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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)
chandigarh news
Published on May 03, 2026 07:38 am IST

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)
india news
Published on Apr 24, 2026 11:59 am IST

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
india news
Published on Apr 01, 2026 04:38 am IST

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

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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)
india news
Published on Mar 24, 2026 03:18 pm IST

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.
world news
Updated on Feb 27, 2026 11:59 pm IST

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)
books
Published on Nov 15, 2025 03:05 am IST

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)
books
Published on Oct 17, 2025 10:12 pm IST

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)
books
Updated on Feb 19, 2025 01:34 pm IST

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

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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'
opinion
Published on Jan 05, 2025 08:00 am IST

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

Indian-origin writer dramatises history of Empire for ‘walking play’ in London
world news
Published on Aug 31, 2024 08:02 am IST

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

Historian Rosie Llewellyn-Jones (Courtesy the publisher)
books
Updated on Nov 18, 2023 05:08 am IST

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

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. (ANI)
bengaluru news
Published on Jul 26, 2023 02:35 pm IST

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

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Portrait of an East India Company official (Shutterstock)
books
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 09:02 pm IST

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

BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje.
bengaluru news
Published on Jul 20, 2023 07:14 pm IST

Use technology to improve governance

The three key principles of blockchain technology are transparency, decentralisation and accountability
analysis
Published on Oct 09, 2020 01:44 pm IST

UK’s National Trust acknowledges colonial links to its properties

A statue to Robert Clive in Shrewsbury, Britain. His house in Claremont, Sussex, purchased from wealth he made in India and the Powis Castle in Wales, which has a large collection of Indian items are among properties managed by National Trust.
world news
Updated on Sept 22, 2020 04:37 pm IST

India must focus on digital infrastructure, data protection laws

A VSNL communication centre lying in disuse.
india news
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 03:49 pm IST

William Dalrymple’s next book being penned through lockdown

No newcomer to the concept of a lockdown, the author is wasting no time on a ‘time-out’; feverishly penning his next work.
lifestyle
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:42 pm IST

Why India’s oldest port is leasing area as big as London Docklands

The 150-year-old Kolkata Port is now focused on improving profitability after years of high costs.
india news
Updated on Feb 26, 2020 10:25 am IST

Panel probing Bhima Koregaon violence given 2-month extension

Protests broke out in Pune on Jan 2018.
india news
Updated on Feb 02, 2020 07:05 am IST

The Indian masters whom the British flocked to collect

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art culture
Updated on Jan 10, 2020 07:03 pm IST

Rare Indian art displayed in London exhibition

Images of artwork at the London exhibition.
world news
Updated on Dec 05, 2019 06:42 am IST

HTLS 2019: Fundamentals of freedom will guide India’s future

Farmers plant rice in Pune, Maharashtra. A conversation for the future must relate to bringing about structural changes in the modes of production
hindustan times leadership summit 2019
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 09:23 am IST

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

Exquisite paintings, the life of a genius spymaster, and a book on freeing your mind - all that on the reading list this week!
books
Updated on Nov 29, 2019 06:38 pm IST

The French lieutenants’ paintings

, features French soldier and man of influence, Claude Martin (on a couch wearing a red coat).
art culture
Published on Nov 29, 2019 05:08 pm IST

McCluskieganj, Tagore Hill and more: Places you must visit when in Ranchi

Ranchi is a part of the Chota Nagpur hilly tracts and this region was ruled by the Nagvanshi Dynasty who supposedly started their rule from the early years of the Christian era till the time they became tributaries to the British East India Company.
travel
Updated on Nov 11, 2019 07:23 pm IST

Review: The Steel Frame by Deepak Gupta

Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), Governor-General of India, who sowed the seed which grew into the IAS.
books
Published on Oct 25, 2019 07:48 pm IST

Two Rembrandts are on display at the CSMVS. Check them out now

Abraham Welcoming the Angels, a drypoint etching by Rembrandt circa 1656, from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Note how he etched Abraham in non-European clothing, with the countenance of a Sufi cleric.
mumbai news
Published on Oct 17, 2019 08:33 pm IST

William Dalrymple’s latest book charts the course of The East India Company

books
Updated on Sept 11, 2019 05:05 pm IST

Book Review: William Dalrymple’s tome to perils of corporate power abuse

Historian, writer, art curator, as also an award-winning broadcaster and critic, William Dalrymple has written a new book titled The Anarchy - The East India Company, Corporate Violence, And The Pillage Of An Empire.
lifestyle
Updated on Aug 25, 2019 02:25 pm IST
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