August 09, 2010 05:23 IST
When Kashmir was plunged in crisis because of a holy relics disappearance
Mon, Aug 09, 2010July 26, 2010 02:30 IST
Nehru was very,very reluctant to dismiss Indias first elected,non-Congress state government....
Mon, Jul 26, 2010July 12, 2010 03:32 IST
Even before the battles of the 1960s,relations between India and the US soured over food aid....
Mon, Jul 12, 2010June 28, 2010 04:29 IST
Nehru was the moving spirit of the Bandung meet that showcased Afro-Asian solidarity...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010June 14, 2010 23:32 IST
How the little princely state became a war of wills between Indian and Pakistan...
Mon, Jun 14, 2010May 31, 2010 11:44 IST
Of the 562 princely states that existed at the end of the British raj,all but three had acceded to the Indian Union,despite many a rulers dream of independence,by August 15,1947.
Mon, May 31, 2010May 17, 2010 03:06 IST
While language as the basis for redrawing Indias political map was accepted generally even if it was enforced belatedly...
Mon, May 17, 2010May 06, 2010 23:52 IST
When Anatoly Dobrynin,unquestionably one of the most outstanding diplomats of the 20th century,died recently in Moscow at age 90,the Indian media took no notice of it.
Thu, May 06, 2010May 03, 2010 01:00 IST
On Saturday,Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrated their 50th birthday. Though there was much greater gusto in Ahmedabad than in Mumbai...
Mon, May 03, 2010April 19, 2010 01:42 IST
Having written last fortnight about the U-2 episode of 1960 that almost literally exploded into the faces of both the United States and Pakistan...
Mon, Apr 19, 2010March 22, 2010 01:52 IST
Sixty years on,I vividly remember the headline in one of the only three English language newspapers published in Delhi then.
Mon, Mar 22, 2010March 05, 2010 01:41 IST
Having narrated how republican India became a member of Britains Commonwealth,it is only fair that the subsequent story...
Fri, Mar 05, 2010February 19, 2010 03:22 IST
From August 15,1947 to January 26,1950,when the Constitution came into force,India was a self-governing Dominion in Britains Commonwealth.
Fri, Feb 19, 2010February 05, 2010 01:44 IST
How India and Pakistan talked and talked in 1963 but agreed on nothing except that American mediation was unwelcome....
Fri, Feb 05, 2010January 22, 2010 02:40 IST
Within a few days after Chinas unilateral cease-fire in the 1962 War,the United States and Britain had arm-twisted Jawaharlal...
Fri, Jan 22, 2010January 08, 2010 02:44 IST
AS hinted in the previous article in this series (IE,Dec 25),the humiliation of defeat in the border war with China in 1962 was followed...
Fri, Jan 08, 2010December 11, 2009 02:31 IST
On March 17,1971 Indira Gandhi was sworn in as prime minister for the third time. By then she had established her supremacy in both the Congress...
Fri, Dec 11, 2009November 27, 2009 03:13 IST
In this part of the world there have been only faint echoes of this startling event but in Russia and Europe there is enormous excitement...
Fri, Nov 27, 2009November 13, 2009 03:36 IST
On the eve of Jawaharlal Nehrus 45th death anniversary I feel impelled to write about his celebrated press conferences,usually held...
Fri, Nov 13, 2009November 06, 2009 04:43 IST
Why cannot security drills be undertaken efficiently yet humanely?
Fri, Nov 06, 2009October 30, 2009 02:23 IST
How the 1965 war ended
Fri, Oct 30, 2009October 23, 2009 02:42 IST
Indira Gandhi had a foreboding of her own tragic death....
Fri, Oct 23, 2009September 04, 2009 04:20 IST
The origins of many a war in history remain disputed to this day. The 1965 War between India and Pakistan,however,has the unique...
Fri, Sep 04, 2009August 21, 2009 03:21 IST
The final round in the fight over the Constitutions basic structure
Fri, Aug 21, 2009August 07, 2009 03:16 IST
In this series,it has already been reported (IE,July 24) that her constant struggle to overcome judicial hurdles to bank nationalisation and abolition...
Fri, Aug 07, 2009





