history
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How on Earth did a glitzy part of Singapore get the name Dhoby Ghaut?
Garima Garg
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Walking around with a sword in the stomach: Just another magic act in 1930s’ India
John Zubrzycki
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How an Indian man and his English wife introduced George Harrison to Ravi Shankar to create history
Anu Kumar
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Hindus versus Muslims: Deccan history has been inaccurately reduced to a battle of religions
Manu S Pillai
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Patel wanted Hyderabad for India, not Kashmir – but Junagadh was the wild card that changed the game
Rajmohan Gandhi
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The Inkas’ knotted ‘khipu’ code is proof of a civilisation far more advanced then we realise
Manuel Medrano, Aeon Gary Urton, Aeon
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Six decades ago, a workers’ uprising changed Darjeeling’s tea gardens. It’s time for change again
Anuradha Sharma
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A mighty kingdom wages war on nomadic forest dwellers in this novel set in 120 CE
Usha Alexander
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The forgotten history of the African slaves who were brought to the Deccan and rose to great power
Manu S Pillai
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Who was Prince Rajaram II and why is there a monument in his memory in Florence?
Blake Smith
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India’s first newspaper covered corruption and scandal (and sexual practices) fearlessly
Andrew Otis
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Maharana Pratap, not Akbar, was great, says Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath
Scroll Staff
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How the US managed the presence of 200,000 soldiers in India in World War II with dynamic propaganda
Srinath Raghavan
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Inside the Delhi Golf Club is a wealth of monuments that is anything but par for the course
Rana Safvi
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A decade after the Nanavati case, another crime of passion jolted and fascinated India
Abeer Kapoor
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Remembering a shared past: Two universities in India and Pakistan offered a joint history course
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Can there be a definitive book on Indian cricket? This one covers the action on the field and off it
Rathindra Basu
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Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh’s fight for the throne was entwined with the rivalry of their two sisters
Ira Mukhoty
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How a former officer of the Mumbai police became its most prolific historian
Bhavya Dore
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Twitter gives Modi a history lesson after he claims that no Congress leader met Bhagat Singh in jail
Scroll Staff