The author of a novel about Rajendra Chola delves into the provocation for an Indian kingdom to invade Indonesia in the 11th century.
Battles were fought, territories were drawn and re-drawn. An amateur historian has caught these shifts in a series of maps.
An excerpt from Krishna Jha and Dhirendra K. Jha's Ayodhya - The Dark Night that uncovers the story of how the mosque had turned into a temple overnight.
It could be argued that India’s dislike of Babur is merely a reflection of Babur’s dislike of India.
For the last few day, air pollution in New Delhi has been truly off the charts. The level of PM 2.5, tiny particles suspended in the air that can lodge in lungs and cause...
1. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system. 2. Humans can distinguish between at least a trillion smells. 3. Almost every element...
Quatrain 75, Century X Long awaited, he will not take birth in Europe, India will produce the immortal ruler, Seeing wisdom and power of unlimited scope, ...
Jaswant Singh set up tactical weapons at three different spots and fired them constantly for three days to keep the Chinese forces at bay.
On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by President George Washington during a ceremony in the District of C...
"And yet, regardless of these, she was a great and powerful prime minister," veteran Congressman K Natwar Singh wrote in his book.
On Tuesday, Jamsenpa historically scaled the Mount Everest for the fourth time, making her the first Indian lady to accomplish this feat. In any case, that is not all...
APJ Abdul Kalam, an icon, and a legend. As we all know, the Missile Man died due to a cardiac arrest while he was giving a speech to some students in Shillong. His death ...
The word guru traditionally meant “one with gravitas”. In recent times, a neo-etymology has become popular where guru is one who takes one from darkness (gu) ...
Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grov...
History of Banarasi silk sarees
नोएडा के पास स्थित बिसरख गांव में मिलता है राक्षस राज रावण का इतिहास।
The October 26, 1947, meeting at Nehru’s residence would eventually decide the future of Jammu and Kashmir.
Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. (The...
The East India Company was a British joint stock company founded in 1600 to carry out the trade with the East Indies (a term used to refer to South and South East Asia) b...
Matthew Inman, proprietor of web comic The Oatmeal, is on a mission to build a crowd-funded museum dedicated to inventor Nikola Tesla, who Inman refers to as "the gr...
In this post I will share 28 amazingly shocking facts about Ashoka. Our history text books in school teach us that Ashoka was a great emperor, that he was the fi...
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2017. There are 103 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On September 19, 1777, the f...
"A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not of the Pierian spring" - Alexander Pope
Wildlife officials tranquilised a leopard inside the premises of a Maruti Suzuki plant in Manesar on Friday, almost 36 hours after it was first spotted. The big cat w...
” The world is a book, those who do not travel read only one page. “
A brief review of the recent history of Afghanistan explains some of the background pertaining to today’s crisis in the country.
On November 25, 1949, he spoke of the need to give up the grammar of anarchy, to avoid hero-worship, and to work towards a social – not just a political – dem...
