The Indian Constitution, which came into effect on 26 January 1950, has the
In the history of nationalism a single individual is often identified with the making of a
Late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857, the sepoys in the cantonment of Meerut
Colonial rule was first established in Bengal. It is here that the earliest attempts were made
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries about 85 per cent of the population of India
Vijayanagara or "city of victory" was the name of both a city and an empire.
Some of the earliest bhakti movements (sixth century) were led by the Alvars
Women and men have travelled in search of work, to escape from natural disasters, as traders,
The mid-first millennium BCE is often regarded as a turning point in world history: it saw the
In focusing on the Mahabharata, a colossal epic running in its present form into over 100,000
There were several developments in different parts of the subcontinent during the long span of
There were several archaeological cultures in the region prior to the Mature Harappan. These
