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"History's unsung heroes sing the loudest": Lost in history's pages, Battle of Haifa reveals India's unsung heroes from the… - From the battlegrounds of WWII to becoming an INA soldier and then to the Indian cinema, Nazir Hussain's journey is a testim…
- "15 remarkable women who shaped India's Constitution": Traverse India's history with the pioneers who sculpted the constitut…
- "Article 1: India, That Is Bharat": And Seth Govind Das argued that the Constitution is incomplete and needs many amendments…
- "In loyalty's absence, betrayal finds its stage": Indians sacrificed their life earnings to Netaji for a dream called freedo…
- "Words are the mask, actions the revealing face": For Kasturba, Gandhi prescribed faith over penicillin, Yet, when it came t…
- "PM Modi mentions the 1966 bombing of Mizoram": When Indira Gandhi had ordered the IAF to carry out an aerial attack in Aiza…
- "Betrayal is the birthplace of resentment": Diving into murky depths of Nehru & Elwin's policies in Northeast India unveils…
"लुटेरे": From a Rs 248 cr Patiala Necklace to a Rs 1000 cr Jacob Diamond used as a paperweight, India’s royal jewels now lie in foreign hands—Cartier, Christie’s, museums—far from the Maharajas who once wore them with power, pride, and unmatched grandeur
Literally meaning ‘great king’, the word Maharaja gives us a picture of prominence, power and magnificence.
In 1921, British forces brutally killed over 750 unarmed farmers in Munshiganj during a peaceful protest with experts calling it deadlier than Jallianwala Bagh while a memorial today stands as a grim reminder of their sacrifice & the atrocities committed
A memorial has been erected to honor their memory, reminding us of the severe atrocities and inhumanity committed by the British.
"भूले तो नहीं": In 1860, the ship Truro & Belvedere brought 680 Indian indentured laborers to South Africa, beginning a journey of hardship that has since evolved into a thriving Indian community deeply embedded in South Africa's culture and history today
The Truro was the first of 384 ships which brought indentured workers from India to South Africa. The last ship to arrive was the “Umlazi 43” in 1911.
"कालाध्याय": In the dark corridors of the 1980s, Coomar Narain and Colonel Alain Bolley orchestrated a deadly espionage ring, leaking top-secret defense files that not only endangered India's nuclear security but also manipulated billion-dollar arms deals
As the sensational arrests of people involved in the country's biggest spy scandal continued, the magnitude of the security breach appeared to have reached frightening levels.
Srivijaya, 1400 years older than Port Blair, honors a Buddhist kingdom in Sumatra & Rajendra Chola’s epic naval war, a tribute to his vision that expanded Indian influence across Southeast Asia using monsoon winds and maritime routes, a true global power
The name Srivijaya is derived from the Sanskrit words “sri” and “vijaya”.
Shorts
- Dr. Anandibai Joshi, India's first female physician, embraced 19th-century challenges with courage and determination, securi…
- "कालाध्याय": Dive into the harrowing story of Snehlata Reddy, who endured unjust imprisonment & torture during the Emergency…
- "Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever," declared Rahmat Ali in his Pakistan Declaration, coining 'Pakstan,' settin…
- "यत्र नारी पूज्यंते": Rahul Gandhi might reconsider his views if he examined history; Lakshmibai Kelkar's 1936 founding of t…
- "Love Jihad in 1565": Sulaiman Karrani orchestrated a sinister plot, ensnaring Kalapahad, a once valiant & staunch Hindu Gen…
- "Incredible India": In 1929, drought struck Jodhpur, Maharaja Umaid responded, releasing funds, but people refused charity;…
- 21 years after Kargil, we reflect on how Israel's pivotal military support proved to be the game-changer, providing the edge…
- Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, a titan of Tamil Nadu's politics, was a sage-like nationalist and social reformer who defied…
Britishers
- Queen Victoria to her Viceroy, “Though the Muhammadans’ cow-killing is made the pretext for the agitation, it is in fact, di…
- "All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power": Punkah - the hand operated ceiling fa…
- Maligning of India by British Raj since the 1800s
- "भूले तो नहीं": In 1860, the ship Truro & Belvedere brought 680 Indian indentured laborers to South Africa, beginning a jour…
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre by Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer: Here's what happened 102 years ago
Subhas Chandra Bose
- Birth of our National Anthem: Original recording of 'Jana Gana Mana' performed by the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg, G…
- Birth, Parentage and Early Environment - An Indian Pilgrim (Netaji's Life and writings)
- At school Part I - An Indian Pilgrim (Netaji's Life and writings)
- Netaji, an Impossible man can never be boxed into an ideological corner: Not just the most enigmatic figure in world history…
- A bit of History - An Indian Pilgrim (Netaji's Life and writings)
Hindu Genocide
- Genocide of Sanyasis and GoSevaks by Indira Gandhi Government on Gopashtami - 07 Nov 1966
- Direct Action Day triggers The Great Calcutta Killings: Kolkata Paid Its Lives To Create Pakistan
- Tipu Sultan remembered as killer of Brahmins and demolisher of temples in many villages of Tamil Nadu: a freedom fighter or…
- Hindus documented massacres for 1000s of years: Incomplete but indicative History of Attacks on India from 636 AD
- The untold story of Maharashtrian Brahmin genocide committed by Congress after Gandhi’s assassination in 1948
