For sometime now there is a huge debate brewing on regarding intolerance in India effectively creating a schism between the various sections of Indian society. While each group is busy voicing their fears or anxiety accusing the other of ruining...
Annual gun sales grew dramatically to 20 million between 2020 and 2021. These figures may only continue to rise if previous sales and production trends are any indication. Here's the history of 30 years of gun manufacturing in America.
Kutchis were subjects of the Rao of Kutch, an independent princely state in India. Kutchi and Bania communities played a vital role in building Oman, serving as the capital builders. They were the lifelines of Oman's slave...
An 18th-century East India Company merchant named John Pybus offers advice on tax dodging and bribery in his notes.
East India Company merchant John Pybus compiled notes about the practicalities of trade in various...
In 1954 Halfdan Mahler, the WHO senior medical officer, pushed to reinvigorate the BCG vaccination campaign in Madras State, which had suffered setback due to massive opposition. One of the major reason for this setback was due to the...
On October 7, 1571, the Ottoman Empire and a Christian alliance known as The Holy League engaged in battle at Lepanto. Before the advent of the age of sail, it was the final significant battle between navies...
Almost everyone in Russia and the United States is familiar with the story of how Alaska was sold to the Americans for next to nothing. Considerably fewer people have heard about the Russian colony in California. And only historians seem to know that mere chance prevented the future 50th state of the US from becoming a part of the Russian Empire 205 years ago.
Digital copies of 100 secret files relating to Subhas Chandra Bose were made public on his 119th birth anniversary. The files are declassified and put on digital display at the National Archives of India (NAI) in New Delhi. Additionally...
Dr. Ghee Bowman, a historian, took to Twitter to share a post inquiring about an interesting figure, an Indian World War II prisoner.
This excerpt from our exclusive East India Company Series article titled Noble Motives focuses on the puzzle of the disappearance of the EICs and their reemergence as modern day MNCs (Multi National Corporations).
The East India Company (the "Company") was one of the institutions created...
