While the Mughal rule had considerably weakened and its influenced waned due to the impact of the British colonial rule in ...

The fall of the Mughal Empire came in 1857 after the British forces successfully defeated Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, who had ...

What is important to note about two Buddhist sites making headlines—one in Sri Lanka and the other in India? Are you aware of 'Viranganas' from the 1857 revolt? — check your progress and revise your ...

In echoes of the Uprising of 1857, the movement started with a call for Indian soldiers to withdraw from the British army. What followed was a strictly nonviolent program of boycotts which ...

After nearly two centuries of British rule, India’s struggle for independence reached its climax in the aftermath of the Second World War. The long campaign, which began with the Revolt of 1857, ...

Dr Wynne Peyton was born in 1764 in Ireland. He made his trip to erstwhile Madras while serving the British Raj. Today, we ...

Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...

The Sikh soldier is intertwined with gallantry in peace and war, sacrifice in maintaining justice, and the spirit of duty, ...

In India, Bollywood - as rightly described and named by Helle Ryslinge in her film makes cinema that is often ‘larger than life.’ ...

The island bears eerie reminders of its tumultous history, scarred by brutal prison conditions and a natural disaster.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asks him to direct culture ministry, ASI to preserve ...