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TopicMaratha Empire

Topic: Maratha Empire

‘Injustice or conspiracy’—Deepender Hooda questions NCERT map showing Haryana as part of Maratha empire

There have been calls for ‘correction’ in map in the Class 8 social science textbook. The Congress MP termed the map ‘utterly false’.

‘Honest history, not ideology’—NCERT social science panel chief on changes in Class 8 textbook

Michel Danino headed the committee behind the drafting of the NCERT social science textbook, which has sparked a controversy over the representations of Maratha & Mughal rulers.

SubscriberWrites: The Wind Riders of the Sahyadris

How Shivaji’s army broke an empire with hills, horses, and hunger.

NDA campus best for Peshwa Bajirao’s memorial, says Amit Shah during Pune statue inauguration

The Union home minister further said India's basic foundation would cease to exist had Peshwas not taken forward the Shivaji Maharaj 'battle for independence for 100 years.

ASI finally restores Shaniwar Wada murals lost to time & a fire. Historians say too little, too late

Murals drawn by Rajasthani artists employed by Peshwa Bajirao I of the Maratha empire in 1732. But even after restoration, one gets only a fleeting glimpse of their original grandeur.

The legend of Waghya—Shivaji’s dog stirring Maharashtra’s caste cauldron, again

The story of Waghya has been called into question, with a section of historians and politicians insisting that there is no recorded evidence that Chhatrapati Shivaji had a dog.

Chhatrapati Shivaji is a new inflection point in Goan politics. And all nuance is lost

What unfolded that night at Uday Bhembre’s residence was the visible edge of a trend: Who controls the past, and through it, public imagination.

Marathas couldn’t afford a war with the Portuguese. So, they gave up Dadra and Nagar Haveli

'Uprising: The Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli' by Neelesh Kulkarni traces the journey of India's final leg of freedom - from the Portuguese. The movement was joined by civilians, local tribes, and celebrities like Lata Mangeshkar.

Sambhaji protected his father Shivaji’s legacy while Mughals, Portuguese eyed Maratha kingdom

Sambhaji installed capable administrators, formed a council of eight ministers, and put in place a strong legal system to promote good governance.

Why Shivaji’s son came back from Aurangzeb’s Mughal army in less than a year

In ‘Shivaji’, Vaibhav Purandare writes about the rebellion that sent shock waves through the Maratha kingdom.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.