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You don’t need to travel 20,000 leagues under the sea to hop aboard Nautilus, the series based on Jules Verne’s defining 1870 ...
Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi in North India. She was one of the revered leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became a symbol of resistance ...
According to BJP and its ally JD (S) in Karnataka, the Indian map featured on the posters omits the Gilgit region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir as well as the Aksai Chin region, currently under the ...
In a surprising discovery, a large cache of historical weapons believed to be from the 1857 Indian Rebellion has been unearthed during plowing in a field in Shahjahanpur. The recovered weapons ...
A host of weapons, possibly used during the rebellion of 1857, was found by a farmer while he was working in his field, an official said on Friday. District Magistrate Dharmendra Pratap Singh said ...
In this episode of The Culture Project, we dive into one of the lesser-known yet intriguing aspects of India's 1857 rebellion — the mysterious Chapati Movement.
In its heyday, the East India Company was one of the biggest patrons of India-bound artists. Not only did officers of the company commission artworks for private collections, the company itself ...
The Indian freedom struggle is a tapestry of glorious events, movements, and symbols, many of which remain etched in the annals of history. Shrouded in these countless, celebrated tales is a ...
Indian soldiers, known as sepoys, had in 1857 set off a rebellion against the British rule, often referred to as the first war of independence. Simpson's project halted when the publishing company ...
Mangal Pandey, born in 1827, sparked the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by refusing to use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat. His bravery, trial, and execution made him a symbol of resistance ...
In the years after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, when power was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown, such displays were all the more significant. “All three Delhi Durbars were ...