Jagannath Puri: Survivor of 18 invasions
A few days back, the Jagannath Puri rath yatra took place. A grand spectacle, thronged by thousands of people, as the rathas made their way from the Jagannath temple to the Gundicha temple in Puri. This procession More...
From NCERT Joke Book: ‘British Became Supreme Power in 1765 Itself’
Most of us very clearly remember how our school history books drilled into our heads that the Mughal empire was succeeded by the British empire. To those whose memories are a bit fuzzy, I have posted a screenshot More...
Marathas and Bundelkhand – IV: Jhansi ki Rani
[contextly_sidebar id=”jHwjP0qNPKAcz4HqQhCHO7EeJPcbtjUg”] Chamak uthi san sattavan mein, yeh talwar purani thi, Bundeley Harbolon key munh hamney suni kahani thi, Khoob ladi mardani woh to Jhansi wali More...
Marathas and Bundelkhand III- Govindpant Bundele and Panipat!
[contextly_sidebar id=”5DBMirKCFiWi3VmEdmpavJJdp22n4uTN”] In the previous two parts of this series, we saw how the Marathas came to influence Bundelkhand right from the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji. The More...
Shivaji And The Rebirth Of A Nation
In her fiery speech in Parliament, Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani has focussed the nation’s collective attention on how the Congress and their leftist collaborators are responsible for teaching More...
Prithvi Narayan Shah: The Great Gorkha Emperor
When I was a young boy my father used to talk to me about various historical events and what shaped our history. That gave me great insight about our history and taught me to ‘think’. History enables More...
The Neo-Mughals and the Neo-Marathas
It is said that there is no need to warn the wise for they know the perils themselves. But it is to the wise that any suggestions need be made, for they would be wasted otherwise. As Shukanasa tells us in Banabhatta’s More...
Maha Charade in the name of Social Welfare
On 25 June, 2014 the state government of Maharashtra announced its intention to give 16 per cent reservations to Marathas and five per cent to Muslims in employment sectors of the state government as well as educational More...