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Hidden Histories: A rare memory of the struggle for freedom in a Himalayan kingdom
While large parts of modern India’s contribution to the sub-continent’s struggle for freedom find place in historical accounts, the author tracks this unreported hidden struggle against colonial yoke in the Himalayan kingdom of Tehri
How the RSS leadership bowed to Indira Gandhi: 45th anniv of the Emergency
June 25, 2020: Evidence from contemporary documents
Rigorous historical analysis is needed to comprehend contemporary politics
The Citizenship Amendment Act is inherently discriminatory, and its supporters’ arguments lack historical and cultural depth.
Lockdown at JNU: After Ramayana, another webinar on the “Saraswati Civilisation”
Senior faculty of Centre for Historical Studies (CHS) write to VC, expressing grave concerns and misgivings about this webinar
EXCLUSIVE: Bakshi’s agenda is to re-designate Harappan civilisation as Sarasvati civilisation, make weak claims of a “Hindu holocaust”
The Maj Gen’s Bakshi’s characterisation of the last 600 to 800 years of subcontinent’s history revivescommunalised understanding, based on assertions rather than substance
Court begins recording statements of Babri demolition accused
The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for completion of hearing in the case up to August 31
When will we learn our lessons from previous pandemics?
Some lessons from three epidemics of Modern India: 1896-97, 1918-20 & 2020
Nehru and the culture of ‘Scientific Temper’
Remembering India's first Prime Minister and a true visionary
Remembering Balbir Singh Sr
Was this Indian hockey idol denied his due allegedly for being a Sikh?
Remembering the uprising
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Mosques turned into Temples, the other side of history
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