HIstory
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Kanad Sinha, Audrey Truschke, Christophe Jaffrelot, Pratinav Anil win the 2022 Karwaan Book Award
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Bansilalpet, a 17th century stepwell in Hyderabad, has been restored meticulously
Scroll Staff
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How Indo-Persian, the language of cosmopolitan India for six centuries, fell into decline
Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammad Dawood
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Watch: Satirist Urvish Kothari explores ways in which India’s history can be rewritten
Scroll Staff
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Remembering the ‘Indian Titanic’ that was sunk by the Japanese
Ajay Kamalakaran
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P Sainath’s new book brings stories of the footsoldiers of India’s freedom movement
P. Sainath
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How Francis Fukuyama’s idea ‘the end of history’ may have been misinterpreted
Chris Fleming, The Conversation
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Historian Nayanjot Lahiri on encountering Indian emperor Ashoka in a small coastal town in Thailand
Nayanjot Lahiri
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Why Assamese historians and writers are protesting against the BJP’s celebration of Lachit Borphukan
Rokibuz Zaman
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One of the most compelling accounts of Western India in the 19th century was written by this woman
Ajay Kamalakaran
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100 years of BBC: A look back at some historical moments covered by the British broadcaster
Scroll Staff
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A Kenyan Goan’s fight against colonialism in Africa and India
Ajay Kamalakaran
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How did the Partition affect the people of Sindh? Using true stories, a new book finds out
Saaz Aggarwal
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Daniel Bandmann: The Shakespearean actor who sought a career makeover in India in the 19th century
Anu Kumar
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Guleri Rani of Sirmur: How the 19th Century queen of Punjab resisted the British East India Company
Queeny Pradhan
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Who was the Chola king who died on the back of an elephant? What did his death mean for the kingdom?
Kamini Dandapani
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‘Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World’: Ruby Lal challenges the fantasies about the harem
Rana Safvi
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‘Ashoka was not faceless. He made himself visible through his words’: historian Nayanjot Lahiri
Abhishek Roy
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The journey of a young Indian Jewish woman to becoming the first lady of Cyprus
Ajay Kamalakaran
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In illustrations: Tales of conquests and adventures from the life of Alexander the Great
Ursula Sims-Williams