In 1931, Vallabhbhai Patel delivered his presidential address at the Karachi Congress Session, stating that communal unity was essential for India and required courage from Hindus.
In his new book ‘Gods, Guns, and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu’, historian Manu Pillai traces the roots of Hindutva to the British Raj’s Christian conversion project.
Many used the occasion to praise Britain, overlooking the financial exploitation of India’s resources and the role it played in exacerbating the Hindu-Muslim divide.
It's time to pay tribute to former diplomats Chandrashekhar Dasgupta and Narendra Sarila by maintaining an Arjuna-like focus on defending and embellishing our national agency.
The Uttarakhand hill station and cantonment town was named, 132 years ago, after the then Viceroy of India. CM supports the move but state govt says no official communication yet
The 1923 Goondas Act, which laid the foundation for legislation like the UP Gangsters Act, established a principle: No crime needs to be committed for punishment.
While no casualties were reported, the ‘Colonnade Bar’, billiards room, a ballroom, main reception and a staircase of the 144-year-old British-era establishment were damaged.
The Pakistan Field Marshal was set to be appointed for the CDF-cum-COAS role starting Friday, giving him complete control over military and defence forces.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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