Modern India
This is the India of right now — the one you live in, argue about, and read the news over. This section leaves the history books and looks at the present: the elections and the politics, the price of onions and the hunt for a government job, the protests that fill the streets, the schemes that promise a lot and reach the doorstep as less, the old questions of caste and fairness in a new century. Written straight down the middle — what happened, who's angry, what each side says — this is where Curious Indian turns from the past to the citizen's life today.
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur: The Story of Hind Di Chadar
In 1675, a delegation of desperate Kashmiri Brahmins knocked on the door of the ninth Sikh Guru. To save them...
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev: The Event That Transformed Sikhism
In the scorching heat of June 1606, the Fifth Sikh Guru sat calmly on a burning hot plate while boiling...
The British East India Company: How a Corporation Conquered India
In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I signed a piece of paper that allowed a group of London merchants to trade in...
The Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji: A Journey of Truth
He refused the sacred thread at the age of 9 and disappeared into a river for three days at 30,...
Timur’s Invasion of Delhi 1398: When Timur the Lame Destroyed Tughlaqs
In 1398, a lame conqueror from Samarkand descended upon Delhi like a plague. He defeated war elephants with fire and...
Vijayanagara Empire: Two Brothers Built an Empire on the Tungabhadra
In 1336, two brothers stood on the banks of the Tungabhadra, watching a hare chase a hound. Interpreting it as...
Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate: From Slave Kings to the Lodis
In 1206, a slave became a Sultan. Following the victories of Muhammad Ghori, his trusted general Qutb-ud-din Aibak founded a...
Mauryan Empire: How Chandragupta and Ashoka United a Subcontinent
A boy trained by a vengeful Brahmin rose to destroy the Nanda dynasty and halt the successors of Alexander the...
Rise of Jainism and Buddhism: A Revolt Against Rituals and Caste
In the 6th century BCE, the smoke of sacrificial fires was replaced by the light of wisdom. As the caste...
Nil Darpan: The Mirror of Indigo that Shook the British Empire
It was more than a play; it was a revolution on stage. When the curtain rose, the audience didn't just...
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