History
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Video: Who are the Rajputs and why are they offended by Deepika Padukone starrer Padmavati?
Astha Rawat
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An exhibition tells the incredible history of Indian civilisation through nine stories
Mridula Chari
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China Miéville’s ‘October’ shows us why revolutions must be studied, not just celebrated or reviled
Tanuj Solanki
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Video: A one-of-a-kind exhibition tells the history of India and the world using just 230 objects
Ramakrishnan M
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Video: Is the samosa Indian or foreign?
Astha Rawat
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Is state monopoly on violence the price to be paid for an orderly society? Two books offer answers
Supriya Nair
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Tipu Jayanti: Did Tipu Sultan choose his royal emblems to endear himself to non-Muslim subjects?
Kate Brittlebank
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After the Revolution: Was Lenin’s clamping down on freedom of press a sign of things to come?
John Reed
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Video: How Christopher Columbus’ journeys to America changed India’s diet
Ramakrishnan M
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The morning after: How clashes, rumours and propaganda began within hours of the Russian Revolution
John Reed
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A first-hand account from the streets of St Petersburg as the Russian Revolution swept through it
John Reed
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The Russian Revolution: It began with Trotsky’s vision and the mutiny of the St Petersburg garrison
John Reed
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This is how the world read of the Russian Revolution: John Reed’s ‘Ten Days That Shook The World’
John Reed
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Empires, poetry and intrigue: When Kalidas played a part in a royal coup in the Gupta dynasty
Nandini Sengupta
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This book claims to expose the myths behind Kashmir’s history. It exposes its own biases instead
Chitralekha Zutshi
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How the shadow of the battle of Karbala has shaped Urdu literature
Asif Farrukhi
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Even in ancient India, the state was usually at war with the forest and its inhabitants
Upinder Singh
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Before S Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize in 1983, his theories were overlooked because of his race
Kapil Subramanian
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Ramnath Goenka bought the Express Estate at this 90-year-old auction house in Chennai
Divya Karthikeyan
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How Iran’s Isfahan came to be known as ‘the city of Polish children’ during World War II
Mark Hobbs