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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Home of the mighty Pandavas.

The old fort is thought by some to be the site on which once stood the fabled city of Indraprasta
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Touchdown in Autumn: The Spangle swallowtail Butterfly.

A female of the Spangle Papilio Protenor species poises like a future age plane
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Human rights before religion.

A Catholic institution that established its roots fighting for the rights of the oppressed
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What men could do, Yarghu could do better: Gurkani Cannon Cleaner from the 15th Century.

Based on the drawings of a 15th inventor, the Yarghu is a cannon cleaner.
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Who were the Harappans?

Excavate out of an earthen grave, the skeleton comes from the Harappan city of Rakhigarhi
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Bred for war. Honored in art.

Remnants of an ornamented granite pillar reveals an empire's love for equines
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One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.
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