In ‘The Forgotten India Prisoners of World War II’, Gautam Hazarika recalls that The British Indian Army had swelled from just over 2,00,000 men in 1939 to 2.5 million soldiers by the end of the war.
Chandrachur Ghose, author of ‘Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist', a Penguin India book, explores 'secrets' about the freedom fighter, on ThePrint’s Softcover interview.
BJP & TMC in West Bengal are fighting to claim the legacy of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose & trying to project themselves as his rightful followers ahead of the state polls.
In a letter to PM Modi, Subramanian Swamy said some words in Tagore's national anthem raise 'unnecessary doubts' and was 'inappropriate for post-1947 independent India'.
The Modi government has decided to give 'Indian names' to three Andaman islands. Havelock Island will be renamed Swaraj Dweep, Neil Island as Shaheed...
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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