2012, unlabelled2018 · New Delhi, IndiaA Delhi court forced a former chief minister to give blood for a paternity test; his son won, and was killed a year after the father diedNarayan Dutt Tiwari was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and later of Uttarakhand. In 2008 Rohit Shekhar filed a suit in the Delhi High Court saying Tiwari was his biological father; his mother was Ujjwala Sharma. Tiwari resisted.indiatoday.in and 4 moreAI illustration: An oil refinery at Jamnagar, Gujarat, lit up at night2002 · Breach Candy Hospital, MumbaiDhirubhai Ambani died without a will; one son became Asia's richest man and the other told a court he was worth zeroDhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance and built it into one of India's largest groups. He died at 69 with no will and no succession plan. His sons, Mukesh and Anil, ran the group together.tribuneindia.com and 3 moreAntilia, Mumbai: Antilia as seen from Dr. Gopalrao Keshav Marg in Mumbai2002 · Altamount Road, Mumbai, IndiaAn orphanage trust sold its Mumbai plot for Antilia in 2002, the waqf board called the sale illegal, and the Bombay High Court dismissed the last challenge in 2025The Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja orphanage trust was set up in 1892 to maintain and educate orphaned and poor boys of the Khoja community. It held a plot of about 4,532 square metres on Altamount Road.LiveLaw and 3 moreMap of India, marked on the globe1999 · Delhi, IndiaVineeta Sharma's father died in 1999 and the Delhi courts said she was too late to share the family property; the Supreme Court made every Hindu daughter a co-owner by birthUnder the Mitakshara school of Hindu law, sons own a share of ancestral property from birth as coparceners. Daughters did not.api.sci.gov.in and 3 moreMalcha Mahal: Malcha Mahal1993 · Malcha Mahal, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, IndiaA woman claiming to be heir of the kings of Awadh lived nine years in a Delhi railway station and won a palace; she was the widow of a university registrarIn the 1970s a woman calling herself Begum Wilayat Mahal camped in the first-class waiting room of New Delhi railway station with her children.tribuneindia.com and 4 morePadmanabhaswamy Temple Gopuram: Padmanabhaswamy Temple Gopuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India1991 · Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IndTravancore's last ruler died in 1991, the Kerala High Court said his brother could not inherit the temple's management, and the Supreme Court gave the family controlSree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, last ruler of Travancore, signed the 1949 covenant that joined his state to India. The law kept the temple under the "Ruler of Travancore." He died on 19 July 1991.LiveLaw and 1 moreAI illustration: The fort and Raj Mahal palace of Faridkot, Punjab1989 · Batra Hospital, Delhi, IndiaFaridkot's Maharaja lost his only son, and a will read three days after his death gave his forts and palaces to a trust run by his staffHarinder Singh Brar became Raja of Faridkot as a child in 1918 and kept his private estate after the state merged into India in 1948.LiveLaw and 5 moreA View of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple: A View of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh1987 · Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaFour families held Tirumala's priesthood by birth and kept the temple jewels in turns; Andhra Pradesh abolished the inheritance in 1987A.S.LiveLaw and 5 moreMaharana Pratap: Maharana Pratap By Surendra Singh Shaktawat1984 · City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaA Maharana's will gave Udaipur's City Palace to his younger son, and 41 years later the heirs threw stones at its gatesBhagwat Singh Mewar was the last titular Maharana of Udaipur. On 22 April 1983 his elder son, Mahendra Singh, sued him for partition of the family estate, accusing him of wasteful spending.morungexpress.com and 7 moreAI illustration: The Khas Bagh palace of the Nawabs of Rampur, 19661966 · Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe Nawab of Rampur's eldest son took all his private property in 1966; after 53 years the Supreme Court split it among 16 heirsNawab Raza Ali Khan signed Rampur over to India on 15 May 1949. He kept a tax-free privy purse of 7 lakh rupees and his private properties, which he listed in orders of 31 May and 27 June 1949. He died intestate on 6 March 1966.api.sci.gov.in and 2 moreBangalore Nagarathnamma: Indian Carnatic singer Bangalore Nagarathnamma with her pet dog (3 November 1878 - 19 May 1952)1952 · Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, IndiaA devadasi singer spent her fortune on a temple for the saint Thyagaraja, was barred from singing at his festival, and held her ownBangalore Nagarathnamma was born on 3 November 1878 at Nanjangud to Puttalakshmi of Mysore, a devadasi. She became court artiste (Asthana Vidushi) at Mysore and was patronised at Travancore, Bobbili and Vizianagaram.feminisminindia.com and 5 moreMuhammad Ali Jinnah: Jinnah1945c1948 · South Court (Jinnah House), Malabar Hill, Mumbai, IndiaJinnah left his Bombay house to his sister; India took it as evacuee property, and his daughter died with her claim still pendingMuhammad Ali Jinnah built South Court on Malabar Hill in 1936 for 2 lakh rupees and lived there until he left for Karachi. Gandhi and Nehru met him there in 1944 and 1946.thequint.com and 3 moreVasco da Gama: Ignoto portoghese, ritratto di un cavaliere dell'ordine di cristo, 1525-50 ca. 021524 · Cochin, IndiaVasco da Gama was ordered out of his home town of Sines in 1507 and asked to leave Portugal before the King made him a count in 1519Vasco da Gama was born at Sines, where his father was the alcaide. The town belonged to the military Order of Santiago.Project Gutenberg and 4 moreTipu's Tiger front view 2006AH4173: Tippoo's Tiger1799 · Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), Karnataka, IndiaThe British army broke up Tipu Sultan's gold throne to divide as prize money; his sword sold for £14 million in 2023 while descendants pulled rickshawsOn 4 May 1799 the East India Company's army stormed Seringapatam. Tipu Sultan was killed, and his body was found near the Water Gate.nam.ac.uk and 6 moreThibaw Min: Thibaw Min1916 · Mandalay, Myanmar; Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, IndiaKing Thibaw handed Burma's crown jewels to a British colonel in 1885, and the Nga Mauk ruby was never seen againThibaw became king of Burma in 1878 on the death of his father, Mindon. Early in 1879 he had a number of members of the royal family put to death; later accounts put the dead at 80 to 100.Internet Archive and 8 moreDamodar Rao of Jhansi: The place from where Rani Lakshmibai jumped1853 · Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India; Indore, Madhya PradeshThe East India Company refused the Raja of Jhansi's deathbed adoption, took the state, and kept the boy's inheritance in trust for goodRaja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi had no living son. As he lay dying he adopted a five-year-old relative, Anand Rao, renamed Damodar Rao.cbkwgl.wordpress.com and 3 moreResidence of Jejeebhoy: Residence of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet.1859 · Bombay (Mumbai), IndiaJamsetjee Jejeebhoy's baronetcy fund pays only an heir who gives up his own name, and every holder since 1859 has taken hisJamsetjee Jejeebhoy was born in Bombay on 15 July 1783 to poor parents from Navsari. In 1799 he sailed to China as a cousin's clerk and made four more voyages.Wikisource (primary text) and 3 moreHouse of Jagat Seth, Nashipur, Murshidabad, West Bengal 01: House of Jagat Seth, Nashipur, Murshidabad, West Bengal1763 · Murshidabad, West Bengal; Munger Fort, Bihar, IndiaThe Jagat Seths financed the British at Plassey; six years later the Nawab had the two heads of the bank killed and their bodies thrown from a fortHiranand Shah, an Oswal merchant from Nagaur in Rajasthan, settled in Patna in 1652.en.banglapedia.org and 2 moreFresco depicting Bhai Makhan Shah Labana finding Guru Tegh Bahadur, with a young-lad and Mata Nanaki, from Gurdwara Baba: Fresco depicting Bhai Makhan Shah Labana finding Guru Tegh1664 · Kiratpur and Bakala, Punjab, India; Dehradun, UttarakhandA Sikh guru disinherited his elder son for changing one verse for Aurangzeb, and rival claimants sat at Bakala waiting to be namedGuru Har Rai, seventh guru of the Sikhs, sent his elder son Ram Rai to Aurangzeb's court. When the emperor objected to a verse in the Adi Granth, Ram Rai changed its wording to please him.srigurugranthsahib.org and 4 moreAga Khan I: l'Imam degli Ismailiti Aga Khan I (1817-81)1866 · Bombay (Mumbai), IndiaBombay Khoja dissidents sued the first Aga Khan for control of the community's funds, and a British judge ruled in 1866 that he was their hereditary imamHasan Ali Shah received the title Aga Khan from the Shah of Persia in 1818 and governed Kerman.Encyclopaedia Britannica and 1 moreBahadur Shah Zafar: This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections. Links to the British Library's website may be broken as the library recovers fr1862 · Delhi, India; Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar; Howrah, West BengalA British officer shot the last Mughal emperor's sons in 1857, and in 2025 India's Supreme Court threw out his great-grandson's widow's claim to the Red FortBahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor. When British forces retook Delhi in September 1857, William Hodson found him at Humayun's Tomb on 20 September and brought him in under orders to deliver him unharmed.LiveLaw and 4 moreManiram Dewan: Maniram Dewan1858 · Jorhat, Assam, IndiaManiram Dewan, the first Indian to plant tea commercially in Assam, was hanged in 1858, and the British auctioned his tea gardensManiram Dutta Barua worked as a Dewan, an administrator, for the British in Assam, and later as prime minister to the Ahom ruler Purandar Singha.livehistoryindia.com and 2 moreE. View of Bellary Fort: East View of Bellary zFort1842 · Bellary (Ballari), Karnataka, IndiaA Bellary liquor contractor died without a will, his brother claimed the estate as a Hindu joint family, and the Privy Council asked how the family livedMatthew Abraham was an Indian Roman Catholic of modest origins who grew rich from the liquor contract, arms trading and moneylending in Bellary and Kurnool. The family distanced itself from its Paraiyar (Dalit) ancestry.assets.cambridge.org and 2 moreKhizr Khan and Devaldi enthroned. Duval Rani Khizr Khan of Amir Khusrau Dihvali. Scribe, Sultan Bayazid ibn Nizam Mughal: Khizr Khan and Devaldi enthroned. Duval Rani Khizr Khan of1316 · Siri, Delhi, India; Gwalior FortMalik Kafur read out a will that made a six-year-old sultan of Delhi, blinded the heirs, and was beheaded 35 days laterMalik Kafur, a eunuch, commanded Sultan Alauddin Khalji's armies in the Deccan. Amir Khusrau's account says Kafur persuaded the dying sultan to confine his heir, Khizr Khan, in Gwalior Fort, under an oath not to take his life.Internet Archive and 1 moreIltutmish: Islamic Sultanates. Delhi. Shams al-Dīn Iltutmish. AH 607-633 AD 1210-1235. AR Tanka (25mm, 11.07 g, 6h). Sind type1236 · Delhi, India; killed near Kaithal, HaryanaSultan Iltutmish named his daughter Razia heir over his sons; the nobles crowned a son, and the people of Delhi put her on the throneThe chronicler Minhaj-i-Siraj writes that Sultan Iltutmish, returning from the conquest of Gwalior, ordered his secretary to write a decree naming his eldest daughter Raziyyat his heir apparent.Internet Archive and 1 moreMausoleum of Job Charnock (5375872517): Mausoleum of Job Charnock1693 · Kolkata, IndiaThe Sabarna Roy Choudhury family sold three villages to the East India Company in 1698, and their descendants won a 2003 ruling that Job Charnock did not found KolkataThe Sabarna Roy Choudhury family held the zamindari rights over the villages of Sutanuti, Govindapur and Kalikata under the Mughals. Job Charnock of the East India Company set up the Company's headquarters there on 24 August 1690.tribuneindia.com and 3 moreHarischandra in Distress, having lost his kingdom and all the wealth parting with his only son in an auction: Harishchandra lost his kingdom and all the wealth parting with his onl300 · Ayodhya and Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe Markandeya Purana says King Harishchandra gave the whole earth to a Brahmin sage, then sold his wife, his son and himself to pay the feeThe Markandeya Purana says Harishchandra was a just king in the Treta Age. Having angered the sage Vishvamitra, he offered him anything he wanted.Internet Archive and 1 moreMaharaja Nandakumar, Calcutta: Maharaja Nandakumar, Calcutta1775 · Calcutta (Kolkata), IndiaA Bengali official accused Warren Hastings of bribery, was charged weeks later with forging a dead banker's bond, and was hanged under an English statuteMaharaja Nandakumar had been governor of Hugli and an old rival of Warren Hastings. A banker, named Bulaki Das in later accounts, died in 1769. The banker's executor, Gungabissen, sued Nandakumar for sums owed to the estate.Wikisource (primary text) and 2 moreThe entrance of Shaniwar Wada.: This is a photo of ASI monument number1773 · Shaniwar Wada, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaRaghunathrao's men killed the 17-year-old Peshwa in his palace, his widow bore a son who took the throne back, and Pune says the boy still cries for his uncleKind 1 and kind 2. The Peshwa Madhavrao I died of tuberculosis in 1772 and was succeeded by his brother Narayanrao, aged 17. Their uncle Raghunathrao, next in line, had been held in confinement.livehistoryindia.com and 2 moreAI illustration: Shah Jahan, imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb, looks from Agra Fort at the Taj Mahal1666 · Agra Fort and Delhi, IndiaMughal prince Aurangzeb jailed his father for eight years and executed his brother to take the throneIn 1657 Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, fell ill. His four sons each had an army. The eldest, Dara Shikoh, was his chosen heir.Wikipedia (English) and 1 moreAditya Chola II: Aditya Chola II969 · Udaiyargudi (Kattumannarkoil), Tamil Nadu, IndiaThe Chola heir Aditya Karikala was murdered, and his brother Rajaraja seized the killers' lands and their relatives' lands years laterAditya II, called Aditya Karikala, was crown prince and co-regent of the Chola king Parantaka II. He had defeated the Pandya king Vira Pandya and taken his head.Internet Archive and 2 moreVarikkassery maa: Varikkassery mana Varikkasseri Mana (Malayalam: വരിക്കാശേരി മന), alternatively known as Varikkumanchery Mana, is one of the oldest traditional aristocratic NambooLegend · 1969 · Kerala, IndiaKerala tradition says Parashurama gave the land to Brahmins; only eldest Namboodiri sons could marry so estates never split, and land reform took them in 1969The Keralolpathi, a chronicle whose surviving versions date from the 15th to the 19th century, says the god Parashurama raised Kerala from the sea with a throw of his axe and settled Brahmins in 64 villages, 32 of them in Kerala.keralamuseum.org and 4 moreQueen Didda coin: Coins of Queen Didda (979 – 1003 AD). The Queen is depicted sitting cross legged on one side and standing on the other.1003 · Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaKalhana's chronicle says Queen Didda of Kashmir killed three grandsons on the throne and chose her heir with a heap of applesDidda, a princess of Lohara, married King Kshemagupta of Kashmir. He died in 958, and she ruled as regent for their son Abhimanyu. When rebels besieged her palace, she executed the captured rebels and exterminated their families.Internet Archive and 2 moreMahmud of Ghazni: Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid ruler, conquering Qasdar (modern Khuzdar) in India, miniature from the Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh of 1030 · Ghazni, Afghanistan; Somnath, Gujarat, India; Agra, Uttar PrBritain carried gates from Mahmud of Ghazni's tomb to India in 1842 as the stolen gates of Somnath; they were Afghan cedar and are still in Agra FortMahmud of Ghazni raided the Somnath temple in Gujarat about 800 years before the British reached Ghazni. A later belief held that he carried off its gates and set them on his tomb at Ghazni.collections.vam.ac.uk and 2 morePiprawa vase with relics of the Buddha inscription: Piprawa vase with relics of the Buddha inscription480 BCE · Kusinara (Kushinagar), Uttar Pradesh, India; Piprahwa, UttarThe Pali canon says eight peoples demanded the Buddha's ashes; one share, found in 1898, was pulled from auction in 2025The Mahaparinibbana Sutta says that after the Buddha was cremated at Kusinara, seven claimants sent word to the Mallas of Kusinara asking for a share of the remains: King Ajatasattu of Magadha, the Licchavis, the Sakyas of…accesstoinsight.org and 2 moreAlone, Bharat worships the sandals: Bharat reverently accepts Rama's sandal, which he will place on the throne during his regency (bazaar art, mid-1900's); *another view of the sceLegend · 750 BCE · Ayodhya and Nandigrama, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe Ramayana says a queen used two old promises to disinherit the heir, and his brother ruled for 14 years in the name of his sandalsValmiki's Ramayana says King Dasharatha of Ayodhya prepared to crown his eldest son Rama as heir.valmikiramayan.net and 3 moreThe disrobing of Draupadi title QS:P1476,en:"The disrobing of Draupadi "label QS:Len,"The disrobing of Draupadi ": The disrobing of Draupadi, a miniature of the Basohli SchoolLegend · 400 BCE · Hastinapura and Kurukshetra, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, IndiThe Mahabharata says the blind elder brother lost the throne, and his cousin staked the kingdom, his brothers, himself and his wife at diceThe Mahabharata, traditionally attributed to Vyasa, is the longest Indian epic, with more than 100,000 verses.Wikisource (primary text) and 4 moreBheeshma oathlabel QS:Len,"Bheeshma oath"label QS:Lml,"ഭീഷ്മശപഥം": Bhishma taking oath, on abdicating his right to the throne, in order to get the fisher girl married to his fatherLegend · 400 BCE · Hastinapura, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe Mahabharata says Bhishma gave up the Kuru throne and vowed never to marry so his father could wed, and the line ran out of heirsThe Adi Parva says King Shantanu wanted to marry Satyavati, a fisherman's daughter. Her father would agree only if her son became king. He also feared that the crown prince Devavrata's own children would later claim the throne.Wikisource (primary text) and 2 moreKabir: Kabir004Legend · 1518 · Maghar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaTradition says Hindus and Muslims fought over Kabir's body and found only flowers under the sheetKabir was a poet. The district administration of Sant Kabir Nagar says he was loved equally by Muslims and Hindus.sknagar.nic.in and 2 moreGommateshwara, Shravanabelagola: T, Gommateshwara or Bahubali in ShravanabelagolaLegend · 850 · Ayodhya and Podanapur (legendary); Shravanabelagola, KarnataJain tradition says Bahubali beat his elder brother for the kingdom, gave it up, and stood a year in meditation troubled that he stood on his brother's landJain tradition says Rishabha, the first tirthankara, placed his eldest son Bharata on the throne, made Bahubali heir apparent and gave lands to his other sons before he renounced the world.Internet Archive and 2 moreEmperor Yayati gray: A painting of YayatiLegend · 400 BCE · Kingdom of the Lunar dynasty (legendary), northern IndiaThe Mahabharata says King Yayati passed over four sons who refused to take his old age, and made the youngest his heirThe Adi Parva says King Yayati was cursed with old age by the sage Shukra, the father of his queen Devayani, after his affair with her attendant Sharmishtha. The curse allowed him to pass his old age to a son.Wikisource (primary text) and 2 more