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October 18, 2026
Firozpur: The town Hitler never reached
From the high-stakes political manoeuvring of the 1947 Partition boundary to the valour of the Saragarhi warriors and Bhagat Singh, the historic border town is now reinventing itself as a prominent heritage tourism destination
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August 09, 2026
'Northeast India has far greater archaeological potential than previously recognised': Tiatoshi Jamir
Tiatoshi Jamir, professor of archaeology, Nagaland University, explains how these findings reveal a rich past of hunter-gatherer communities, early agriculture, and ancient connections across Asia
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July 17, 2026
Was Elephanta Island the ‘Mumbai’ of the first millennium? What ASI's Gharapuri excavations tell us
Elephanta Island was not merely a religious centre known for its caves, but also an important political, administrative, and maritime hub
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June 12, 2026
OPINION | How equal are India-China relations? Decoding the myth, the phobia, and the reality
In recent times, China has increasingly demonstrated that it considers itself far ahead of India in every sphere, and it continues to treat New Delhi as unequal
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April 01, 2026
'Raja Shivaji': Abhishek Bachchan’s Sambhaji is NOT Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in'Chhaava'!
Abhishek Bachchan is playing the role of Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale in 'Raja Shivaji'; the great warrior died before Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was even born
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February 27, 2026
Prithviraj Chauhan, the braveheart who lacked tact
The Rajput warrior had defeated and routed Muhammad Ghori in the first battle of Tarain, but lost to him in the second battle. How and why did that happen? The eighth instalment of Tactics & Tacticians explains
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January 17, 2026
How did Greenland become a territory of Denmark? Some Norse history as ‘Trump Ragnarok’ fear looms
Amidst the talks of ‘US takeover of Greenland’, here is a brief history of Greenland, which is a rare meeting place of Norse myths, literature, history and European colonialism
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January 14, 2026
'Land Ahoy!': Indian Navy's stitched sailing ship 'INSV Kaundinya' reaches Oman port after historic 18-day voyage
The idea for the Indian Navy's 5th-century-style stitched sailing ship came from depictions of ancient Indian vessels in the Ajanta Caves
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January 11, 2026
Recalling a lost inheritance: Tracing India's intellectual amnesia in Shashi Ranjan Kumar's 'The Decline of Hindu Civilisation'
In 'The Decline of Hindu Civilisation', author and senior bureaucrat Shashi Ranjan Kumar argued that India continues to celebrate fragments of its past without understanding the intellectual systems that once sustained them
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January 11, 2026
Attacks on Somnath Temple not just for plunder, PM Modi says at Swabhiman Parv; hits out at Congress's 'slave mentality'
The three-day event marks 1,000 years since the first major attack on the Somnath Temple in Gujarat by Mahmud of Ghazni, and 75 years since it was restored
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December 27, 2025
The young guns of archaeology: Meet the team unearthing Tamil Nadu's past
Ancient Tamil civilisation's origins are being pushed further into antiquity thanks to groundbreaking evidence uncovered by young archaeologists at sites like Keeladi, Sivagalai and Adichanallur
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December 13, 2025
How the PMs’ museum blends history, archives and technology
Prime Ministers’ Museum & Library or the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in Delhi redefines the legacy of India's leaders by transforming the former Nehru Memorial into an immersive, tech-heavy experience for all ages