Category: Medieval 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...

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...

Those who forget history…

…are condemned to repeat it…Several weeks ago, I chanced upon the NCERT website with links to “History” text-books for middle school students in India. Curiousity led me to download some of the chapters from...

Remembering the MahaRana..

As many of you would remember, today is the birth anniversary* of MahaRana Pratap of Mewar. On this occasion, some inspiring excerpts detailing the exploits of the one who never gave up…The first excerpt...