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Indian History, Indian Civilization, Hindu History, Hindu Civilization from a decolonized lens. Learn India’s forgotten history.
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Muslim military picket highjacked a caravan of non-Muslims, the male members were killed and the women were raped at night. Those women never crossed...
More than 3800 years old copper weapons discovered in UP’s Mainpuri
Thirty-nine weapons, estimated to be more than 3800 years old, were discovered in Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Mainpuri District in early June. During leveling activity,...
Pingali Venkayya, the man behind our national flag
Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963) was a freedom fighter. He was born in Telugu brahmin family at Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His...
Stolen from a TN temple over 50 years ago, Maa Parvati murti traced to New York auction house
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The Tamil Nadu Police's Idol Wing have traced a murti of Goddess Parvati that was stolen from a temple in the state in 1971...
How the Rani Karnavati-Humayun rakhi myth was propagated
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Rakshabandhan is a time for the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb gang to propagate the myth of Rani Karnavati sending Humayun a Rakhi seeking help against Bahadur...
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Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy is hailed as the 19th-century hero who led the first mass rebellion in Andhra Pradesh against the British.
Descendant of a dispossessed...
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Sangolli Rayanna's martyrdom stories continue to inspire crores of Kannadigas with every child given examples of his bravery against the British. The giant banyan...
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Mahadaji Shinde (1730 – 1794) was a Maratha general and Raja of Ujjain (later Gwalior). He was also the architect of the Maratha revival...
Maniram Dewan: Assam’s first tea planter, freedom fighter, martyr
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Maniram Dutta Barua, commonly known as Maniram Dewan, was one of the first Assamese to establish Tea Industry in Assam and was initially a...
The centrality of rituals in Hindu life
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How does dharma manifest to us? Being subtle how does it become graspable to its followers? Dharma for practical purposes, is tradition. And tradition...