Category: Indian History

Remembering MahaRaja Ranjit Singh

Today is the 231st birth anniversary of Ranjit Singh, first MahaRaja of the Sikh Empire in north India. He was born on 13th November in 1780 at Gujranwala (now in Pakistan) and had his first...

Krishna and Rath Yatra in Ancient Egypt?

Dear All: It is my pleasure to publish this remarkable essay by Bibhu on the Krishna worship, the Rath Yatra festival and the Gods of ancient Egypt. Please do read and share (emphasis added)…...

Of great Mughals and a Maratha chieftain

In Part I, we read how the history taught to young minds has been deliberately twisted and distorted –presumably in the interest of maintaining peace and harmony. Continuing in the same vein, today a look...