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Opinion: Agnipath and what history tells us about discontented soldiers (The News Minute)

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Ananth
Indian Soldiers

The Agnipath Tour of Duty program marks a fundamental shift in India’s military recruitment policy. Those who oppose this include senior veterans and defence specialists who have suggested major changes, if not shelving the program completely. The controversy has seemingly… Continue Reading →

History, Politics, The News Minute
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Nepal and the Great Indian Rebellion

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Ananth
Nepal Terai Region

The Great Indian Rebellion began to unravel after the British captured Delhi in September 1857. Subsequently, the British picked off rebel forces in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Central India, the two major theatres of the Rebellion. The reconquest would not… Continue Reading →

DNA, History
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The Brief Defiance of Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Ananth

Kashmir had been coveted by countless powers throughout history. The strategic location, the breathtaking beauty of the land, and its resources had immense allure. As a result, the region has seen much socio-political churn through claims and counterclaims, and war… Continue Reading →

DNA, History, Politics
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Tipu Sultan in Travancore – II: The Tiger at the Wall

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Ananth
Cornwallis and Tipu's sons

(Second of a two-part series on Tipu Sultan’s invasion of Travancore) It was 1788 C.E. and the Tiger of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, was ready for another war. Four years ago, a weary Tipu and the equally battered British agreed to… Continue Reading →

DNA, History, Politics
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Tipu Sultan in Travancore – I: The Travancore Lines

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Ananth
Tipu Sultan

(First of a two-part series on Tipu Sultan’s invasion of Travancore) Once upon a time there was a wall that spanned the narrow breadth of Kerala from the Arabian Sea to the Western Ghats. It was not as tall or… Continue Reading →

DNA, History, Politics
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Burhanpur: Mughal Splendor and Drama

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Ananth
The Ahukhana

In India, one can scarcely travel a hundred miles without encountering a clump of ancient or medieval ruins. Except historians or the odd local enthusiast, few cares about these monuments. Most of the monuments maintained by the Archaeological Survey of… Continue Reading →

DNA, History, Uncategorized
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The Nakano School and the I.N.A

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Ananth
Mohan Singh and Fujiwara

About a century ago, Captain T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, turned a middling revolt deep in the Arabian desert into a whirlwind that swept away Ottoman power in the First World War. Lawrence was a multi-talented junior… Continue Reading →

DNA, History
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Flying the Hump: 1942 – 1945

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Ananth
Curtiss C-46 aircraft

The search and rescue operations for the missing Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft lasted eight days but the crash site was found, and our dead have been laid to rest. The tragedy and ensuing operations unfolded amidst discussions on geopolitics,… Continue Reading →

DNA, History
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Shah Alam II: The Hour of the Rohila

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Ananth
The Blinded Emperor

This is the final part of a three-part series on the unfortunate Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. It was self-preservation that made Emperor Shah Alam II choose the Maratha general as the regent. Shah Alam’s best and loyal officers were… Continue Reading →

DNA, History
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Shah Alam II: The Mughal Empire in Flux

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Ananth
Shah Alam II and Clive

This is the second part of a three-part series on the unfortunate Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. It was 1760 and Prince Ali Gauhar was now Emperor Shah Alam II, but he was not entirely out of danger. His Rohila… Continue Reading →

DNA, History
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Shah Alam II: The Prince from the Slum

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Ananth
The Red Fort

This is the first part of a three-part series on the unfortunate Mughal Emperor Shah Alam-II When Aurangzeb died a weary and broken man in Ahmednagar in 1707, the Mughal Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. However, the financial… Continue Reading →

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The “Fishing Fleets” of Colonial India

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Ananth
British Wedding

When the British rose in power in India they faced an increasingly difficult situation – there were too many young British men in their colony. India was a land of opportunity for many Britishers and thousands scrambled to India, keen… Continue Reading →

DNA, History
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Tea, Sugar and Opium

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Ananth
An Opium War Cartoon

It is a bitter fact that tea became a popular beverage on the back of colossal human suffering. This author had previously written about the triangular Atlantic slave trade, in which Indian textiles and gunpowder were very essential components. Today,… Continue Reading →

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Bijapur’s Hydraulic Engineering Heritage

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Ananth
The Taj Baodi

The sack of Vijayanagar, following the Battle of Talikota in 1565 CE, greatly enriched the victorious Bahmani Sultanates. Out of the five Bahmani kingdoms the one which gained the most was the Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur. Besides annexing the… Continue Reading →

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The Sikh Empire’s Expedition to Balakot

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Ananth
Maharaja Ranjit Singh

A few weeks ago, the Indian Air Force’s Balakot airstrike using French-built Mirage-2000s bought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, and perhaps changed the regional dynamics forever. Balakot has a history which has been a subject of much… Continue Reading →

DNA, History, Politics

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