In an ironic twist of fate, the East India Company, which once ruled India for nearly 200 years, is now owned by an Indian ...
Before the British rule, coronation ceremonies defined the transfer of power in kingdoms such as the Mughals, Marathas, Rajputana states, Vijayanagara, and Chola empires ...
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Defying the Raj ~I

In 1917, the British Indian government appointed the Sedition Committee headed by Justice Sidney Rowlatt, to investigate “criminal conspiracies connected with revolutionary movements” in India. The ...
Janaki Thevar’s story is a remarkable chapter of India’s freedom struggle. Born in British Malaya, she joined the INA at ...
After facing widespread flak, the MP Higher Education Minister apologised on Sunday, claiming his remark was a "slip of the ...
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The battle for Indianness in education

In the mid-1950s, Dr Radha Krishnan was emerging on the political firmament and was often sought after. Those were the days when any association with a British university, more specifically Cambridge, ...
Kunal Ganjawala reveals his ancestors legally grew cannabis for medical use during the British Raj, earning lagaan exemption and the title ‘Rao Saheb.’ ...
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One of India’s most prestigious universities has been accused of compromising its academic freedom by cancelling a seminar on democracy the same day it issued a directive to staff to promote a summit ...
Himanta Sarma’s remarks came after an RSS leader claimed that ‘the great’ epithet will not be used with the names of Akbar and Tipu Sultan in NCERT books.