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Historic trademark tickets from the Indo-British textile trade on display at Bengaluru’s Museum of Art and Photography.

Trademark tickets of textile trade during British Raj on display at Bengaluru's Museum of Art and Photography

March 29, 2025 2:39 pm

The trademark tickets reflect the changing times and idea of what the designer thought of India - one might see a deity, an Indian royal such as Tipu Sultan, or a print of Ravi Varma painting.

Military Digest: Remembering Lt Gen Thakur Nathu Singh, a soldier who paid for outspokenness and run-ins with authorities

February 09, 2025 4:00 pm

Thakur Nathu Singh retired at the age of 51 in 1953 after the government summarily rejected his requests for extension in service.

The British Raj through George Orwell’s eyes: How colonial India shaped the literary legend

December 03, 2025 1:17 pm

George Orwell's years in the British Raj ignited a firestorm of ideas that would shape the world’s most iconic warnings against totalitarianism—Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. On his death anniversary, we revisit how a boy born in Bihar became the voice that challenged empires, both seen and unseen.

On 110th anniversary, Delhi’s Shahdara Police Station pays tribute to freedom fighters it once jailed

January 08, 2025 6:20 am

Over a century since its establishment on January 7, 1915, the Delhi Police Tuesday celebrated Shahdara Police Station’s 110 years of service and are eager to distance themselves from its history.

Military Digest: When the British promoted Maharaja of Patiala to Major General ‘by mistake’

December 31, 2023 11:58 am

The correspondence between the Resident of Kashmir and the Foreign and Political Department in 1930 shows how the Maharaja of Patiala became a Major General.

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Sacrifices made by people to be taught in Haryana schools: Manohar Lal Khattar

March 27, 2022 2:25 pm

Rohnat is known as the village of martyrs. In 1857, several residents had sacrificed their lives in the First War of Independence.

Raj era London home for Indian Ayahs to get Blue Plaque

February 20, 2022 7:51 pm

The Blue Plaque scheme, run by the English Heritage charity, honours the historic significance of particular buildings across London.

Disappointed, unacceptable: Stalin writes to Modi after Tamil Nadu’s tableau for R-Day parade gets rejected

January 18, 2022 9:20 am

Stalin claimed that the state representatives had appeared before the expert committee for selection of tableaux thrice and the expert committee had expressed satisfaction with regard to Tamil Nadu’s theme in the first meeting itself.

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Of matching kurtas and coats: Coffee table book explores western influence on pre-Independence Punjab fashion

November 28, 2021 11:32 am

A new coffee table book explores in meticulous photographic detail how Indian, especially Punjabi, attire was transformed by western influence from the mid-19th century to pre-Independence 20th century and then on.

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Gujarat: Book by prisons and correctional administration throws light on history of jails, life of inmates

September 02, 2021 2:14 am

The 140-page book released by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar on Tuesday offers a rare glimpse into the world of prisons in the state and elsewhere in the country.

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Congress exposed by its alliance partner: BJP

January 11, 2016 1:00 pm

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Taking a jibe at the Congress after a report published on the Bihar Government's official website said former prime minister Indira Gandhi's regime was worse than the British raj. The Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) National secretary Shrikant Sharma on Monday said the grand old party now stands exposed at the hands of its alliance partner.