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Roundabout | Kohinoor deeply embedded in Punjabi heart & soul

The New York City mayor wants King Charles III to return the Kohinoor to India. (Sourced)

Published 71 days ago

Himalaya from 170 yrs ago on display for 1st time: India’s first glimpse of work by German explorer-siblings

The mapping of Bogapani Bridge in Meghalaya, from 1855, which is among the five images that are on display for the first time. (Courtesy: Alpines Museum, Munich)

Published 82 days ago

Descendants of Mir Jafar, Bengal’s Nawab after Battle of Plassey, deleted from electoral roll

Descendants of Mir Jafar, Bengal’s Nawab after Battle of Plassey, deleted from electoral roll

Published 103 days ago

HistoriCity | Mamata’s constituency Bhowanipore is as old as it is fascinating

It is one of the oldest areas of Kolkata (earlier Calcutta), no history of this city would be complete without this neighbourhood. (Facebook | Mamata Banerjee)

Published 111 days ago

East India Company shuts down again, second collapse after 1857

The East India Company had been revived in 2010 as a luxury food and drink retailer, the modern incarnation sought to trade on heritage rather than empire.

Updated 136 days ago

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a piercing look at a city in the throes of relentless transformation, a sequel to the acclaimed The Kidnapping of Mark Twain, the author’s first Bombay Mystery, and a collection of tales that reimagines the myths of Himalayan birds. (Akash Shrivastav)

Published 240 days ago

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a portrait of Indian democracy, a debut novel set in the forests of Ekarmala, and a book on the East India Company’s conquest of India. (Akash Shrivastav)

Published 268 days ago

Review: The Lion and the Lily by Ira Mukhoty

Though the British vilified Asaf-ud-Daula, his legacy continues to stand tall even today, perhaps most tangibly in the Bada Imambara of Lucknow. (Shutterstock)

Updated 509 days ago

From subjugation to revolt: India’s response to imperial arrogance

In 1922, when tried for stoking ‘disaffection’ against the British Empire, Gandhi told the bewildered British judge: ‘I am, therefore, here to submit not to a light penalty, but to the highest penalty'

Published 554 days ago

Indian-origin writer dramatises history of Empire for ‘walking play’ in London

Indian-origin writer dramatises history of Empire for ‘walking play’ in London

Published 681 days ago

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones: “I don’t condemn the past; I try to put it in context”

Historian Rosie Llewellyn-Jones (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated 968 days ago

‘Why do you have so much hatred for holy name of India?’ Siddaramaiah asks PM

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. (ANI)

Published 1083 days ago

Excerpt: The Indians edited by GN Devy, Tony Joseph and Ravi Korisettar

Portrait of an East India Company official (Shutterstock)

Updated 1087 days ago

Opposition alliance 'INDIA' new version of East India Company: Shobha Karandlaje

BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje.

Published 1089 days ago

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