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A colonial hangover or a linguistic leg-up? India grapples with the enduring appeal of English
When British traders landed on India’s shores in the 1600s, they arrived in search of spices and silk but stayed for ...
From Quit India Movement to signing of London Agreement, the enduring legacy of August 8
In the crucial meeting held at Wardha on 14 July 1942, the Congress Working Committee resolved to launch a widespread civil ...
A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds
An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a ...
Through the looking glass! Colonial-era photographic legacy gets second lease in IGNCA
At the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, a project is underway to conserve Raja Lala Deen Dayal's rare glass ...
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Honoring Heroes: Remembering the Quit India Movement
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh paid tribute to the heroes of the Quit India Movement, marking the 83rd anniversary of ...
How a Travancore Maharaja thwarted Dutch colonial ambitions in India
The extraordinary life of Marthanda Varma of Travancore, published by Penguin, authors Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat describe ...
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Canada-India crisis: India’s post-colonial era explains why it’s on ...
India has a painful history with separatism after it gained independence from British colonialism in 1947. Partition carved the country up and created Pakistan.), a separate homeland for former ...