History as a subject is fascinating. It is full of lores, stories, legends, great conquests of mankind and the development of technology with the spread of civilisation. But is history the study of how dinosaurs lived and evolved? No, that is palaeontology. Is history the study of how continents and oceans are formed? The answer […]
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“In bravery, he is not to be surpassed. Who can excel him in the love of country? He is rash and impetuous, say some — and if he has the dash and rashness of a warrior, he also has the prudence of a statesman — he is pure as a crystal, he is truthful beyond suspicion. He is a knight sans peur, sans reproche – the nation is safe in his hands.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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When Robert Clive returned to London in 1760, after his second journey to India and defeating Siraj-ud-Daula at the battle of Plassey, as one of the richest men of Europe, he was called the ‘Clive of India’ and belonged to or probably sowed the seeds of a new class, what came to be known as
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(Continued from the first part Light at the end of the tunnel – entering the tunnel) People needed something or someone to blame for the disease, for the death of all those near and dear ones. It was a period of utter desperation and hopelessness. Since rarely anyone understood biology, the real reason behind
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The first pestilence and the preceding famine had shaken the very foundation of the Byzantine empire. The Plague had killed millions of people all over the new Roman empire and Asia Minor, especially the city of Constantinople where 40% of the population was eradicated. The accuracy however is hard to gauge but the impact was
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