How Diwali celebrations have changed over the years
Diwali is undoubtedly the favorite time of the year for most of us. Diwali traditions such as annual cleaning of…
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HISTORY THIS WEEK-October 29 to November 4, 2021
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.” -…
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India in history this Week-October 22 to october 28, 2021
22 OCTOBER 1680 Rana Raj Singh of Mewar passed away. 1796 Death of Rana Raj Singh of Mewar. 1962 India's…
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India in history this Week- October 15 to October 21, 2021
15 OCTOBER 1931 11th President of India A.K. P.J. Abdul Kalam was born. 1932 The Tata Company airplane took its…
Read MoreHistory This Week- Oct. 15 to 21, 2021
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”…
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India in history this Week- October 8 to october 14, 2021
08 OCTOBER 1932 Indian Air Force was established. 1936 Famous Hindi writer and novelist Premchand died. 1998 India became a…
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India in history this Week- October 1 to October 7, 2021
01 OCTOBER 1568 The Mughal emperor Akbar attacked Chittorgarh. 1962 The war started between India and China over the border…
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Mahatma Gandhi: The leader of India’s non-violent independence movement
Mahatma Gandhi was the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil…
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Gandhi Jayanti: Remembering Father of the Nation
Gandhi Jayanti is observed on October 2 every year to honor Mahatma Gandhi for his invaluable contributions to India's freedom…
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October 1 October 1, 1908 - Henry Ford's Model T, a "universal car" designed for the masses, went on…
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"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." Martin Luther King, Jr. September 24 September 24, 1957…
Read MoreIndia in history this Week -September 10 to September 16, 2021
11 SEPTEMBER 1895 Birth of freedom fighter fighter, social activist and famous Gandhian leader Vinoba Bhave. 1906 Mahatma Gandhi named…
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Shankaranarayana: The combined form of Shiva and Vishnu
Lord Shankaranarayana is a combined deity form of Shiva (Shankara) on the right with Nandi, and Vishnu (Narayana) on the…
Read MoreHistory This Week:August 27 to September 2, 2021
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”- James Baldwin August 27 Birthday - Charles Dawes (1865-1951)…
Read MoreIndia in history this Week- August 20- 26, 2021
August 20 1597: Dutch East India Company's first ship returned from East Asia. 1828: The first session of Raja…
Read MoreIndia in history this Week (August 13 – 19, 2021)
August 13 1784: Pitt’s India Bill was introduced in the British Parliament for improvement of administration in India. 1795: Queen…
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REVISITING INDIAN HEROES
Har Dayal, the gentleman revolutionary and the architect of the Ghadar Party who was recognized in 1912 in America as…
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COVID-19 crisis and its impact on India
Children orphaned by COVID The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a…
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Exports, FDI, startups fire on all cylinders to get Indian economy back on track
Independence day special Until February 2021, India had only ever had five months where goods exports had surpassed $30 billion.…
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75 years on, women’s fight for freedom, against injustice continues
Independence day special As we celebrate 75th Independence Day, let us not forget that somewhere in interior India, women are…
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75 years on: Is India’s youth skilled enough?
Independence day special Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech Tryst with Destiny said “The achievement we celebrate today is but a…
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India after Independence
Independence day special When India became independent in August 1947, it faced a series of very great challenges. As a…
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Hindu Mahasabha, RSS stayed away from freedom struggle: Historians
Independence day special While the entire nation was fighting for a free India, there were some individuals and organizations, especially…
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The Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan) or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in…
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Indian Independence movement
In ancient times, people from all over the world were keen to come to India. The Persians followed by the…
Read MoreHistory This Week : August 6 to August 12, 2021
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.”- George Bernard…
Read MoreHistory This Week- July 30, 2021, to August 5, 2021
“History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley July 30 July…
Read MoreHISTORY THIS WEEK -July 23 to July 29, 2021
July 23 July 23, 1952 - Egyptian army officers launched a revolution changing Egypt from a monarchy to a republic.…
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