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Rahul Sagar

The first English language play in modern India: How Amir Khan became the Nawab of Tonk

An excerpt from ‘Krishna Kumari: The Tragedy of India’, by English Subba Rao, edited by Rahul Sagar.

Rahul Sagar
· Sep 09, 2024 · 08:30 am
The curious case of Pran Puri, the 18th century travelling monk who was discovered and forgotten

Accounts of the monk who always kept his arms in the air and travelled to many places created something of a sensation when published.

Rahul Sagar
· Feb 07, 2023 · 08:30 am
A new book restores Maharaja Sir Madhava Rao’s treatise on statecraft, the first one in Modern India

An excerpt from the Introduction of ‘The Progressive Maharaja: Sir Madhava Rao’s Hints on the Art and Science of Government’, edited by Rahul Sagar.

Rahul Sagar
· Sep 22, 2022 · 08:30 am

How a researcher found, almost accidentally, the first modern Indian treatise on government

Rahul Sagar’s painstaking search had all but ended when he suddenly made his discovery of T Madhava Rao’s manuscript.

Rahul Sagar
· Sep 02, 2022 · 08:30 am
How, and why, the first Constitution in modern India was written, 75 years before the one we follow

Long before 1949, there was on the table another constitution for a part of another India. This constitution was drafted in March 1874.

Rahul Sagar
· Jan 19, 2020 · 07:30 am
Rediscovering Indian thought: How a scholar built a database of pre-Independence magazines

Rahul Sagar details the inspiration and execution of his project to index the contents pages of 255 English-language pre-Independence magazines from India.

Rahul Sagar
· Nov 24, 2019 · 05:30 pm

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Rahul Sagar

The first English language play in modern India: How Amir Khan became the Nawab of Tonk

An excerpt from ‘Krishna Kumari: The Tragedy of India’, by English Subba Rao, edited by Rahul Sagar.

Rahul Sagar · Sep 09, 2024 · 08:30 am

The curious case of Pran Puri, the 18th century travelling monk who was discovered and forgotten

Accounts of the monk who always kept his arms in the air and travelled to many places created something of a sensation when published.

Rahul Sagar · Feb 07, 2023 · 08:30 am

A new book restores Maharaja Sir Madhava Rao’s treatise on statecraft, the first one in Modern India

An excerpt from the Introduction of ‘The Progressive Maharaja: Sir Madhava Rao’s Hints on the Art and Science of Government’, edited by Rahul Sagar.

Rahul Sagar · Sep 22, 2022 · 08:30 am

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How, and why, the first Constitution in modern India was written, 75 years before the one we follow

Long before 1949, there was on the table another constitution for a part of another India. This constitution was drafted in March 1874.

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Rediscovering Indian thought: How a scholar built a database of pre-Independence magazines

Rahul Sagar details the inspiration and execution of his project to index the contents pages of 255 English-language pre-Independence magazines from India.

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