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Indian History, Indian Civilization, Hindu History, Hindu Civilization from a decolonized lens. Learn India’s forgotten history.
A case for re-writing Bharat’s history
Oscar Wilde famously said- “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.” I have always been intrigued by this quote. What...
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Missionary activities are ongoing long after the colonizing British left Bharat. The fault-lines created due to such conversions have created major problems that include...
Battle of Tilpat, 1699 – when Veer Gokula Jat rose up against the tyrant Aurangzeb
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Battle of Tilpat, 1699 is one of the most unsung battles of late medieval era. The battle lasted four days and 4,000 Mughal soldiers...
Bharatiya history’s liberation from colonisation effect – the new year resolution
When Bharat got independence from the British yoke in 1947, the first thing that should have been brought on priority of the socio-political spectrum...
Congress provincial govt in pre-independence Bharat passed an order to address Gandhi as ‘Mahatma’
MK Gandhi has been deified in Bharat to such an extent that any attempt to critically analyze his follies, for which the Hindu society...
How the CPM created a Muslim martyr out of UK Kunjiraman who was killed in a toddy shop brawl
UK Kunjiraman, a local communist leader based out of Thalassery in Kannur was stabbed to death during a toddy shop brawl many decades back....
Chronicling racial relations between Bharatiyas and their last foreign invaders
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In July 1765, Robert Clive, in a letter to Sir Francis Sykes, compared Gomorrah favourably to Calcutta, then capital of British India. He wrote:...
Outnumbered Portuguese fled at the sight of Indian Army
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A night at either of my grandmothers' houses was always magical, not the least due to the absence of electricity in Goan villages. One...
Kashi epitomizes the unshakeable resilience and unity of Hindus
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The city of Kashi epitomizes the unshakeable resilience and unity of Hindus. Devastated multiple times by Islamic invaders, it rose again every time to...
‘Jagdamba ki Jai Ho’: 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal’s battlecry in 1971 war
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‘Jagdamba ki Jai Ho! Those were the words spoken during the 1971 Bharat-Pakistan war by a wounded yet determined and courageous 2nd Lt Arun...