History
This Quora user’s response to “Are Indians ashamed of their history?” is totally awesome
I am an avid reader of history and have answered a few questions on this topic to the best of...
He could have captured any country on the planet, So why didn’t Genghis Khan invade India?
In 1327, the Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq less than successfully repelled what would be the final Mongol attack on India,...
Dravidian Movement: The greatest injustice Brahmins did to themselves and to others
Dravidian movement in the South India was perhaps the least studied from an analytical perspective and most misunderstood from a...
Hindi defeated Urdu in the language wars, but the victory came at a price
Long before Ankur discussed how Bollywood is essentially an Urdu medium for films, one Khalid Amir Khan was wondering whether...
Many laid down their lives for Maharashtra and Gujarat. They remain hidden in the pages of history
The 1st of May has, for 57 years, facilitated unbridled celebrations about belonging to Maharashtra. Yet, it has also seen...
At 73 when people start preparing for their deaths, Veer Kunwar Singh took on the British
“Assi varsh ki umar mein bhi, jaga josh purana tha, Sab kehte hain Veer Kunwar Singh, Bada veer Mardana Tha”...
98 years later this remains the biggest state sponsored genocide
“I would have fired with machine guns, if I could.” - Dyer, November 19, 1919. The Hunter Commission, comprising of 7...
What is common between Aurangzeb’s Fatawa-e-Alamgiri and Muslim personal law?
Understand Fatawa-e-Alamgiri a treatise authored by Aurangzeb While people from every political camp debate the validity of the Muslim personal...
88 years ago, on this very day, an explosion in New Delhi shook London
It takes a loud voice to make the deaf hear. Said by French anarchist Jean Auguste Vaillant, this signifies the...
Unveiling the Unsaintly side of Saint Francis Xavier
Let me tell our dear readers a story. A story of a simple man named Dr Paul Joseph Goebbels. Dr...
Because these 2 were not just banks, they were pieces of History
In pre-independent India, there were many princely states. Some were governed excellently and some were governed poorly. Some rulers were...
Read glorification of Aurangzeb by HuffPost? Time to untangle their web of lies
India is perhaps the only country in the world where even the worst among the tyrants are defended by certain...
