Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.

Today we celebrate the 77th Independence Day.  Independence for the Dominion of Ceylon came on 1948. Since then, Sri ...

President Donald Trump has openly called for the US to annex Greenland. However, Greenland‘s residents don‘t want to be part ...

The sadhu akharas at the Kumbh Mela are more than spiritual sanctuaries. These camps, led by ascetic monks, have become ...

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Defying all odds, including a boycott call by some armed militant outfits, the people of far eastern Bharat (India) ...

Australia Day has kicked off with millions of residents celebrating the national holiday across the country. The long weekend ...

Australia Day marks a British colony being established at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788, which eventually led to Britain ...

Tens of thousands of Australians protested over the treatment of Indigenous people on Sunday as the country celebrated a national holiday marking the 1788 arrival of British colonisers.

Jaipal Singh 26th January is one of the most significant date in the Indian History. On this day in 1950, India adopted its ...

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary ...