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  • The martyrs' well at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which took place on April 13, 1919, the Baisakhi day, after Brigadier-General Reginald Edward Harr...

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  • History enthusiasts dressed in regimental costumes take part in a re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz, celebrating its 212th anniversary near Slavkov u Brna, Cze...

    AP Photo/Petr David Josek

  • Nambiar (podium) speaks on the founding day of the pro-Axis ­provisional ­government of Free India in Berlin

    Courtesy: Hiralal Rajgopal

  • The iconic monument dedicated to the historic "Battle of Delhi" in the Noida's Golf Course.

    PTI Photo

  • In this photo released by Air New Zealand, World War II veteran Norwood Thomas, 93, from the U.S. reunites with his wartime girlfriend Joyce Morris of Australia, in Adelaide, Austr...

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  • In this file photo, electric wires are entangled around a statue of Indian freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose at road crossing during a cyclone in Berhampur, West Bengal.

    AP Photo/Bikas Das, file

  • A rare picture published in "Gandhi - An Illustrated Biography" by Pramod Kapoor, Publisher of Roli Books shows Mahatma Gandhi seated in the 2nd row, fifth from left, with Greyvill...

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  • Activists showing a slide at a programme in Kolkata on Friday claiming that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was last seen in Tashkent in 1966.

    PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik

  • Justin Trudeau (left) with his siblings Michel and Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau attended the swearing in ceremony of their father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, as Prime Minister of Canada ...

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  • Carvings are seen on a wall at the Horemheb tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's antiquities minister said King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending ...

    AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

  • The tomb of King Tut is displayed in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's antiquities minister said King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending...

    AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

  • The reconstructed face of an Egyptian mummy known as the Gilded Lady on display at Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. There will be a rare chance to find out when "Mummies: New...

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  • Fireworks explode over the Kremlin during the city day celebration in Moscow, Russia. Moscow is 868 years old.

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  • People fight during a reenactment of the Battle of Agincourt, in Agincourt, northern France. The French are hosting a reenactment of the clash with England this weekend. More than ...

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  • In this photo, Israeli and Russian members of knight clubs participate in the re-enactment. The participants use authentic instruments and weapons. Even the food is from that age. ...

    AP Photo/Oded Balilty

  • In this photo, Israeli and Russian members of knight clubs participate in the reenactment About a third of the participants arrived with their elaborate gear from Russia. The proje...

    AP Photo/Oded Balilty

  • In this photo, Israeli and Russian members of knight clubs build their camp before marching to the re-enactment. By nightfall of July 4th, the largest army in the Latin kingdom had...

    AP Photo/Oded Balilty

  • In this photo, Israeli and Russian members of knight clubs march to the re-enactment. Saladin captured the King and Reynald of Chatillon after the victory. The Christian’s greate...

    AP Photo/Oded Balilty
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  • Political Tug-O-War Over Tipu Sultan Leaves Students, Teachers In The Lurch
    Calls for the ouster of Tipu Sultan from textbooks cause controversy...yet again
    Nov 07, 2019
    | Ajay Sukumaran
  • Ashoka Laughed At The Same Joke
    Ancient India is dragged into focus through such eternal lenses as love, art, harassment and moral policing. The past springs to life; it is our present too.
    Mar 19, 2019
    | Pramod Kumar KG
  • We The People At The Crossroads
    The nation’s democratic foundations are firm but our pluralism is on trial
    Jan 23, 2019
    | Mahesh Rangarajan
  • The British Seeds of Secession
    The Sikh response to Indian nationalism was complex—­loyal soldiers of the colonial army, they didn’t fall for the ‘separate electorate’ idea
    Feb 01, 2018
    | M. Rajivlochan
  • The Word Rang Out: ‘Brothers!’
    The source for alternative systems through Soviet reinventions, the Russian Revolution is now recalled with uneasy sufferance
    Oct 25, 2017
    | Hari Vasudevan
  • From Olympus To The Arena
    Simulated to exhibit the best in the human ­spirit, sport was the site of ideal competition. Now, ­individual glory is the one rule of the games.
    Aug 11, 2017
    | Pradeep Magazine
  • Between Motives And Motifs
    Indian art issued forth from a deep need to establish an ideal aesthetic. Market forces have hewn off the two, but a vanguard still explores the frontiers.
    Aug 11, 2017
    | Stuti Agarwal
  • 15 August, 1947 Diary
    As India celebrate the 70th Independence Day, an excerpt from Krishna Sobti's recollections of the first I- Day celebrations in the capital-- “Goron apne gharon ko lauto/ab yeh desh hamara hai, ab yeh raaj hamara hai"
    Aug 11, 2017
    | Krishna Sobti
  • On Parallel, Shining Paths
    Gandhiji’s vision of India—a moral, secular version of village life and economy—was the opposite of Nehru’s ideals of socialism, democracy and science. Both made compromises in their stands.
    Aug 10, 2017
    | Irfan Habib
  • Hibernating Idealism
    The sly interplay between idealism and ideology keeps excess at bay. In these times of ‘total politics’ in India—characterised by a jam-spread of hatred that leaves isolated, targeted individuals meekly facing a gargantuan State—that healthy mutual vigil has been summarily suspended.
    Aug 10, 2017
    | Ashis Nandy
  • The Subcontinental Menu
    Did Ravana Really Exist? Did you know that sporting a Buddha t-shirt will get you deported from Sri Lanka? Read the juicy gossip from the neighbourhood...
    Jul 27, 2017
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  • Venice Diary
    As the writer travels through Venice's "Tiny lanes, crumbly old palaces, the water," he is reminded of Varanasi...
    Jul 06, 2017
    | Maseeh Rahman
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