The stand-off in Galwan Valley reminds several social media users in Kashmir of 'Servant of Sahibs', a book by Ghulam Rassul Galwan, after whom the region -- nowadays in news because of Indo-China stand-off -- was named.

Rajas, nawabs, zamindars and seths came to Metcalfe residence in North Delhi, many of them from Chandni Chowk, to play Holi.

Did the daughter of Prithviraj Chauhan commit 'sati' because her husband was killed in a battle at Panchkuian Road?

From Sasoon Dock in the south to Vile Parle and Mulund on the northern ends of the city, Mumbai city has 81 clocks.

The artefacts being returned are a pair of 15th century door guardians (dvarapala) from Tamil Nadu and a 6th to 8th century serpent king (nagaraja) from Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh.

Born on November 14 in 1889 in Allahabad, Nehru's birthday is celebrated as children's day.

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa says he does not believe that Tipu Sultan was a freedom fighter.

Rajasthan BJP chief Madan Lal Saini was speaking at an event to mark Maharana Pratap's anniversary at the party's state office in Jaipur

Enrolling in the Physics Department of Leningrad University, Lev Davidovich Landau's first publication titled "On the Theory of the Spectra of Diatomic Molecules" was already in print when he was just 18.

During his tenure as Jamia VC, several scholars from across the world, who visited Delhi, loved to have a stop at Jamia and often agreed to hold a talk only if Professor Hasan would chair it.

The demolition marked an important point in independent India's history and raised questions over the republic's future as a secular nation.

The letter is of invaluable significance in the ever ongoing debate between science and religion besides being of tremendous historical value to collectors and history and science buffs.

It may be noted that Babur, Humayun's father, died in 1531 - almost 25 years before Humayun breathed his last in 1556.

Gupta, Roman and Islamic coins and shared currencies of India & Pakistan and East & West Germany feature in ‘India and the World’ exhibition on in Delhi

Indian Constitution, Mughal painting, Roman coins among touch-and-feel objects at ‘India and the World’ show on in Delhi till June 30

"Inventors trying to create a time machine by which you can go back in history and rewrite history. Now, such an effort is not going to succeed. History cannot be changed"

“History has always been rewritten and it is a healthy thing because there have been exaggerations."

The Council had last year in March said it would conduct an underwater exploration study to see whether the Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge was a natural or an artificial phenomenon.