Today’s heroes: Natwarbhai, the 85-year-old Gandhi of Nagaland, was once declared ‘anti-national’

His incredible Gandhi ashram in Chuchuyimlang was responsible for bringing education, electricity and piped water to the village.

Ajay Saini

· Jul 18, 2017 · 11:30 am

Photographs of tribal leaders from UAE back when it was under British control

In 1939, the Trucial Coast States were part of Britain’s Informal Empire in the Persian Gulf.

Louis Allday

· Jul 10, 2017 · 09:30 pm

India must recall legacy of early nationalists like Dadabhai Naoroji in the age of hyper-nationalism

Remembering one of the most influential leaders of the early Indian National Congress on his 100th death anniversary.

Dinyar Patel

· Jun 30, 2017 · 10:30 am

The flotilla tour of 1933: A demonstration of British naval might in the Persian Gulf

This was a direct response to a Persian naval officer hauling down the British flag in Basidu.

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Jun 26, 2017 · 11:30 pm

To aid its global rise, China is reconstructing its history to show itself as peace-loving

Facts show that imperial China was neither more violent nor more benevolent that others.

Suisheng Zhao

· Jun 22, 2017 · 09:30 pm

How the illegitimate heir became a ‘bastard’ in medieval Europe

The French called William the Conqueror ‘bastard’ because of his mixed parentage – he bore both noble and ignoble blood.

Sara McDougall

· Jun 14, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Were Nazis occult masters? It’s a good story but not history

Claims about Hitler’s supposed connections to occultism circulated before he even came to power.

Peter Staudenmaier

· Jun 12, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Europe’s aristocrats once celebrated (even forged) foreign ancestry

From the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, noble families across Europe insisted that they were not related to the populations they ruled.

Blake Smith

· Jun 10, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Why the story of Gandhi's nervous breakdown in 1918 (and goat milk) is relevant for today’s India

Had Gandhi misunderstood the people whom he wished to lead in the search, and battle, for truth?

Ajaz Ashraf

· May 30, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Royal companions and warriors: How elephants have been depicted in Asia’s history and mythology

From India to Thailand and Vietnam, the pachyderm has played a key role in history and mythology

Sud Chonchirdsin

· May 29, 2017 · 09:30 pm

A century before Kulbhushan Jadhav, the debate at The Hague was over VD Savarkar

His arrest in France had gone all the way to the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Danish Khan

· May 28, 2017 · 08:00 am

‘Some of the hate mail is chilling’: Historian Audrey Truschke on the backlash to her Aurangzeb book

The Mughal emperor is controversial not so much because of India’s past but rather because of India’s present.

Audrey Truschke

· May 25, 2017 · 08:00 am