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Bangladesh Independence – Three Myths

There was a political breakdown in Pakistan between 1969-1971. Eventually, this led to the overthrow of Ayub Khan and the fateful election of December 1970, which resulted in a sweeping victory of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s Awami League. On 25 March […]

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Russian Card In The Revolt Of 1857

There were many reasons for the outbreak of the revolt of 1857. Most of the reasons were domestic. But the historian Elena Karatchkova has highlighted one international factor for the outbreak. According to Elena Karatchkova, the British believed that Tsarist […]

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Origin of Taliban

The USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979. It was a period of the cold war. To counter the influence of the USSR in Afghanistan, the USA was intervening there through the Intelligence Service ( ISI ) of Pakistan. Normally, it is […]

The shanar community had started agitation against it. Breast Tax Revolt / Upper Cloth Revolt( 1813 -1859 )

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Upper Cloth Revolt | Breast Tax Revolt. ( 1813 -1859 )

Breast Tax Revolt. ( 1813 -1859 ) | Upper Cloth Revolt Shanar were the fishermen community who lived in the coastal region of south Travancore. By then Travancore was a princely state. In 19th century Travancore, women from underprivileged caste […]

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Gandhiji : A Political Saint or Saintly Politician.

Different historical approaches viewed Gandhiji in a different way. Imperial historians like Judith Brown described Gandhiji as a political opportunist. Marxist historians consider Gandhi‘s “non-violence” as a tool to transfer power peacefully to the bourgeois class. The subaltern historians had […]

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Adichanallur – Erstwhile Sea Port

Adichanallur is an archaeological site in Tamil Nadu. It is 15 km away from the capital of the early Pandya kingdom, Korkai. The recent excavation at Adichanallur revealed that the human skeleton remains did not quite match the biological structure […]

The Mongols empire economy was based on the idea of redistribution. The ruler used to obtain revenue, gift or war booty.

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Forgotten – The Mongols Empire

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongols had the largest empire in the world. It extended from present-day northern China and Mongolia to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The most famous Mongols empire ruler was […]

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India China Diplomacy In 7th Century AD

In the first half of the seventh century, there were three powers in this part of the world. These were the Tang dynasty in China under emperor Taizong, the North Indian empire under Harshvardhan and the Tibetan empire under Songsten […]

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Revisiting The Revolt of 1857

The Revolt of 1857 played a very important event in modern India. There is no consensus on whether the revolt was pre-planned or spontaneous. The historian Kama Maclean has tried to throw light on this issue. So, she provided the […]