The Ayodhya Crisis and the Decline of Congress In December 1992, India witnessed a seismic shift in its political and […]
A Nation at the Crossroads: India in the 1970s The 1970s marked a period of profound transformation for India, as […]
The Making of a Socialist Statesman Jawaharlal Nehru’s economic philosophy took definitive shape after his transformative 1927 visit to the […]
The Shadow of Gandhi’s Assassination and a Fragile Nation The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in January 1948 cast a long […]
The Gathering Storm: India in World War II When Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, it did […]
The Gathering Storm: India Under British Rule When King George V visited India in 1911, the British Empire appeared unshakable. […]
The Scottish Civil Servant Who Changed Indian History The story of India’s independence movement is often synonymous with figures like […]
The Powder Keg of Colonial Grievances The Indian Rebellion of 1857—often called the First War of Indian Independence—was a violent […]
The Powder Keg of Colonial Resentment Few events in Indian history have been as fiercely debated as the 1857 uprising […]
The Fragmented Thrones of the Deccan The death of Nizam ul-Mulk in 1748 plunged Hyderabad—the wealthiest princely state in southern […]
The Dawn of a Conqueror’s Reign In 1605, Prince Salim ascended the throne of the Mughal Empire upon his father’s […]
The Precarious Rise of a Boy Emperor When Humayun died unexpectedly in 1556, his 13-year-old son Akbar (1542–1605) inherited a […]
The Fragile Inheritance of a Divided Empire Humayun’s ascension to the Mughal throne in 1530 followed the tradition established by […]
The Fragmented Landscape of 16th-Century South Asia In the year 1500, travelers through South Asia would have encountered a land […]
The Greatest Traveler of the Medieval Islamic World In 1325, a 21-year-old Moroccan jurist named Ibn Battuta left his hometown […]
From Humble Beginnings to Imperial Power The Delhi Sultanate, a pivotal Islamic empire in medieval India, emerged from the ashes […]
A Colonial Misstep and Its Lasting Echoes In 1842, during the chaotic aftermath of the First Anglo-Afghan War, British forces […]
The Dawn of South Indian Civilization While Hinduism originated in the Aryan-influenced north, its most vibrant developments from the 7th […]
The Zenith of the Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire (c. 320–550 CE) is often celebrated as India’s “Golden Age,” a […]
The Rise of the Gupta Empire and Its Historical Context The Gupta Empire (c. 320–550 CE) is often celebrated as […]
The Dawn of India’s Classical Era The 5th-century inscription “Perfection has been attained” on a Buddhist stupa railing at Sanchi […]
The Myth of India’s “Dark Age” The period following the decline of the Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE) is often misleadingly […]
