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Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William Dalyrmple

Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William Dalyrmple

Rather than chest-thumping, Indians should invest more in the study of history. This is the advice of Scottish...

17 Oct 2024 9:25 PM IST

The BJP leader made the remark during an event at the Sisoli village in Meerut district on Sunday. (Photo: PTI/File)

Taj can't be part of history, creator wanted to wipe out Hindus: BJP...

Earlier, it was also reported that the BJP Government in the state had not included Taj Mahal as part of UP's 'cultural...

16 Oct 2017 12:05 PM IST

Indian Army. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Wars in India: Looking back at history

The Mahabharat was a civil war and no Indian really celebrates it. The Ramayan, on other hand, was a war.

15 Jan 2018 12:32 AM IST

Nizam on a hunting expedition

French strokes, Indian canvases

Ironically, many Indian rulers had French-speaking officials in their kingdom.

17 Nov 2019 1:05 AM IST

Till then written Indian history will remain just what it is, a compendium of defeats. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Indian history: The tales of defeat in North India

Little is told about regions like Odisha and Bengal, while Assam hardly figures

26 Oct 2021 1:18 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why I'm happy to be a snob amid linguistic...

Indian historians, even in my school days, decolonised the accounts of Indian history written by British Raj historians

9 Oct 2021 12:53 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Assam Governer Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the closing ceremony of the year-long celebrations of the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan, in New Delhi. (PTI)

India is rectifying past mistakes: PM Modi

India's history is not just about slavery but also about India emerging victorious, its warriors and the valour of...

26 Nov 2022 6:58 AM IST

Cover photo of Bravehearts of Bharat by Vikram Sampath (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Folk heroes take precedence over icons, wording of title...

Review of 'Bravehearts of Bharat' by Vikram Sampath

11 Dec 2022 1:40 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Home minister Amit Shah during a meeting in Patna. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Why rewrite history?

Nitish Kumar's wonderment about how history can be revisited is as much pregnant with political meaning as the call of...

19 Jun 2022 11:39 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with with author Omendra Ratnu during the launch of the book Maharaja: Sahastra Varshon Ka Dharmyudh in New Delhi, Friday, June 10, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

'Time to write our own history', says Amit Shah

Home minister says historians ignored Cholas, Pandyas to focus on Mughals

11 Jun 2022 7:36 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Rewriting history, with an open mind or empty mind?

In recent years, the Sangh Parivar's historians have been seeking to revise history to suit some of their ideological...

6 July 2022 7:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off e-buses during Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) celebrations, in Kevadia, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | The lessons India can learn from Sardar Patel & Indira

Sardar Patel's list of achievements is too long even by the extraordinary standards of his seniors and peers

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST