Indian history for children: From 1200 to 1850, a brief history of the North Eastern states

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Kumkum Roy, professor of Ancient History, recollects her days as an MA student at JNU, Delhi

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How independent Bangladesh introduced made-in-India one taka notes to end use of Pakistani currency

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A new book recounts the formation of the Berlin Indian Independence Committee in 1914

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As Afghanistan warmed up to India in the late 1940s, strains with Pakistan began to emerge

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· May 29, 2025 · 11:30 am

Medical history: When a typhus epidemic killed thousands at the height of the Second World War

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When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims

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Ruined reputation, deep debt: How the British treated an Iranian governor exiled in Pune

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Translated historical fiction: Shivaji and Aurangzeb’s bloody battle for the control of the Deccan

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