Adrija Roychowdhury

A special place among non-Bengali voters, who constitute approximately 15 per cent of the vote bank, is reserved for the Marwari community, which practically built Kolkata as we know it today.

How was the Sutton Hoo ship burial excavated? What was the significance of the excavation?

It is interesting that while the Chauri Chaura incident was abhorred by Gandhi, in the memory of post-Independent India, it has been commemorated with two memorials and a train being named after it.

Wilson was appointed to find a solution to India's financial crisis caused by the mutiny of 1857.

Simply speaking, the word bargi referred to cavalrymen in Maratha and Mughal armies. The word comes from the Persian “bargir”, literally meaning “burden taker”, notes historian Surendra Nath Sen in his 1928 work The Military System Of The Marathas.

Roots of the slogan go way back to 1922, when a nationalist movement against the British was raging in India.

Between 1950 and 1952, Lal excavated a number of sites associated with the Mahabharata. Consequently, he discovered a number of Painted Grey Ware sites in the Indo-Gangetic divide and upper Yamuna-Ganga Doab.

Ambedkar opposed the imposition of ban on cow slaughter as a fundamental right, Rajendra Prasad came up with Directive Principles of State Policy as a solution.

As the author explains, war can be an extremely thrilling experience for some, while an excruciating one for many others.

The fact that two-third of the more than 34,000 Indian immigrants settled down in Suriname and gave up their free passage back to India is to some extent proof of the fact that life in Suriname was perhaps better than in British India.

Taken together, the European cemeteries, tell a story of the aspirations, hardships, and the cultural exchange that went into creating a pluralistic India.

This is the first time in the USA’s history that the Confederate flag has appeared inside the halls of the Capitol.  

It was Roman dictator Julius Caesar who reformed the calendar soon after coming to power in the late first century BCE.

Guns, says Elgood, have played a significant role in shaping India’s national identity, or for that matter, that of any country.

In the 1930s, the British Raj actually stretched from Yemen all the way upto Thailand. It included princely states like Dubai and Oman which were princely states just like Jaipur, Hyderabad and Kashmir.

One of the youngest leaders of the Independence movement, Bose is highly regarded in Bengal for his fearless spirit.

Apart from being a prolific poet in the 15th century, Rahim was also an astute statesman in the Mughal court, the commander-in-chief of the Mughal army, a translator par excellence, an enthusiastic patron of architecture and so much more.

The enthusiasm for Indian architectural elements in New Delhi was deemed all the more necessary given the nationalist political climate and the fear of what it might hold for British rule in the country.

The plaintiffs of the case argue that their Jewish ancestors were forced to sell the rare collection to the Nazis during the Holocaust.

The records of the Archaeological Survey of India show that the government has been able to retrieve 40 art objects between 2014 and 2020. However, demands for the return of objects like the Kohinoor and the Amravati marbles have been turned down.

Every year since 2016, The Indian Express has been marking the 26/11 terror attacks with stories of strength and a public event showcasing the spirit of the survivors.

The name of the Karachi chain of sweets and bakeries has frequently come under attack for its seeming association with Pakistan. Yet, for the Sindhi owners of the chain, the name is a reminder of a lost homeland and a Partition unlike any other.

"One does not become a philosopher simply by reading a book by Plato or the Bhagavad Gita… To be a philosopher one needs to be in love with wisdom and truth," said Shraddha Shetty

Twenty-five years later, the landmark interview which aired on BBC’s Panorama programme, is under scrutiny as the journalist and interviewer, Martin Bashir, faces charges of having secured the Prince Diana interview through unethical means.