When 21 Brave Sikhs Stood Against 10,000 Afghans – Battle of Saragarhi
Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi, one of the greatest last man standing actions in military history, when 21 Sikhs held off 10,000 Afghans against all odds,…
Forgotten History
Kumārajīva and the Middle Way in China
Most people are surprised when told that Bharat’s Gāndhārī and Khotan Saka were the main languages of Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, from the earliest recorded times to about 1000 CE, where I…
Baji Rao I – One of the Greatest Hindu Warriors
Baji Rao I was one of the greatest Hindu warriors ever, the man who expanded the Maratha Empire all the way to Delhi and beyond. He was rated as one…
Chandrashekhar Azad – The Man Who Sacrificed His Life for Bharat’s Azadi
“Your name?” The boy replied back nonchalantly “Azad”.
“Your father’s name”?- “Azadi”
“Where do you live?”-“In Prison”…
Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Remembering the Lokmanya
Conferred by the title of ‘Lokmanya’, Bal Gangadhar Tilak had inspired a whole generation of freedom fighters from Savarkar to Azad to Bhagat Singh. He is an icon of the freedom struggle of Bharat…
Alluri Sitarama Raju – A Forgotten Hero and a Great Son of the Soil
One of the more ignored aspects of the Bharatiya freedom struggle has been the various tribal revolts that broke out against the British rule. Tribals were prohibited from cutting trees…
Review of ‘Growth of Scheduled Tribes and Castes in Medieval India’ by KS Lal
The myth of Dalit-Islam unity has been doing the rounds for a few decades now, despite a copious amount of evidence to the contrary and a near-complete absence of historical…
Mathematicians of Kerala – Part II
This is the second article in the series Mathematicians of Kerala Narayana Pandit (c. 1340-1400), the earliest of the notable Keralese mathematicians, is known to have definitely written two works, an…
A Wake Up Call By a Pakistani Lady Scholar
In a landmark confession of truth, an enlightened Muslim intellectual, Fouzia Saeed, declared during a discussion on a TV channel that all Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims are essentially Hindus, and…
Interview with Dr. Meenakshi Jain on her new book ‘The flight of deities’, Ram Temple & Sati
Dr. Meenakshi Jain is a renowned historian, author and political scientist. She is a member of ICHR (Indian Council of Historical Research) and has written several important books which have…