October 11, 2026/
India had two Bilaspurs, two Kotas and letters addressed in a dozen scripts. On 15 August 1972 the post office...
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October 10, 2026/
In 1914 Gurdit Singh chartered a Japanese steamer to carry 376 Punjabis to Vancouver and test Canada's immigration rules in...
October 10, 2026/
In 1855 two Santhal brothers, Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, called ten thousand people to their village and declared an end...
October 10, 2026/
In March 1924 a Pulaya, an Ezhava and a Nair walked together toward a road beside the Vaikom temple that...
October 10, 2026/
On 14 April 1944 a cotton fire broke out on the SS Fort Stikine in Bombay's Victoria Dock. She was...
October 10, 2026/
In 1951 India had 176 million adults to register, most of whom could not read, and more than 2.5 million...
September 29, 2026/
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