Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Friday, February 10, 2023

ASI Keeladi Report: Sangam Age pushed to 800 BCE

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  Keeladi is a hamlet located near Madurai city in Tamil Nadu. It is along the banks of River Vaigai. The ASI started its excavations in Kee...
Monday, January 24, 2022

The significance of Amar Jawan Jyoti, and why it was merged with National War Memorial flame

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  As part of the Central Vista redevelopment project, the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame has been merged with the one at National War Memorial. What...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Whether in India or the UK, discrimination begins in school

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  Sameena Dalwai writes: It is a rite of passage to a senseless, prejudiced world. Early in the morning, my brother’s message wakes me up fr...

How the militant aspect of India’s freedom struggle was sidelined

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  Arjun Subramaniam writes: A recent film, Udham Singh, highlights how the role of violent acts of defiance was diminished by overplaying th...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Why India’s ancient republics need to be recognised for their place in world history

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  Abhishek Banerjee, Sumedha Verma Ojha write: An India that sees its own democracy as a pale imitation of an Anglo-American system is neith...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Celebrating the ‘essence of Hinduism’: How 19th century Brahmo Samaj altered Bengali society

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  Amit Das recollects a little anecdote from his grandmother’s life. “If she ever saw any of us praying to an idol before going to school, s...
Friday, February 05, 2021

When the violence of Chauri Chaura prompted Gandhi to suspend the non-cooperation movement

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  On February 4, 1922, a large group of nationalist volunteers had gathered on the streets of a small, obscure hamlet in the Gorakhpur distr...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Bihar’s lost city: A newly unearthed Buddhist monastery holds vital clues

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  Ward No 33, Jaynagar village, Lakhisarai is some 125 kilometres east of Patna. Here, on a hilltop known as Lal Pahari, a recent discovery ...