The Rani of Jhansi's resistance against the British during the Revolt of 1857 and her death in battle on 18 June 1858 have been lionised to near mythical proportions in textbooks and popular culture.
The British army hounded him from all sides, and kings closed their gates to him, but whenever he encountered Indian soldiers, he managed to get them on his side.
The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
COMMENTS