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Mehmood: The Laughter That Hid the Melancholia
Mehmood made India laugh for four decades. He made it laugh with his body, with his face, with his timing,...
Events That Changed History
Komagata Maru: The Ship That Was Turned Away Twice
In 1914 Gurdit Singh chartered a Japanese steamer to carry 376 Punjabis to Vancouver and test Canada's immigration rules in...
Santhal Hul (1855): The Rebellion That Shook British Rule Before 1857
In 1855 two Santhal brothers, Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, called ten thousand people to their village and declared an end...
Vaikom Satyagraha (1924): The Fight for the Right to Walk on a Road
In March 1924 a Pulaya, an Ezhava and a Nair walked together toward a road beside the Vaikom temple that...
Bombay Dock Explosion (1944): The Ship That Set an Entire City on Fire
On 14 April 1944 a cotton fire broke out on the SS Fort Stikine in Bombay's Victoria Dock. She was...
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