CATEGORY
History
Indian History, Indian Civilization, Hindu History, Hindu Civilization from a decolonized lens. Learn India’s forgotten history.
Memories of forgotten heroes to come alive in Pune’s Chapekar Wada
IANS -
Over 15 years after the famed Chapekar Wada was rebuilt at a cost of nearly Rs 50 lakh, the next phase of a museum...
How China preserved Bharat’s cultural brilliance in Far history – Part 2
IANS -
In Part-1 of his article Prof. Lokesh Chandra explains how a powerful cultural connection between the two ancient civilisations- Bharat and China-- cemented a...
Assam’s bards of freedom gave a voice to nationalist aspirations
IANS -
The 1920s to 1940s was a period when a large number of songs, poems and lyrics were composed in Assam as part of the...
How China preserved Bharat’s cultural brilliance in Far history (Part 1)
IANS -
Father, Prof. Raghu Vira, studied Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in 1928. He was impressed by the beauty and...
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day – the Great Calcutta killings
Web Desk -
In the Great Calcutta killings, the Mayor of Calcutta, Syed Mohammed Usman wrote in a pamphlet, “We Muslims have had the crown and have...
The memories of partition-era violence have not just been buried by our eminent historians, left-liberal intellectuals and secular politicians, they have also distorted those...
Haryana to set up memorial of Partition heroes in Kurukshetra
IANS -
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced a world-class war memorial to be built by Panchnad Smarak Trust near Pipli town in...
Web Desk -
Muslim military picket highjacked a caravan of non-Muslims, the male members were killed and the women were raped at night. Those women never crossed...
More than 3800 years old copper weapons discovered in UP’s Mainpuri
Thirty-nine weapons, estimated to be more than 3800 years old, were discovered in Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Mainpuri District in early June. During leveling activity,...
Pingali Venkayya, the man behind our national flag
Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963) was a freedom fighter. He was born in Telugu brahmin family at Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His...