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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote “Vande Mataram”.
The Song We Love and Fight Over
For 150 years, Vande Mataram has been both loved and fought over. The balanced story of Bankim’s hymn, from the pages of Anandamath to the debates of today’s…
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Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
Why Is the Sea Blue
The CV Raman life story is a testament to curiosity, detailing how a simple voyage across the Mediterranean Sea changed the world of science forever through the discovery…
Read the storyIndira Gandhi is re-elected to the Indian parliament
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A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India
A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India. The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2,000 people die. 95 percent of the crops are completely destroyed.
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C Subramaniam
Indian politician.
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