Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian history

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The aim of this project is to standardize and improve articles related to History of India, as well as to create missing articles.

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1. Geo Thomas (talk • contribs) Iam eager to know my mother land history
2. Reenu Babu (talk • contribs) I luv India
3. utkarsh sharma (talk • contribs)--I am very much interested in Indian History and would like to contribute a lot
4. Gautam mca (talk • contribs)
5. Amit Sekhri (talk • contribs)
6. vkvora2001 (talk • contribs)
7. AMbroodEY (talk • contribs)
8. Farhat Jawed Sheikh (talk • contribs)
9. deeptrivia (talk • contribs)
10. Ganeshk (talk • contribs)
11. killerserv (talk • contribs)
12. New Rock Star (talk • contribs)
13. EvKnight13 (talk • contribs)
14. Ashay Arekar (talk • contribs) a.k.a. Ashu|(talk)
15. Deepak gupta (talk • contribs)
16. Dwaipayanc (talk • contribs)
17. Venu62 (talk • contribs)
18. Devanampriya (talk • contribs)
19. Mohammed Malvankar (talk • contribs)
20. Rupakbiswas (talk • contribs)
21. Harish89 (talk • contribs)
22. Half Life (talk • contribs)
23. Shyamsunder (talk • contribs)
24. DaGizza (talk • contribs)
25. Anwar saadat (talk • contribs)
26. TBC (talk • contribs)
27. Doctorbruno (talk • contribs)
28. BobClive (talk • contribs)
29. PritNaMu (talk • contribs)
30. Rohitganguli (talk • contribs)
31. Maha Mantri (talk • contribs)
32. Tanzeel (talk • contribs)
33. Nobleeagle (talk • contribs)
34. Chandrachoodan_Gopalakrishnan (talk • contribs)
35. Anirudhsbh (talk • contribs) a.k.a Andy123(talk)
36. Ragib (talk • contribs)
37. Kbfromindia (talk • contribs)
38. Vatech09 (talk • contribs)
39. M.Jibran (talk • contribs)
40. Chengeez (talk • contribs)
41. Jagged 85 (talk • contribs)
42. L1CENSET0K1LL (talk • contribs)
43. MetraB (talk • contribs)--I don't know much about Indian history, but am trying to choppy article parts. See introduction of Aurangzeb and changes to Akbar under 68.109.96.120.
44. ravikiran_r (talk • contribs)
45. KalevTait (talk • contribs) sometimes I just want to work on expanding/merging history stubs, so I've added that to the todo for this project and joined. I'll probably only be around till the (impossible?) goal is completed.
46. Bharath12345 (talk • contribs)
47. Vijaybarve (talk • contribs) To help with maps
48. Effer (talk • contribs)
49. s_raghu20 (talk • contribs)
50. Bharatveer (talk • contribs)
51. Wootking (talk • contribs)
52. Lostintherush (talk • contribs)
53. Sumit Kumar (talk • contribs)
54. Chaipau (talk • contribs)--I am interested in the History of Assam, to begin with.
55. kessler (talk • contribs)
56. Govindk (talk • contribs) -- My father is from Kannur near where the rebellion took place. I am familiar with the history, anthropology, folk lore, language and culture of Kerala and would like to bring some balance to this argument. I am new at this so how would I do this?Should I just go ahead and edit it completely or do I work together with other people?
57. Paramesh (talk • contribs)
58. Deepujoseph (talk • contribs)
59. Parshav (talk • contribs)
60. aburad (talk • contribs)
61. JC Ahangama (talk • contribs)
62. 49ers14 (talk • contribs)
63. reppin the bay (talk • contribs)
64. UdayanBanerjee (talk • contribs)
65. Abulfazl (talk • contribs)
66. jothishkumart (talk • contribs)
67. Ghostexorcist (talk • contribs)
68. pythagerus123 (talk • contribs)
69. barma (talk • contribs)
70. Nitin.viswanathan (talk • contribs) - I am very interested in the great people of India's past, such as Sai Baba, Sri Ramana Maharshi, and of course Mahatma Gandhi
71. Angelalok (talk • contribs)
72. Sidsahu (talk • contribs)- please see my articles on Mauryan art,Dayabhaga,Hindu joint family improvements are welcome
73. ajay20 (talk • contribs)
74. Dinesh2001s (talk • contribs)
75. vikas_duhan (talk • contribs)
76. Vishal1976 (talk • contribs) -- See my work at Maratha Clan System
77. Rohitde (talk • contribs) -- I am trying to do writeups on members of the Constituent Assembly of India. Am good with biographies in general
78. piyukamath (talk • contribs)
79. Antorjal (talk • contribs)-- History of Bengal and Bengal Presidency (especially 1700-1900)
80. Sudharsansn (talk • contribs)-- Overall Indian history and also Tamil history - including migration, settlement theories in South India
81. Nikhil Mane (talk • contribs)
82. Rajat Sud (talk • contribs) Interested in ancient and pre-history of South Asia.
83. Fleiger (talk • contribs) Interested in Maratha history, as well as pre-history.
84. sriram_sh (talk • contribs) Fascinated with Indian history right through the ages to contemporary India
85. Sarayuparin (talk • contribs)
86. karthikc123 (talk • contribs)
87. k.k.dubey to inhance my knowladge
88. Kuldip D. Gandhi (talk • contribs) I love History.
89. Umesh Sachan (talk • contribs) Every one is interested in knowing his history (If you came to a new town and heard that your great grandfather had studied in an ancient institue there, wouldn't you like to visit that institute ?) so why not accept it?

[edit] To do list

Ranju "I LOVE INDIA"

Open tasks for History of India

[[edit]] Top priorities	[[edit]] Editing / formatting	[[edit]] Missing articles	[[edit]] Expansion
Lothal Akbar Ancient India Dholavira Mauryan Empire Gopala - The mathematician (see Talk:Gopala)	Third battle of Panipat	Shishunaga (ruled from around 684 BCE) Haihayas Rudradaman I (c 130-150) Harihara I Simuka Satkarni History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia (from Requested Articles) Malhar Rao Holkar Dhruva Dharavarsha Linguistic history of India Yaudheya Chastana Wikipedia:History standards for Indic-related articles	Gupta Empire Chola dynasty Pandyas Pallavas Serfoji II Battle of Buxar Chera Daulat Khan Lodi Gautamiputra Satkarni Ahilyabai Holkar Pratihara Linguistic history of India Postal history of India Bhagat Singh Chittagong Armoury Raid Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Jai Singh II Ahom Gopala 1980 in India 1981 in India and so on. Haider Ali Kohari
[[edit]] Merges	[[edit]] Discussions	[[edit]] Maps
Panchala Panchala Kingdom	Template:HOIOpenTasks/Discussion	Empires Bahmani kingdom, based on [1] Routes, Wars, etc. Kamboja-Dvaravati Route Anglo-Maratha wars, based on [2] Anglo-Sikh wars, based on [3] Anglo-French wars (India), based on [4]
[[edit]] Recently Updated		[[edit]] Other requests
Created Rani Mangammal - Feb 14 Created Lakshman Sen - Feb 17		Pictures Timelines Linguistic history of India Stubs Try to get the number of stubs in Cat:Indian_history_stubs down to <100 by either expanding them or merging them. History of the Travancore Dynasty

Syed Mohd Ali/ Popular Medieval Monuments which attracts mostly foreigners Pravesh Tomar/ Tomars history

[edit] Parentage and Child Projects

Parent of this WikiProject:

• WikiProject History
• WikiProject History of South Asia (should be merged)
• WikiProject India

[edit] Child projects

• Indian military history task force
• WikiProject Politics of India
• WikiProject Pakistan

[edit] Templates

[edit] WikiProject History of India notice

Place this WikiProject notice {{WP India|history=yes}} at the top of an article's Talk page to direct editors to the Wikiproject History of India for guidelines. It will produce:

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.
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For Indian history predating 1947, use the "pre=yes" tag, {{WP India|history=yes|pre=yes}}, to produce:

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To avoid template clutter, use small versions:

{{WP India|history=yes|small=yes}}, {{WP India|history=yes|pre=yes|small=yes}}

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[edit] Types

[todo] various types of sources

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[edit] Sourceberg

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See also : Wikipedia:Informative, Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Public domain resources, Wikipedia:Don't include copies of primary sources

[edit] Style issues for history

Main article: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (general style issues)

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[edit] Infoboxes

A number of infoboxes can be used for History related articles. These include {{Infobox revolution biography}} and {{Infobox Military Person}}.

[edit] Biography

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[edit] Names and titles

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[edit] Dates

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[edit] Link references

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Appearance:

• Doe, John, "Main page". Wikimedia Foundation, Florida, USA. January 1, 2000.

Source:

* Last name, First name, "''[http://www.url.org Linked article name]''". Source publisher, Location. [[Month Day]], [[Year]].

See also: Wikipedia:Cite your sources, Style guides (for more detailed and formal styles), Wikipedia:External links, Wikipedia:Links

[edit] See also

• Main: Historiography -- Wikipedia:WikiProject Timelines -- Wikipedia:Timeline standards
• Portal: Wikipedia:Wikiportal/History.
• Resources: Wikipedia:Category schemes -- Wikipedia:Naming conventions
• Other: Wikipedia:History standards for China-related articles