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The benevolent, Mrs. A.B. Davis.

A library that was kept open for students by a former psychiatrist nurse

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.

Prince Kamran Mirza.

In the story of Humayun, Kamran Mirza has been portrayed as a villain. But was it really so?

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.

The Crescent and the Cross.

An Emmy award winning documentary that reveals the history behind the medieval Crusades.

How Shiva lost his manhood: The mythological origin of the Shiva Lingam as a phallic object.

An amusing account of how the Shiva Lingam came to be, as narrated in the Puranas.

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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.

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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.

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

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