The merchants of Bharat: A forgotten legacy of trade and enterpriseThe oldest Tamil epics are based on women from mercantile families. It has nothing to do with warriors or priests. The heroines of Shilapad...
29 Mar, 2025, 12.41 AM IST
New exhibition explores life, legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in LondonThe new exhibition, on till October, showcases a richly mounted sword in gold and gemstones thought to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Sin...
10 Apr, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Veer Bal Diwas 2023: History, significance & other key things to knowIn January last year, PM Modi announced that December 26 would be observed as Veer Bal Diwas, to mark the martyrdom of Sahibzada Baba Zoraw...
26 Dec, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Why Aurangzeb is so controversial? Here is everything you should know about the Mughal emperorAurangzeb Alamgir was a complex and polarizing figure who left an indelible mark on Indian history. As the longest-reigning Mughal emperor,...
11 Jun, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
Manpreet Badal quits Congress, joins BJPCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal welcomed Manpreet, a nephew of SAD supremo Parkash Singh Badal, into the party at the BJP headq...
19 Jan, 2023, 10.34 AM IST
'Concocted narratives' were taught in name of history: PM Modi; says new India correcting mistakes of bygone decades"On the one hand there was terrorism and on the other spiritualism. On one hand there was communal violence while on the other there was li...
27 Dec, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
View: Ayodhya should pave the way for 'Ayuddha' — peace forever among communitiesThe larger national consensus over Ayodhya can’t be missed. There were some questions, but only about ‘how’ they were done, not about ‘why’...
07 Aug, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Maharani Jindan Kaur's necklace triggers bidding war at UK auction, goes for 187,000 poundsThe necklace surpassed its estimated price between 80,000 and 120,000 pounds.
25 Oct, 2018, 05.46 PM IST
Were Army pay and perks better under the British rule?"In India, the colonial state accorded privileges to the Army because it was essential for British rule," says military historian Squadron ...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.33 PM IST
The tragedy of India's partition, 70 years laterAll the factors that created havoc during partition are again at play and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being criticised for being tolera...
15 Aug, 2017, 06.51 AM IST
Where V K Singh errs: Akbar and Aurangzeb are not two sides of the same coin, they are oppositesThere is no greater testimony to the cruelty and bigotry of Aurangzeb than the executions of the ninth Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur, and the Mus...
31 May, 2016, 11.49 AM IST
Court dismisses plea filed to bring Koh-i-Noor to PakistanA Pakistani court today dismissed a petition filed by a barrister seeking direction to the government to bring back the famed Koh-i-Noor di...
04 Dec, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
Petition filed to bring Kohinoor from UK to PakistanReportedly, in 1849, after the conquest of the Punjab by the British forces, the properties of the Sikh Empire were confiscated.
03 Dec, 2015, 02.34 PM IST
AAPstaged PM Modi must take a lesson from Mughal prince Dara Shikoh's life storySchoolchildren across India know all about the murderous rivalry between Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh for the Mughal throne but this play is n...
15 Feb, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
LS Polls 2014: In last leg, Amritsar battle turns potboiler over faithIn last leg of Punjab campaign, marquee battle between Captain Amarinder and BJP's Arun Jaitley has turned into volatile war of words.
28 Apr, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
- From Tippu Sultan to AK Antony, a French connection
Indian visitors could not but cast a long gaze at the gleaming new French fighter aircraft Rafale, one of the final two short listed for In...
27 Jun, 2011, 05.02 PM IST
- Retracing a Mughal journey
Travelling through the Grand Trunk Road, you can comes across interesting monuments that have withstood the vagaries of nature to tell thei...
03 Jan, 2008, 03.05 AM IST