Political History of India
Research essays about the political history of India
The ‘super Communist’ Lal Bahadur Shastri: Read how Nehru had laid out plans to make Indira Gandhi inherit his PM post
It's unfortunate that Lal Bahadur Shastri departed much before the country could truly benefit from his full potential.
Mahatma Gandhi wanted the Union Jack on India’s national flag, said he will not salute it if Charkha is replaced by Ashoka Chakra
Mahatma Gandhi had said, "if the Flag of the Indian Union will not embody the emblem of the Charkha, I will refuse to salute that flag"
Of Macaulay and Nehru: A dilapidated education system and the need for the phoenix to rise from the ashes
A major consequence of the dilapidated education system, thanks to Nehru and Macaulay, is that an average Indian graduate is a test taker and a job seeker
The Goan Inquisition by the Portuguese: A forgotten holocaust of Hindus and Jews
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The Portuguese inquisition of Goa is an often forgotten and unspoken event by the ‘secular’ circles of Indian historians, despite various historical records exposing the gross exodus of not just Hindus, but also Jews that had escaped Medieval Europe to take refuge in India.
Narendra Modi and the ‘lucky’ Rajkot (west) seat which paved his journey from RSS pracharak to Prime Minister of India
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, a look back at his electoral journey.
India should take a firm stand against China and recognize Tibet as an occupied territory
There can never be a constructive border solution between India and China without talking on the issue of Tibet.
The Dream of Dravida Nadu: How the movement started with heroic speeches and ended in a damp anti-climax
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For close to a quarter-century, the demand was for a separate State called Dravida Nadu. However, the DMK did not place much thrust on this demand after the first early years and completely abandoned it in 1963.
How the sad demise of a Holy Seer brought back the memory of Indira Gandhi’s blatant abuse of power
Shri Kesavananda Bharti Sripadagalavaru, a prominent spiritual leader, left for his heavenly abode on Sunday, September 6th.
How can there be a Hindu Colony in Hindustan? When Dr Hedgewar visited ‘Hindu Colony’ and explained the philosophy of ‘Hindu Rashtra’
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In pre-Independent India, when the Union Jack was still fluttering over the Indian parliament, RSS founder Dr Hedgewar was invited for a discussion by residents of ‘Hindu Colony’ in Dadar
How Dravidian ideologues used ‘opposition to Hindi’ to build their ‘protector of Tamil culture’ image and retain power
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We will now look at how they used the plank of opposition to Hindi as a means of building their image as protectors of Tamil culture and native rights and to bring them to power.
