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Rethinking the ‘Rajput State’: The Neemuchana & Tiladi agrarian movements
The legacy of colonial historiography and further amplified by Hindutva rhetoric has trapped our historical consciousness in the world of kings and dynasties, erasing public memory of our modern agrarian and working-class struggles.
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
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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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