Indian Politics
Demonetization in India (2016): The Night That Changed the Economy
On the night of November 8, 2016, India came to a standstill as 86% of its currency was declared invalid...
Narendra Modi Becomes Prime Minister (2014): The Dawn of a New Era
From a tea seller at a railway station to the Prime Minister who secured India's first single-party majority in 30...
Operation Blue Star: The 1984 Siege of the Golden Temple
In the blistering heat of June 1984, the holiest shrine of Sikhism turned into a war zone. Tanks rolled onto...
India’s First Nuclear Test: The Story of Smiling Buddha
On a scorching morning in May 1974, the sands of Rajasthan shook, and a coded message was sent to New...
The Tashkent Agreement (1966): Peace Treaty or Political Betrayal?
Signed on 10 January 1966 under Soviet mediation, the Tashkent Declaration ended active hostilities of the 1965 India–Pakistan War and...
The Janata Party Experiment (1977-1980): India’s First Non-Congress Government
India’s first non-Congress government took office in March 1977 after the Emergency, as the Janata Party alliance swept the Lok...
Political Integration of Princely States during the Partition of India
Between 1947 and the early 1950s, more than 560 princely states were brought into the Indian Union through a calibrated...
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