remembering history
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Ballot boxes, inking fingers: An 85-year-old remembers India’s first General Election
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Henry Kissinger: The devastating effects of his policies on Cambodia leave behind a legacy of trauma
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The history of Chaund Bebee from British Calcutta
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Sea Duck: The peculiar bird spotted by a ship sailing towards India in 1700
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Baldness wasn’t always seen as a disease. Here’s how the media changed our perceptions
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When three Gujarati merchants asked the British for help against the Dutch
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Write history afresh, don’t just complain about distortion, says Amit Shah
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In 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan included the RSS in his movement. India is still paying the price
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The story of the Indian hockey great who died too young
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How Rajput weapons were influenced by groups they met on the battleground or for trade
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Six decades after his death, Abul Kalam Azad’s message of Hindu-Muslim unity is urgently relevant
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‘Muktir Gaan’ to ‘Matir Moina’: 10 films about the historic Bangladesh Liberation War
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Opinion: ‘The Crown’ skips over the British royal family’s colonial legacy
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‘Clock strikes, death awaits’: Remembering Abdul Khader and the heroic ‘Penang 20’ freedom fighters
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How the taboo on Hindu widow remarriage led to liberal abortion norms in colonial India
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How an Indian man taken to Europe as a slave played a role in the French Revolution
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How French philosopher Voltaire lost 90% of his investment in the ‘grand, ruinous trade with India’
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The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic played a part in India’s freedom struggle
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Artist FN Souza’s grandson is putting his art and soul on Goa’s streets
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Photos: Prashant Panjiar remembers the bandits who inspired Abhishek Chaubey’s film ‘Sonchiriya’
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Why the US government maintained records on Rabindranath Tagore – and what they say
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Video: Remembering Jotirao Phule, the foremost anti-caste reformer and pioneer of girls’ education
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Video: Who are the Rajputs and why are they offended by Deepika Padukone starrer Padmavati?
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What it was like being an Indian soldier fighting for the British in World War II
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What was Russia’s October Revolution for, and does it matter any more?
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The Lost City: These monuments are a reminder that Kolkata has abandoned many of its heroes
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Video: Christopher Nolan missed out a significant piece of history in Dunkirk
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Watch: On May 15, 1940, the first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernardino, California
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Watch: On this day in 1994, South Africa elected its first black President
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Kapur and Kapoor: Two friends survived Partition and changed the way Indians drank tea and coffee
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How Jacqueline Kennedy spun a fairytale web around herself
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Gandhi, who helped defeat the mighty British empire, struggled to win the battle with his own people
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Role reversal: When India proposed a plebiscite to solve Kashmir – and Pakistan rejected it
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Operation Crossroads: The nuclear test that gave the world the word 'bikini'
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Why the Indian army needs to abandon the colonial concept of 'martial races'
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South African railway station where it all began for Mahatma Gandhi engulfed in fire
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Why India must end its official amnesia about the horrors of Partition
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On Jawaharlal Nehru's 52nd death anniversary, watch scenes from his funeral procession
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How Netaji’s aide coined the slogan Jai Hind in a German POW camp
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The Kohinoor was never a gift: It was taken by force
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How Ireland’s Easter Rising of 1916 inspired the Indian struggle for freedom
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Meet the Russian who became one of the first translators of English literature into Bengali
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Film-maker releases a dozen clips of controversial Modi speeches made just after Gujarat riots