At the peak of it's power, the British Empire covered more than a quarter of the world. To rule over the natives and extract their resources, the officers of the East India Company segregated the populations into different regions...
“Why should we not form a Secret Society
with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire
and the bringing of the whole world under British Rule,
for the recovery of the United States,
for making the Anglo Saxon race but one...
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.
Rani Velu Nachiyar was the Tamil queen who led an army of women against the East India Company.
“She will be amongst the best French speakers of the land, my lord.”
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.
The article below offers a glimpse into the early life of Stalin, shedding light on his character and experiences before he assumed leadership of the Soviet Union in 1924 and remained in power until his passing in...
Subhas Chandra Bose wanted Jinnah to be the first PM of independent India if he gave up the demand for Pakistan.
Jinnah had to surmount stiff opposition from the Indian National Congress (hereafter referred to also as the Congress Party,...
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.
Dr. Ghee Bowman, a historian, took to Twitter to share a post inquiring about an interesting figure, an Indian World War II prisoner.
According to research published in the journal Nature by Professors Geoff Duller and Charles Bristow of Birkbeck University in London, Morocco's Lala Lallia Sand dune dates back to 13,000 years.
