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A wider calendar of Indian history — including stories already published on Curious Indian and important dates we have not covered yet.
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17 October
3 moments · 2 covered · 1 uncovered
The burning of Mombi marked the outbreak of the Anglo-Kuki War.
The Silent Drum
While the guns of World War One were thundering across the fields of Europe, a different kind of war was being fought deep in the forests of Northeast…
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Rani Gaidinliu was captured by British forces.
The Unfinished Fort
She was thirteen years old. She had never been to school. She lived in a small village tucked inside the mist-filled hills of Manipur, where her people woke…
Read the storyAnil Kumble
Indian cricketer.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.