This emotive statement was made by Jawaharlal Nehru during his “Tryst with Destiny” speech on the night of August 14, 1947. It was an appeal for national unity and total commitment to the service of the country. Nehru intended to ...
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The ‘Red Shirts’ was the popular name for the Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God) movement, a non-violent social and political organization in the North-West Frontier Province. Founded by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Badshah Khan), the members wore red-colored uniforms. They ...
The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82) was essentially a stalemate. It concluded with the Treaty of Salbai (1782), which restored the status quo ante bellum. While the Marathas achieved a major tactical victory at the Battle of Wadgaon, the British balanced ...
The pair Akbar – Sir Thomas Roe is not correctly matched. Sir Thomas Roe arrived in India as the English ambassador in 1615 and spent his time at the court of Emperor Jahangir. Akbar died in 1605, ten years before ...