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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicInstrument of accession

Topic: instrument of accession

Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs joined under Sheikh Abdullah to defeat Pakistan, save Kashmir: Nehru

On 25 November 1947, a month after J&K’s accession to India, PM Nehru spoke in the Constituent Assembly, explaining the circumstances that led to India’s military intervention in Kashmir.

The real truth about the ‘Standstill’ arrangement between Pakistan and Kashmir

The contention that Maharaja Hari Singh could not have offered accession to India because a Standstill Agreement already existed with Pakistan is clearly ill-founded.

SC ends 30-yr feud over Rs 20,000 cr royal properties, Faridkot princesses to get lion’s share

SC upheld Punjab & Haryana HC's verdict that the will of Maharaja Harinder Singh Brar, the last ruler of Faridkot, was 'forged, fictitious and shrouded in suspicious circumstances'.

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was a ‘maverick maharaja’ who ruled Mysore—and the world of music

A trained classical musician, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar released multiple compositions in 'rare, extant and new' ragas.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.