Indian History | भारतीय इतिहास

An ancient pillar that has been worshipped for centuries. And a Greek ambassador who declared himself a devotee of Vasudeva.

Around the 2nd century BCE, Heliodorus, an ambassador from the Indo-Greek kingdom, erected a pillar at Besnagar in central India. Its Brahmi inscription identifies him as a devotee of Vasudeva. The Heliodorus Pillar at Vidisha offers a fascinating glimpse into the cultural exchanges that shaped ancient India.

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra joins The Winston Marshall Show to examine British rule in India, decolonisation, the East India Company and claims that colonialism deindustrialised the Indian economy. A defence economist and senior fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, he argues that India’s economic history under the British Empire was more complicated than narratives of extraction and collapse suggest. He discusses industrialisation, mercantilism, Indian manufacturing, the Mughal and Maratha empires, Robert Clive, Queen Victoria and the Opium Wars, including the role of Indian commercial families such as the Tatas. The discussion also covers Gandhi, JK Rowling, British institutions, banking, the rule of law and why he believes colonial India cannot be understood solely through modern decolonisation arguments.

Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgPf1yDAkzs

सन 1947 में भारत का विभाजन हुआ तो बड़े भाई साहिबज़ादा यूनुस ख़ाँ ने भारतीय सेना में बने रहने का फ़ैसला किया जबकि उनके छोटे भाई साहिबज़ादा याक़ूब ख़ाँ ने पाकिस्तानी सेना ज्वाइन कर ली. दोनों भाई कश्मीर में युद्ध के मैदान में एक दूसरे के आमने-सामने थे. दोनों मेजर के पद पर काम कर रहे थे और दोनों अपनी-अपनी बटालियनों का नेतृत्व कर रहे थे. विवेचना में इस बार रेहान फ़ज़ल बता रहे हैं भारत और पाकिस्तान की तरफ़ से लड़ने वाले दो सगे भाइयों की कहानी.

भूल सुधार: साहिबज़ादा यूनुस खाँ पर शोध निहारिका सिंह ने नहीं, बल्कि निवेदिता सिंह ने किया है.

#IndianHistory #PartitionOfIndia #WomenInPartition What really happened during the 1947 Partition — a time when women were turned into symbols of revenge, and brutality knew no limits. From the horrifying Rawalpindi Massacre to honour killings within families and systematic gangrapes across religions — this is the side of history that India forgot. North Indian viewers who understand Hindi must not miss these real survivor stories, like that of Man Kaur beheaded by her own father, and Zainab separated from her husband by the state. These are not just stories — these are wounds still bleeding in silence.

What was Anglo Indian life really like before independence? Not just railway colonies and Christmas dances — though that part of Anglo Indian history is real too. This video goes deeper into a story that isn't often told in full: pride and struggle, security and uncertainty, and an Anglo Indian community working out where it belonged in a changing India.

I was born in Agra in 1957, ten years after independence, into a world my mother's stories helped me understand long before I could remember it myself. This is that story — Indian railways history, English medium schools, the class divides within our own Anglo Indian community, and the migrations that scattered Anglo Indian families across Britain, Canada, Australia, and beyond.

If you grew up in an Anglo Indian family in the 1950s or 60s, I'd love to hear what it was like for you. Was your family connected to the railways, teaching, or nursing? Did some of you leave while others stayed behind? Your memories help tell a fuller, truer version of Anglo Indian history.

Trade is broadly understood as exchange of goods, resources or services between individuals and groups, often arising from demand, and difference in availability. It is a process that includes the transformation of raw material into finished products that are then sold at the marketplace But it is not linear — it involves a network of people and communities across geographical and social boundaries. Watch this week’s column for ThePrint by Archaeologist Disha Ahluwalia.

In 1947, as British India was being divided into India and Pakistan, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands became part of a much bigger territorial and strategic debate.

Why did Britain consider retaining strategic control over the Andaman Islands? Why did Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League argue that the islands should not automatically go to India? And how did India ultimately retain the strategically important islands after Independence?

From the British Empire’s military interests and the legacy of Cellular Jail to Japan’s occupation during World War II and Subhas Chandra Bose’s historic visit in 1943, the Andaman Islands have played a crucial role in India’s history and the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean.

This episode explores the little known 1947 dispute over the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and how these islands ultimately became part of independent India.

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