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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicMaharaja Hari Singh

Topic: Maharaja Hari Singh

Kashmiris have nicknames for all political leaders—‘If we don’t laugh, how can we live?’

In 'Kashmir Under 370', Mahendra Sabharwal and Manish Sabharwal document a personal history of Jammu & Kashmir.

Maharaja Hari Singh was caught red-handed in Paris hotel with jockey’s wife. Then blackmailed

In 'India in Search of Glory', Ashok Lahiri shows how the heads of three formerly princely states—Hyderabad, Kashmir, Junagadh—had their own eccentricities.

How Maharaja Hari Singh’s indecision led to Pakistan’s economic blockade of Kashmir

In 'Gilded Cage: Years that Made and Unmade Kashmir', author Sandeep Bamzai looks back at the years leading to and following the Partition.

Poll prep or toast to ‘nationalist hero’? Why BJP unveiled statue of Mehr Chand Mahajan in Jammu

Mehr Chand Mahajan is often credited as architect of Jammu & Kashmir princely state’s accession to India. The BJP is now giving him a fresh round of applause.

How Maharaja Hari Singh warded off Pak overtures and met RSS chief before ceding J&K to India

With no love lost between him and the Abdullahs of the National Conference (NC), the Maharaja, contrary to the reality, wasn’t projected as a patriot.

Arun Anand on Hedgewar’s freedom struggle, Naushad Forbes on reviving ‘animal spirits’

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

J&K to lose special status, but revocation threat low for Article 370 peers in other states

Constitutional provisions that allow special privileges to other states, including Assam & Nagaland, are quite different from Article 370 for J&K autonomy.

Congress betrayal of Kashmir like Lady Macbeth’s: Vaiko on scrapping of Article 370

Opposing Modi govt move to strip J&K of its special status, MDMK founder Vaiko said this is a day of shame, a murder of democracy.

Martyrs’ Day vs Hari Singh birthday – Fresh battle between Jammu and Kashmir

Maharaja Hari Singh was the last Hindu Dogra ruler of Jammu & Kashmir, on whose watch the instrument of accession was signed with India.

Hari Singh — the last Dogra king who gave J&K its special status was an ‘autocrat’ too

On the death anniversary of J&K's Maharaja Hari Singh, ThePrint remembers his ‘feudal’ rule, legacy and more.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.