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Pangs of Partition

On 8 July 1947, A British barrister arrived in India. He was given just a couple of days notice to leave for India. It was his fir...

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Portrait of a Hero

VOL XXIIPopular history is often shaped by subsequent narratives. Ask anyone who secured independence for India from the British,...

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Unique Traditions of India and their Unparalleled Scientific Reasons - Part 3

As we explore Indian customs and traditions, one is wonderstruck by the sheer number of unique and meaningful rituals practiced fo...

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History of Indian Education System

The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century (1983), his magnum opus, is again based on the materials...

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Vaimanika Shastra

On 28 June 1951, The then Maharajah of Mysuru inaugurated the International Sanskrit Research Centre in Mysuru. Chief Minister of...

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Sam Bahadur - A Story of a Warrior

Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi called for an emergency cabinet meeting on the afternoon of April 19, 1971. Army chief General Sa...

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Madhura Vijayam

Although I was the princess of Eka Shilanagari, my upbringing was purely that of befitting a prince. Wrestling, archery, sword fig...

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The Free Tamluk Government - A Forgotten History

VOL XXIIIOn August 8th, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi uttered the battle cry of “British Quit India,” marking the formal start of the Quit...

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The Shaggy-Wise Jāmbavān

BearRāmāyaṇā Jāmbavān, the bear, appears in the Rāmāyaṇā where he is addressed as a ‘Rikṣa’ and as a ‘Vānarā’. The second appel...

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Bengal Diaries - Episode 5

A Forgotten King and his deity12th July 1576, a landmark day in the history of medieval Bengal. At the battle of Rajmahal, Akbar’s...

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Memoirs of Rajasthan - Part II

Cursed To Be Haunted – BhangarhRated as the most haunted place in India – ‘Bhangarh’ is probably the only place of archeological i...

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History of Sanatan Dharm in Manipur & the Meiteis’ Resistance to Christianity

In several states of India, there is a custom of engaging the newly married couple in several games as a part of the post-wedding...

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The Englishwoman who fought for India’s independence

It was 1904. A bright Bengali student from Calcutta arrived in UK for pursuing a degree in law from Downing College, Cambridge. He...

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