Category: History

Minutes and milestones from the corridors of history.

How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.
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Why native Indian Sepoys had preferred to enlist in the armies of the East India Company, between the 17th and 18th century.

In the 17th century, monthly payments made service in the Bengal army a great attraction.
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The death of Charlotte Chambers during the Mutiny of 1857.

During the mutiny of 1857 the gruesome and ritualistic murder of Charlotte Chambers was a rallying call.
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Good journalism. But instigating journalism.

An illustration that beautifully presents the brutality of 1857, and how 18th century Journalism used it to evoke pathos.
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To err is divine. To help is human.

Consecrated in 1873, the St. Paul's Cathedral sprouts from a split in the Gossner Evangelical Lutheran church.
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They don’t play Billiards like this anymore.

An 18th century billiard table by C. Lazarus and sons inside a club that has been around since 1864.
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Was it a father’s love that killed Mughal emperor Babur?

To save his son, Humayun, Gurkani emperor Babur had participated in a rite known as the transfer of illness.
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15 years of Humayun’s exile on a Google map.

A list of places Gurkani emperor Humayun had journeyed to during his exile.
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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.
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Behind the myth of the serpent people known as the Nagas.

According to some scholars, the half serpent-half human Nagas of mythology were actually real people
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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

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John Murray and his photo of the infamous well of Bibighar.

One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.
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