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112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Scathing Attacks on Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra

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Mangal Pandey Martyrd Today, 159 Years Ago: 1857

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Open Letter to the ‘Head Chopping’ Billionaire Baba Ramdev

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Withdraw Police, Suspend VC, Order Probe: 300 International Academics on HCU

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Good Friday question: Was Jesus really nailed to the cross?

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ICC order: 40 years in prison for former president, Bosnia-Serbia for genocide, war crimes

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भगतसिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरू की शहादत पर डा अम्बेडकर

  समसामयिक विचार (जनता, 13 अप्रैल 1931) भगतसिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरू इन...

Sangeet, Sapna aur Samvidhan: Diverse Tastes that animate India

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Many faces of the mother – Four voices on Bharat Mata and a quiz

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