history
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Indian history for children: From 1200 to 1850, a brief history of the North Eastern states
Rudrangshu Mukherjee Shobita Punja Toby Sinclair
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NCERT textbook describes Mughal ‘brutalities’, says no one should be blamed for past
Scroll Staff
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When a unique university on a ship sailed up to India for ‘cultural immersion’
Anu Kumar
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Why ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ is the perfect show for an India afraid of the future
Iftikar Ahmed
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Fiction: When the enigmatic artist Mira dies suddenly, her nurse, Sona, comes under suspicion
Alka Joshi
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Kumkum Roy, professor of Ancient History, recollects her days as an MA student at JNU, Delhi
Kumkum Roy
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A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
Ajay Kamalakaran
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For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse
Prashant Kidambi
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A new book asks what made Japan Westernise rapidly during the Meiji era in the late 19th century
Lesley Downer
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From the biography: How freedom fighter MC Davar tried to prevent the partition of India
Praveen Davar
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Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history’
Aryan Mahtta Raghav Kakkar Shoaib Daniyal
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How independent Bangladesh introduced made-in-India one taka notes to end use of Pakistani currency
Manash Ghosh
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A new book recounts the formation of the Berlin Indian Independence Committee in 1914
Rana Preet Gill
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‘The Book of Guilt’: What if Hitler were assassinated and World War II ended in compromise?
Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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As Afghanistan warmed up to India in the late 1940s, strains with Pakistan began to emerge
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Medical history: When a typhus epidemic killed thousands at the height of the Second World War
Phil Craig
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Ghee Bowman (1961-2025): A British historian who unearthed the stories of Indian soldiers at Dunkirk
Gautam Hazarika
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When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Ruined reputation, deep debt: How the British treated an Iranian governor exiled in Pune
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Translated historical fiction: Shivaji and Aurangzeb’s bloody battle for the control of the Deccan
Vishwas Patil Nadeem Khan