How the East India Company made a celebrity out of a shipwreck survivor in 1738

John Dean was rescued and sent to Bombay after he spent a good part of 16 months walking across Madagascar.

Jennifer Howes

· Aug 18, 2020 · 09:30 pm

A volcanic eruption in Alaska may have helped weaken the Roman republic

A study shows how research on ancient climate can add context to traditional scholarship.

Guy Middleton, The Conversation

· Jun 25, 2020 · 11:30 pm

How did the mighty Mughal Empire fall to a bunch of British merchants?

It’s one of the most extraordinary stories, says the historian William Dalrymple who narrates it in his upcoming book ‘The Anarchy’.

Maria Thomas, qz.com

· Apr 15, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In 1819, this is how British Parliament praised Indian soldiers who fought in the battle of Koregaon

The House of Commons voted on a resolution thanking the British Indian Army for a courageous campaign in the Third Anglo-Maratha War.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jan 05, 2018 · 10:30 am

In Canada, Indian mission refuses to acknowledge a Chinese-Indian protest – and a historic wrong

Former 1962 war internees failed to hand over a letter seeking an apology from India at the high commission in Ottawa on Thursday.

Dilip D’Souza

· Aug 29, 2017 · 10:30 am

Edison invented recordings – but it was the phonography studios of Spain that popularised them

The formative years of the recording industry.

The Public Domain Review

· Aug 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm

These Azad Hind Fauj veterans in Singapore are proof that Netaji Bose’s legacy is still alive

‘He made us realise what it means to be Indian.’

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 19, 2017 · 11:30 am

Thinker, tailor, soldier, spy: The extraordinary women of Ghiyas-ud-din Khalji's harem

Only women with the keenest intellect were to join the king at his meals every day, in order to discuss matters of theology and philosophy.

Ruchika Sharma

· Mar 22, 2017 · 12:35 pm

Watch: Mumbai was once covered with tramways (which may be coming back)

A nostalgic trip on the financial capital's first form of local public transport.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 14, 2017 · 04:00 pm

Remembering the 20th century theatre impresario who built Mumbai’s iconic Opera House

Maurice Bandmann's story has nearly been lost to history.

Aakash Karkare

· Oct 18, 2016 · 11:30 am

Egyptian city Naukratis was ‘Hong Kong of its era,’ finds British Museum excavation

A team led by curator Dr Ross Thomas unearthed artefacts that indicate a trading network of international proportions in the ancient city on the Nile delta.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 27, 2015 · 10:02 am