North East India
The Jaintia Rebellion: The Farmer Who Defied the British Empire
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7he8VjQ05pZ3LR7O4HaRBD?si=_M21fH4jRMi4dHH2GYMKcg In 1862, deep in the mist-covered Jaintia Hills of present-day Meghalaya, a rebellion erupted that the British East India...
U Tirot Sing: The Khasi Chief Who Fought an Empire for Four Years
The British Empire had roads to build and hills to cross. The Khasi people had a homeland to protect. When...
Treaty of Yandabo 1826: How Assam Lost Its Greatest Dynasty Forever
The Ahom Kingdom had survived six hundred years and defeated the Mughal Empire seventeen times. But it could not survive...
The Fall of Sadiya: How the Chutiya Kingdom Met Its End in 1524
In 1524 CE, the ancient Chutiya Kingdom fell to the expanding Ahom forces after centuries of proud independence in the...
The Battle of Saraighat That Stopped a Mughal Empire
There are battles won by numbers, and then there are battles won by something far more powerful — the unbreakable...
Koch Kingdom and Majuli Island: Assam’s Golden Age of Culture
While the Ahom Kingdom was holding firm in the east, a new power was rising in the west. The Koch...
Sukaphaa’s Crossing: How the Ahom Kingdom Was Born in Assam
In 1228 CE, a young Tai prince named Chaolung Sukaphaa crossed the wild Patkai mountains with a small band of...
The Kamarupa Ascendancy: Assam’s First Great Kingdom Explained
Long before Assam had its modern name, a powerful kingdom called Kamarupa was already writing history. The Kamarupa Ascendancy was...
The Garo Tribe: Their Ancient History, Culture and Legacy
Long before Meghalaya had a name on any map, the Garo people had already made the forested hills their home....
How the Khasi Tribe of Meghalaya Flips Gender Roles?
Deep in the misty hills of Meghalaya lives one of India's most fascinating matrilineal communities — the Khasi tribe. Their...
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