History
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How a friendship between three historians made the writing of Indian history more energetic
TCA Raghavan
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The universal image of baby Jesus in his manger was created only 1,200 years after his death
Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation
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Nataraja: How the dancing avatar of Shiva made his way from rock sculptures to modern physics
Harish Pullanoor, qz.com
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‘Pinch of trouble, dash of thought’: When a London charity whipped up the perfect Christmas recipe
Margaret Makepeace
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‘Panipat’: Before the film, there was the novel of the battle between the Marathas and the Afghans
Vishwas Patil
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How an Englishman who loved late-night parties died a Muslim saint in Pakistan
Furqan Hyder Shaikh
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Sounds of resistance: How the radio fuelled the revolution in colonial Angola
Marissa J Moorman, The Conversation
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From ‘spinster’ and ‘old maid’ to ‘self-partnered’: How the single woman has been seen over the ages
Amy Froide, The Conversation
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Napoleon in France and Tsar Paul I in Russia wanted to invade India. What stopped them?
Riaz Dean
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The British were met with fire and fury when they tried to conduct a census in 1870s Bengal
John O’Brien
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What Mumbai chronicler Jim Masselos discovered about the city and its turbulent life
Jim Masselos
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Watch: Comical takes on historical events are now a TikTok staple
Scroll Staff
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Indian revolutionaries plan to ambush a train carrying the Kohinoor diamond in this novel
Rensil D’Silva
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How crystal chandeliers gifted to the Shah of Persia travelled from England to Bombay to Tehran
Lesley Shapland
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Watch: ‘For fascists, politics is about friends and enemies’, says historian Timothy Snyder
Scroll Staff
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Why a Deccan ruler in 16th century commissioned a beautiful garden and then promptly razed it
Simran Agarwal, Sahapedia
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Watch: On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, here are a few moments from his life
Scroll Staff
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‘You suddenly realise the great British conquest of India was a corporate event’: William Dalrymple
Manu S Pillai
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A ledger gives a sense of how the East India Company was singed by the 1666 London fire
Margaret Makepeace
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Watch: ‘Isro always bounces back from its failures’, says Akash Banerjee in new video
Scroll Staff