Article/Essay
 11 Mar 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
Is this the Residency?
By Serish Nanisetti
The Hindu

That age, this day, when the grandeur got a reality check after Hyderabadis attacked the might of British Empire on July 17, 1857. Serish Nanisetti finds out how geography has been changed by history

The river’s tent is broken; the l... Read More
 9 Mar 2014 Article/Essay
Essay:
Company Drawings
By Divia Patel and Graham Parlett
- Drawing Space: Contemporary Indian Drawings

The expansion of Company rule in the eighteenth century was paralleled by the need for a greater knowledge and understanding of India, and large amounts of data were collected, categorised and... Read More
 6 Mar 2014 Article/Essay
Essay:
In an Opium Factory
By Rudyard Kipling
First Published: 16th April, 1888 in the Pioneer and 17th April, 1888 in the Pioneer Mail.

ON the banks of the Ganges, forty miles below Benares as the crow flies, stands the Ghazipur Factory, an opium mint as it were, whence issue the precious cake... Read More
 26 Feb 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
A Portrait into the Past: ‘The reception of the Mysorean hostage princes by Marquis Cornwallis’, Robert Home (1793-1794).

Robert Home was born in Hull, the son of an army surgeon from Greenlaw in Berwickshire. A professional artist, he had trained under Angelica Kauffman, and worked in ... Read More
 26 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
The man who drafted the Indian Constitution -
Benegal Narsinga Rau (1887 – 1953).

B.N.Rau prepared the draft Constitution consisting of 243 articles and the Drafting Committee worked over it to expand it to 315 Articles. After the 2473 amendments, the final form of the constitution ... Read More
 26 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
The Constitution-framers India forgot
By Girish Rishi

Granville Austin in 'The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation' identified 21 most important figures in the assembly (from hereon, referred to as the 'framers'). Of these, we are familiar with seven -- Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Ach... Read More
 23 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
A guide to state secrecy surrounding Subhas Chandra Bose
By Anuj Dhar
8th May, 2013

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose secured our freedom but in the last 6 decades our Government seems to have confined him to hidden vaults, where thousands of secret records about him have piled up.

It... Read More
 23 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
The Most Popular Map Of The World Is Highly Misleading
By Christina Sternbenz

Because the Earth is roughly spherical, every flat map distorts our planet one way or another.

The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1... Read More
 17 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
Anegundi: Of history and mysticism
By S V Upendra Charya
Deccan Herald

The very first capital of Vijayanagar dynasty, Anegundi was also the capital of several dynastic rulers. This region was ruled by the Shahi dynasty of Bijapur, Moghuls, Marathas and also Tipu Sultan during the 16th, ... Read More
 15 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Historical Notes:
Astronomical significance of the Gavi Gangadhareshvara Temple in Bangalore
By Jayanth Vyasanakere, K. Sudeesh and B.S. Shylaja
Published by the Current Science Association, Bangalore - 2008

The passage of the setting sun through the cave of Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple on ... Read More
 15 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple, Bangalore

As if making monolithic rock-cut temples is not complex enough, ancient Indian architects and stone cutters outclassed themselves when making the Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple in 9th century AD. The temple has been planned in a such a way that sunrays illum... Read More
 14 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
John and Justinian Gantz…

Extract from Madras Miscellany
By S. Muthiah
Published by East West Books - 2011 Read More
 3 Jan 2014 Article/Essay
Digital Rare Book:
History of the Calendar - In different countries through the ages
By Professor Meghnad Saha and N.C. Lahiri
Published by Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi - 1992


Read Book Online:

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 21 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
Obituary:
Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma
Telegraph,UK

Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma was an Indian royal and custodian of a temple whose 'cursed’ vaults are filled with treasure worth tens of billions.

Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma , who has died aged 91, was head... Read More
 17 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
Essay:
The Last Queen of Travancore
Written on the blog titled 'INORITE'

The Travancore Royal Family, considered among the oldest royalties of India, is descended from the historic Chera dynasty of South India. That branch of the Cheras that settled in the extreme south of Kerala was called ... Read More
 17 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
Article:
Benign presence - Remembering Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, regent of Travancore, as a queen and a grandmother.
By Shreekumar Varma
The Hindu

MAHATMA GANDHI wrote in his paper Young India: "My visit to Her Highness was an agreeable surprise for me. Instead of being ushered into the presence ... Read More
 16 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
Obituary:
Marthanda Varma’s death ends Kerala’s last royal connect
By Manu Pillai
First Post - 16,December 2013

Kerala’s last link with the glamorous era of Maharajahs and princes has been severed. Uthradam Tirunal Marthanda Varma, the head of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore died ... Read More
 16 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
End of an era…

Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the titular head of the Travancore royal family passes away.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the titular head of the Travancore royal family passed away due to age-related complications at 2.20 am on Monday. He was 91,... Read More
 11 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
Obituary:
Mysore prince Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar dies
By Vikram Sampath
Livemint

Wodeyar will be remembered as a prince who made every effort to keep himself and his family relevant in the ever-changing times.

The annual Dasara celebrations in Mysore will perhaps never be the ... Read More
 10 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
A sad day for Mysore state...

The last of the Wodeyar Kings is no more.
The scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (60) died in Bangalore of cardiac arrest today.

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 6 Dec 2013 Article/Essay
Article:
Delhi: December 12, 1911
By Sundeep
Outlook Magazine

From Sam Miller's Delhi, Adventures in a Megacity;

North Delhi is the city's most underdeveloped quadrant, as if someone had started building here and had run out of money. It feels deserted. Its roads are bordered by scrub an... Read More