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The 25 most ruthless leaders of all time
WikimediaAttila the Hun.One man's hero is another man's tyrant, a popular aphorism goes.But while we can argue the validity and virtue of certain political..
Businessinsider.in
British initiative to make known heroics of war heroes
Lesser-known in his own country, bravery tales of Lance-Daffadar Gobind Singh Rathore of Rajasthan will now be heard across the world. Britain has launched a new digital archive telling the inspiring stories of war heroes, including Gobind S..
Deccanherald.com
Watch the Titanic Sink in Real Time (Video)
A mesmerizing new video shows the slow-motion disaster of the RMS Titanic sinking at sea...
M.livescience.com
Review: Chronicling the Birth of India after the Second World War
In his book India’s War, The Making of Modern South Asia 1939-45 Raghavan touches on the human and environmental impact of the war...
Thewire.in
After hiccups, Nalanda varsity ruins get UNESCO World Heritage tag
This is significant in view of objections UNESCO had raised over the 200-page dossier India submitted last year...
Indianexpress.com
Wreckage of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour found, researchers say
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project appears to have located the British explorer’s vessel off US coast where it was sunk during the revolutionary war..
Theguardian.com
Steve Jobs Introduces the Apple Store (2001)
A pre-launch tour of one of the original Apple Stores back in 2001 (Tysons Corner, VA). Apple got it right. Love the Flower Power iMacs at the cash register .....
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From Iran to India: The journey and evolution of biriyani
Biriyani is the quintessential celebratory dish in India that dazzles as a sublime one-dish meal, writes historian and food expert Pushpesh Pant...
Bbc.com
Mapping Sikh Heroes: A Website to Remember World War I Soldiers
As the world marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme – one of the bloodiest battles in human history – hitherto unknown tales of Sikhs during The Great War (1914-18) are being captured for the first time. The latest i..
Thequint.com
Prehistoric tattoos were made with volcanic glass tools
Volcanic glass tools that are at least 3,000 years old were used for tattooing in the South Pacific in ancient times, a new study finds...
Foxnews.com
India's forgotten jungle dwellers
An African-origin ethnic tribe of about 20,000 people has been living in near total obscurity in India for centuries...
Bbc.com
The Indian Conception of History - The Rediscovery of India
The Indian approach of viewing history as a value is rooted in the Indian conception of time as cyclic...
Sandeepweb.com
Buddhist Sculptures Discovered in Ruins of Ancient Shrine
Religious sculptures and carvings have been discovered in the ruins of an ancient shrine and courtyard in the Swat Valley in Pakistan...
Livescience.com
African Rulers in India; The Part of History We Choose to Ignore
Ancient India was never racist, allowing Africans, who primarily arrived in this country as slaves, upward mobility...
Thequint.com
In Search of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the "True Patriot"
An ongoing exhibition on Syama Prasad Mookerjee attempts to credit the Jan Sangh founder for India’s industrialisation and blame Jawaharlal Nehru for neglecting events that led to his 'mysterious death'...
Thewire.in
Remember this date in 1911: when Mohun Bagan beat a British football team to become national icons
July 29 is a special date. It is one of the perhaps few dates that possibly has the power to bring together fans of the eternally warring football rivals from Kolkata, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. For, of course, it was on this ..
Thefield.scroll.in
The law has turned him into a national hero. It was ridiculous from the beginning, and now it is absolutely preposterous...
Outlookindia.com
Secret atomic role of WWII-era aircraft carrier revealed | Fox News
A team of underwater archaeologists has pieced together information from declassified government documents and a shipwrecked World War II-era naval vessel to understa..
Foxnews.com
Rare Indian Recordings From 1900 Made Available by British Library
The recordings are an invaluable resource for students and scholars of music, musical culture and history...
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