History
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During WWI, a princess sent 26 lakh Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors (including Indians)
Peter Doyle, The Conversation
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One of the oldest surviving historical accounts of India was written by this Korean Buddhist monk
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The Grand Anicut shows historical novels need not be slowed down by immaculate research
Veena Narayan
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When a small Sikh community thrived in an Iranian border town
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Emmeline da Cunha: Remembering Goa’s first female doctor who had a brief but intense medical career
Filipa Lowndes Vicente
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How a Hungarian scholar became the founder of modern Tibetology after reaching India
Ajay Kamalakaran
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In searching for my ancestor Miguel of Mazagon, I found his role in a key Anglo-Portuguese deal
Megan deSouza Denis Rodrigues
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‘Human nature doesn’t change’: Madhulika Liddle on the challenges of writing historical fiction
Abdullah Khan
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Watch: 3000-year-old Avenue of Sphinxes unveiled at Karnak Temple in Egypt in a grand ceremony
Scroll Staff
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Pilgrimages, conflicts and naked women: A Russian merchant’s impressions of 15th-century India
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The legend of the Indian prince who is the forefather of all Cambodians
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The science of resurrecting the ‘dead’ has a creepy history
Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation
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How Nicoló Manucci, the Venetian who settled in India, saw and reported incidents of ‘Sati’
Marco Moneta
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How historian Vikram Sampath uses decolonisation rhetoric to make Hindu domination sound reasonable
Akash Bhattacharya
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Watch: On Abul Kalam Azad’s 133rd birth anniversary, remembering some of his sayings
Scroll Staff
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AI and deepfakes are bringing history to life – but at a steep moral cost
Nir Eisikovits, The Conversation
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Podcast: How Mumbai’s working-class women helped create a city that is safe and open-minded
Raghu Karnad
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Brexit fish wars: Britain has been fighting over territorial waters for centuries
Richard Blakemore, The Conversation
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Watch: 2,700-year-old wine press, carved directly into a mountain, discovered in Iraq
Scroll Staff
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The world’s first professional acrobats were flipping through West Asia 4,000 years ago
Javier Alvarez-Mon, The Conversation Yasmina Wicks, The Conversation