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...
In the colonial era, archives received generous support from public and private sources, but after Independence came apathy and neglect, which is leading to the custodial death of Indian history.
Nikola Tesla's writings, predicting the internet and even cellphones decades before they were actually invented, were published in "The Century Magazine" in an essay titled "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy." These writings have been recovered and...
With the release of the film Panipat a controversy has erupted, the central question being the role of Maharaja Surajmal and why he did not fight the third Battle of Panipat resulting in a humiliating defeat for the Marathas.
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Col. Gen. Aleksandr Bezverkhniy, a former Russian counterspy chief, has revealed how Hitler attempted to assassinate Stalin through an operation called "Zeppelin." The operation involved Nazi Germany's attempt to recruit Soviet citizens and use them against the USSR.
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...
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...
Katarzyna Kobro was a pioneering Polish sculptor who is best known for her contributions to the development of Constructivism, an avant-garde art movement that emerged in the early 20th century. Born in Moscow in 1898 to a Polish family, Kobro spent most of her life in Poland, where she created some of the most significant sculptures of her time. She studied art in Moscow, Kiev, and Paris before settling in Poland in 1928. Here's everything you need to know about Katarzyna Kobro, the Polish sculptor.
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...
Sundara-Mahadevi, an Odia queen in medieval Sri Lanka who was called its greatest politician, ended up in Lanka due to marriage.
