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Nov 23, 2021
On the 10th May 1857, the Indian sepoys at #Meerut cantonment rebelled against Britishers. The rebellion soon spread to the adjoining towns and villages. Shahmal Singh Tomar of Baraut laid siege to the region and declared independence
“History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten” – this quote by philosopher George Santayana holds true, especially in the Indian context. For decades, academic history textbooks featured a one-sided and distorted narrative; stories of resistance by the warriors of the soil find no place. It continues to this day.

Nov 22, 2021
The then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who had towed the line of Muslim hardlines in an effort to appease the community, had surprisingly faced resistance from within his government in the form of Arif Mohammad Khan
Nowhere have the contradictions posed by an Islamist solution become more evident than in the case of a South Asian Muslim divorcee who sought support from her husband through the court system. To examine the case of Shah Bano is to call attention to the pivotal yet problematic role of one mode of governance, the judiciary, as it functions in the three major Muslim states of South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Nov 22, 2021
During his nineteen months as PM, one got many glimpses of Shastri's unique style of leadership. Much of these months were spent in settling down and dealing with one crisis after another
Indira Gandhi was one of the most prominent leaders who led the country. She was known for many things. Indira Gandhi was an astute and shrewd politician who waded her way through the political corridors dominated by males through sheer grit and what some say as ruthlessness. The way she handled foreign policy to the role India played in the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971 under her rule, Indira Gandhi has left an indelible mark on India's post-independence history.

Nov 22, 2021
The Goan Inquisition is a disturbing reminder to Goan Hindus about their history and signifies the struggles undertaken by our ancestors to preserve our cultural identity
Jesus Christ never said that his Gospel of Love and Care should be spread far and wide around the world  through violent means. Unfortunately, in the early centuries and later when European Imperialism took the world by storm, the guardians of Christian faith considered the followers of other faiths  across the globes were pagans or heretics. They were against idolatry and, in particular, the one prevailing in India.

Nov 21, 2021
It was after the massive revolt in 1857, derided as ‘Ghadar’ by British colonialists and regarded as ‘First war of Independence' by Indian historians, that after defeating Indian people in this war that British queen became ‘Queen of India's as well from November 1858
It is difficult to identify the date or time from when revolutionary movements in India starting taking shape. In one way all historical phases in nations and societies have revolutionary moments. As and when radical changes, considered progressive, take place in a society, those phases are called revolutionary phases.

Nov 19, 2021
She had affairs, he was bisexual — just some of the claims of the Mountbattens made by Andrew Lownie in this extract from his explosive new book
HE was a dashing prince and she was hailed "the most beautiful woman in England", so when Louis and Edwina Mountbatten walked down the aisle in 1922, it was the society wedding of the decade.

Nov 19, 2021
On the 19th of November, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addressed the nation at 9 AM. Addressing the nation, PM Modi thanked the millions of farmers who appreciated the farm laws, which were introduced after due deliberation and with honest intentions. PM Modi made a startling announcement saying that the government had decided to, however, repeal the 3 farm laws that were passed for the benefit of the farmers.

Nov 18, 2021
God only knows why India chose to appoint Mountbatten, a British, as the Governor General (GG) of India after independence! Jinnah didn’t do that blunder—he himself became the GG of Pakistan.
We have grown up, reading about all the good things about Jawaharlal Nehru. Every 14th November, we offered our tributes to him, year after year! Why Nehru’s birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day across India? Was it because little innocent children referred him as Chacha Nehru? What historians falsely portrayed him as ‘spending his entire life for the welfare of children across India’ has well served its purpose.

Nov 17, 2021
The Industrial Revolution depended in large part on the systematic theft from India
In this post, we’ll delve into the shadowy past of the British Empire and uncover how it contributed to the annihilation of numerous formerly prosperous nations, such as India. India was formerly termed as the “golden bird,” which was fairly accurate; at that time, India accounted for approximately 25% of global net wealth. India transitioned from a prosperous nation to a poor, impoverished one until the end of the British Raj in 1947.