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...
India’s First General Election (1951–52): How a New Nation Learned to Vote
In 1951 India had 176 million adults to register, most of whom could not read, and more than 2.5 million...
Matangini Hazra: The Flag She Would Not Drop Under Gunfire
Matangini Hazra was seventy-one years old when she walked to the front of a protest march in Tamluk and refused...
Kamarupa Kingdom: The King Who Defied an Emperor to Meet Xuanzang
Long before Assam had its modern name, a powerful kingdom called Kamarupa was already writing history. The Kamarupa Ascendancy was...
Dandi March: How a Pinch of Salt Shook the British Empire
A single cruel law once made collecting salt a crime. Read the emotional story of the Dandi March, when a...
Bengal Famine 1943: How a Rice-Growing Land Lost Three Million People
In 1943, three million Bengalis starved with rice all around them. The fact- based story of a famine made by...
Tea in India: How a Stolen Plant and Advertising Created Chai
A hundred years ago, most Indians didn't drink tea. Explore the story of the stolen plant, the tea gardens, and...
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