1918 Bombay Fever: How voluntary groups sprang up in the face of state ‘neglect’

‘The Hindusthan’ noted that the principle burden of mitigation efforts had fallen on the philanthropic sections of the public.

Mridula Ramanna

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

Creating a legend: How Vasudev Balwant Phadke came to be known as a modern-day avatar of Shivaji

The Sangh Parivar has attempted to portray him as a key figure in the pantheon of Hindu leaders.

Surajkumar Thube

· Apr 21, 2020 · 03:30 pm

On his second visit to the USA, in 1916, Rabindranath Tagore was an assassination target

Tagore was also accused of being part of a conspiracy against America.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 04, 2020 · 07:30 am

India Superpower 2020: Tracing the brief history of a spectacularly incorrect prediction

Meanwhile, the other countries of South Asia are quietly moving past India, offering better living standards to their people.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jan 02, 2020 · 06:30 am

By understanding Hitler’s rise to power, we can avoid repeating history

What Nazi Germany looked like: Arrests of political opponents, street violence, book-burning, and a university at the centre of conflict.

Klaus Meyer, The Conversation

· Dec 30, 2019 · 09:30 pm

From Narendra Modi’s website: ‘When student power rattled the unhealthy status quo!’

The politician’s experiences in the 1973 Navnirman movement in Gujarat proved to be crucial to his career.

narendramodi.in

· Dec 16, 2019 · 01:17 pm

Climate change fuelled the rise and demise of the powerful Neo-Assyrian Empire

Numerous theorists have failed to explain the collapse of the superpower that flourished beginning 912 BCE. Now, we have an answer.

Ashish Sinha and Gayatri Kathayat, The Conversation

· Nov 18, 2019 · 09:30 pm

The heartless way in which the British dealt with the widows of Indian soldiers

Pensions were allowed only to women in strained circumstances, and to those whose husbands had ‘performed really good service’.

Hedley Sutton

· Nov 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm

When a desperate British government called on Indian Army officers to take up civilian jobs

In 1926, when thousands of bus drivers, dock workers and workers in electricity and building industries went on strike, the government came up with an idea.

John O’Brien

· Nov 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm

400 years ago, England’s first ambassador to India returned home with ‘eye-opening experiences’

Sir Thomas Roe’s four-year-long negotiations with Jahangir didn’t prove successful, but the visit did mark the beginning of a relationship spanning centuries.

Lubaaba Al-Azami

· Oct 21, 2019 · 09:30 pm

How crystal chandeliers gifted to the Shah of Persia travelled from England to Bombay to Tehran

In 1821, one man was tasked with transporting the breakable candelabra by sea and on foot.

Lesley Shapland

· Oct 13, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Why a Deccan ruler in 16th century commissioned a beautiful garden and then promptly razed it

The story of Farah Bakhsh Bagh is an example of the importance once accorded to astrology, astronomy and iconography in landscape planning in India.

Simran Agarwal, Sahapedia

· Oct 09, 2019 · 11:30 am