History
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The indomitable queen: As the Sikh Empire crumbled, only one woman scared the British
Amarpal Singh
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Remembering the Maruthu Pandiyar brothers, the leaders of the South Indian Rebellion of 1801
Vinita Govindarajan
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With the Under-17 World Cup underway, now’s the time to read about Indian football
Mario Rodrigues
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With the Under-17 World Cup underway, now’s the time to read about Indian football
Mario Rodrigues
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Tune in: The fascinating story of how BBC started its first foreign language radio station in Arabic
Louis Allday
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In images: How photography evolved in India, from 1857 to the 21st century
Maria Thomas, qz.com
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The Scroll.in ‘Empire’ review: The reviewer’s response to the author’s criticism
Ruchika Sharma
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These illustrations from the Judeo-Persian epic ‘Fath Nama’ are a work of art
Ilana Tahan
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History files: Just how close did Jammu & Kashmir come to a break-up in the 1950s?
Christopher Snedden
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How India’s invention of zero helped create modern mathematics
Ittay Weiss, The Conversation
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What the relationship between the Palghat Iyers and Malayalis tells us about Kerala (and Tamils)
TCA Srinivasa Raghavan
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In this book the Partition is not just a memory but also a museum of loss
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Readers’ comments: ‘Intellectuals should critique instead of just criticising’
Scroll
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The Irish slave trader and sea captain who founded the town of Bombay – in New York
Anu Kumar
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Prithviraj Chauhan: Which stories about the king have been made up over the years?
Anu Kumar
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How the British convinced Hindus that Muslims were despots and religious invaders
Manan Ahmed Asif
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Despite their conspiracy theories, Hindutva backers raise valid concerns about Indian history books
Rohit Chopra
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The reality of race: The term ‘white people’ was invented by a playwright in 1613
Ed Simon
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Mughals only looted India, history syllabus will be rewritten, says UP deputy chief minister
Scroll Staff
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Illustrations: Vietnam’s bustling traditional markets in the early 1900s
Sud Chonchirdsin