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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicBritish Raj

Topic: British Raj

How Subedar of Bengal, Bihar & Odisha enlisted East India Company’s help to keep out Germans

Sudeep Chakravarti -
As far as the Germans were concerned, they were simply not welcome in Bengal. The EIC did everything to discourage their attempts to trade.

Historians’ silence on Bhima Koregaon allowed BJP to brand it as ‘urban Naxalism’

Dilip Mandal -
For Dalits, Bhima Koregaon wasn't just a battle between British and Peshwas but a reclamation of their prestige following centuries of caste discrimination.

Manuals for European women, satires, paintings: How British Raj depicted Indian workers

Divya Gauri -
European women residing in India wrote several ‘housewives’ manuals for newcomers. One section specifically focussed on the dos and don’ts with regard to ‘servants’.

Mysore’s chief engineer built a dam long before Nehru wanted a modern ‘temple’ in India

Arun Mohan Sukumar -
The Krishna Raja Sagara Dam project was politically & financially overwhelming. Visvesvaraya once threatened to quit if the Maharaja of Mysore didn't approve it.

Indians are not over the British Raj yet. Ayodhya judgment is a thriving example

Jaithirth Rao -
Ayodhya judgment is a vindication of Indo-British encounter and a clear signal that we are the members of ‘Anglosphere’.

When Jawaharlal Nehru was charged with sedition, not once but twice

Chitranshul Sinha -
Jawaharlal Nehru admitted having attempted to put an end to British rule in India and therefore being guilty of sedition.

Hindutva rise must be pinned on historians who told us Hindus, Muslims lived peacefully once

Kapil Komireddi -
Imperialism, for India’s ‘secular’ historians, was destructive only when Europeans did it. When Asians did it, it was a cultural exchange programme.

British govt should apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, says SAD member

PTI -
On the centenary year of massacre, SAD member Prem Singh Chandumajra demanded the apology in the Lok Sabha.

Lala Lajpat Rai: A freedom fighter and proud son of the soil

Soniya Agrawal -
The ‘Lion of Punjab’, Lala Lajpat Rai passed away on this day 90 years ago after being seriously injured in a lathi charge ordered on freedom fighters.

Study traces how the British ruined Western Ghats, one of India’s most unique ecosystems

Sandhya Ramesh -
A biodiversity hotspot, Western Ghats continue to be done in by the British belief that its grasslands were wastelands.
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The math is clear — buying Russian oil is now a losing deal for India

Sanjay Kathuria -
India’s Russian oil purchases have effectively meant a transfer of gains from millions of workers in labour-intensive sectors to a few large refiners.

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

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Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

Snehesh Alex Philip -
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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