On April 9, 1990, American newspapers reported an unusual deal. Pepsi had come to a three billion dollar agreement with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had long traded Stolichnaya vodka in return for Pepsi concentrate. But this time, Pepsi got 10 Soviet ships.
The article below explains the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, one of the longest conflicts.
Table of ContentsWhat was the Balfour Declaration?What happened during the 1930s?What was the UN partition plan?The years after the...
A study conducted by Voice of Telangana President and Hyderabadi historian Capt. Lingala Panduranga Reddy found that the Indian tricolour was not designed by Venkaiah but a Hyderabadi woman named Suraiyya Tyabji.
Before the Roman Empire rose, a number of civilizations called the Italian peninsula home, including the Etruscan civilization. Now, a new discovery in Italy could rewrite history.
Adam Smith, in his book "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" published in March 1776, discussed India and the East India Company.
Adam Smith (1723-1790) made copious...
The Dutch became the local elites up until the British East India Company overthrew them in 1825 as a result of illegal commerce and the zamindari of three villages. This is the account of how the Dutch East India Company sank as its corrupt officials made their fortunes in Bengal.
India continues to remain the world's largest arms importer, accounting for 14% of the global imports in the 2011-2015 timeframe.
The latest data on international arms transfers released by a global think-tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), also shows...
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.
When four formerly Ukrainian regions joined Russia nearly a month ago, the collective West tried to present the occurrence as treacherous, unprecedented, and lacking local support. However, the reunification was preceded by a century-long struggle by a large amount of the regions’ inhabitants for the right to be considered Russians.
The East India Company tried to use marble portrait statues commissioned by the company in 1760, depicting men dressed as Romans, to lionize Robert Clive. However, their attempt failed, as less than a decade later, Robert Clive's...
