History, when read through the official records of the British Raj, often appears neat and orderly. Files are precise, decisions seem reasoned, and responsibility appears evenly distributed. Yet the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Annual passenger number on trains in India hit 7 billion in 2024 - Tuul & Bruno Morandi Of all the millions of journeys Indian ...

On 13 February 1931, the British Empire inaugurated New Delhi as the capital of the Raj, a city of sweeping avenues, imperial ...

We dive into everything from the new flag, population (nearly 2 billion!), massive military power, and insane linguistic and religious diversity, to whether this new “Republic of the Raj” could ...

In the early 1930s, when the freedom movement was often narrated through the names of men and mass marches, a quieter and far more dangerous story was unfolding in Bengal. It belonged to a young ...

Gandhi leading the famous Salt March in 1930 to protest British rule in India. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Subscribe for ads-free reading The internet certainly has a bottling effect, often creating ...

LANGLEY, England (Reuters Life!) - A short drive away from Windsor Castle, a group of ferocious-looking, blue-turbanned men are trying to preserve a martial art that frightened the life out of the ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Samir Puri REBELS AGAINST THE RAJ Western Fighters for India’s Freedom By Ramachandra Guha “A ...

While hundreds of millions of workers and rural poor in India struggle to make ends meet and some two hundred million people suffer from malnourishment, the income share of India’s wealthiest 1 ...

India declared a day of mourning, but the British colonial era evokes uncomfortable memories. By Suhasini Raj In India, the government declared a day of mourning on Sunday, with flags flying at ...