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Topic: Mughals

Mughals out, Magadha empire makes pages of new NCERT Class 7 textbook ‘rooted in Indian ethos’

New Class 7 social science textbook is latest in NCERT’s revamped series under NEP 2020 and new NCF, which stresses content ‘rooted in the Indian and local context and ethos’.

Why Chhota Ghallughara is called the ‘Smaller Holocaust’. 7000 Sikhs were massacred in 1746

In 'Cauldron, Sword and Victory', Sarbpreet Singh explores the eighteenth-century history of the Sikhs, focusing on the rise of Sikh chiefs amid the decline of the Mughals.

A history student and Bahadur Shah Zafar meet in a play. Aurangzeb is Shakespearean King Lear

From Babur to Aurangzeb, the play sheds new light on Mughal emperors and challenges popular narratives.

Humayun pioneered architecture, art, and astronomy. Now he’s got his own museum

Sandwiched between Babur and Akbar, Humayun has been given the short end of the stick when it comes to popular representation. The Humayun World Heritage Site Museum, which opens on 1 August, bridges this gap.

Mughals didn’t bring kababs to India. They existed in 12th century Banaras

From the ghats and religiosity to its weavers and food, Vertul Singh explores Varanasi's culture and history in ‘Banaras’.

Aurangzeb tossed his sister’s suitor off Red Fort wall–no man could pursue Mughal princesses

Anisha Shekhar Mukherji's architectural biography 'The Red Fort of Shahjahanabad' offers a rich and engaging narrative of the iconic Fort.

Fought Mughals, defeated Akbar’s forces — why BJP is celebrating 16th-century Hindu king Hemu

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has announced memorials & released commemorative stamp for Hemchandra Vikramaditya. Analysts feel the king serves BJP’s 'Hindu agenda' well.

Why the Mughals did not fail India in science: A critique of Eurocentric study of history

Scientific inventions in the West cannot be hailed by blaming the Mughal state. An empire has to be compared with an empire.

India wasn’t richer under Muslim, British rule than it was under Hindu kings

Fine to decry political violence or politically oppose the present Indian govt. But in his blog Swaminomics, Swaminathan Aiyer puts down the economic gains of Hindu rule.

Hindu Varanasi or Mughal Banaras? A Toronto professor wants you to look at hidden histories too

Malavika Kasturi's mission isn't to puncture Varanasi’s Hindu city narrative. Instead, she wants to challenge the one-history-one-city model.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.