A special edition of Booked with Gaurav Sawant features author Sam Dalrymple discussing his book Shattered Lands: Five ...

The forgotten rebellion of Chitradurga against British rule in 1849, captured in a historical novel by B.L. Venu.

Far from the pomp, in the sweltering slums of Calcutta, Mahatma Gandhi waged his own desperate battle. He had refused ...

India’s first anti-British uprising occurred in the early 1770s, led by the Sadhus and Sannyasis. The Sannyasi rebellion in ...

Long before satellites, colonial powers used hand-drawn maps not to navigate, but to dominate. In India, cartography became a ...

Trivia: Javed Akhtar’s great-great-grandfather, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, was imprisoned at the cellular jail (kaala pani) in ...

During World War I, Indian revolutionaries and German agents conspired to incite an armed revolt against British rule. The ...

Rani Gaidinliu, a Naga queen from Northeast India, had emerged as a defiant leader against British rule in the early 20th ...

Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): Film Director and Music composer Sanjay Leela Bhansali is eyeing his next project "Love & War" with a ...

Crown prince, commander, and revolutionary, Bir Tikendrajit Singh defied British domination with unwavering courage, becoming ...

For Khan, politics ought to be on matters of development, and Independence means: "If I have economic independence and freedom of speech, its enough--in a respectable way, I have the right to share my ...

Additionally, Pakistan will celebrate its 79th Independence Day on August 14, while India will commemorate its Independence ...