Political History of India

Research essays about the political history of India

Government and Policy

Assam govt to table Tiwari Commission report on 1983 Nellie Massacre in Assembly, to be made public after its submission over 40 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
In a significant decision, the Assam cabinet has decided to table the Tiwari Commission report on 1983 Nellie Massacre at the state assembly.  The...
News Reports

Did you know? Murshidabad and large parts of Nadia, 24-Parganas, Malda, in Bengal had become ‘East Pakistan’ for a few days after partition. Read how...

Rukma Rathore -
Some regions of Bengal were part of "East Pakistan" from14th to 16th August, until the decison was rectified on 17th August.
Opinions

Kerala: As Left govt tries to reach out to Hindu devotees with Ayyappa Summit for votes, read CPI(M)’s history of bigotry and massacres against...

Rukma Rathore -
Kerala's Temple Affairs Minister V N Vasavan initiated the Ayyappa Summit's session with a message from CM Yogi.
Opinions

Congress and Sonam Wangchuk collude to fuel unrest and mislead people of Ladakh: Read how talks with the Centre were kept under wraps

शिव -
Sonam Wangchuk and the Congress have been charged with inciting violence and unrest in Ladakh in the name of full statehood.
News Reports

As Rahul Gandhi drags kids into his political agenda, read how a young girl raised the slogan ‘Rajiv Gandhi chor hai’ during an All...

OpIndia Staff -
On 27th May 1988, a program was aired from the Patna Radio Station where a young girl was told to share a joke and she responded with the slogan "Gali gali mein shor hai, Rajiv Gandhi chor hai"
Opinions

Did you know: Jawaharlal Nehru signed the controversial Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan without parliament approval, and despite protests by some Congress MPs

Shraddha Pandey -
Nehru defended his decision of not consulting the parliament or taking the MPs into confidence before signing the Indus Waters Treaty, let alone expressing any remorse over the blunder.
News Reports

Pooja Pal expelled from Samajwadi Parti for praising Yogi Adityanath for avenging her husband: Read how Raju Pal was brutally murdered by Atiq Ahmed

Rukma Rathore -
Pooja Pal had praised Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for delivering justice and acting against criminals like Atiq Ahmed.
Political History of India

Gendered genocide from Punjab to the North East: How the darkest legacy of India’s Partition was written on women’s bodies

Mita Nath Bora -
Partition’s darkest legacy was written on women’s bodies—through abduction, rape, mutilation, and silence that history chose to forget.
News Reports

From ancestral mansion to refugee camp: How the Partition of India changed the destiny of my maternal family

Dibakar Dutta -
The act of 'Partition', fuelled by the Muslim League and facilitated by the British in cahoots with the Congress party, stripped by maternal grandparents of their peace, stability and heritage.
News Reports

Remembering Umakant Kadia, first martyr of Quit India Movement: Read how the young RSS member refused to bow down in front of British tyranny...

OpIndia Staff -
Years later, a memorial was built in the Khadia area, in Ahmedabad, where the incident took place. The memorial says that Umakant Motiram Kadia attained martyrdom here.
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