The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government on 2 November 1917 during the First World War, expressing support for the establishment of a...
Ayutthaya was the capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767), a powerful Siamese polity that dominated much of mainland Southeast Asia for over four centuries. Located in present-day...
The Konbaung Dynasty was the last ruling dynasty of Burma (present-day Myanmar), reigning from 1752 until its annexation by the British in 1885. Established by King Alaungpaya, it...
The Treaty of Nanking was a landmark peace agreement signed on 29 August 1842 between the Qing dynasty of China and the British Empire, marking the end of...
Kiingitanga, often translated as the Māori King Movement, is a political and cultural institution among the Māori people of New Zealand, established in the mid-19th century to unite...
The World Heritage Day (WHD) is celebrated every year on April 18 to promote the cultural heritage across the world. The 2019 theme is ‘Rural Landscapes’. It is...
India has carried out Operation Sunrise to wipe out the insurgent camps planning to hit the Indian workers at the Kaladan Transit project. The Operation was reportedly carried between mid-February...
The term Nakba, meaning “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians that occurred during and after the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. It marks...
The Botai Culture represents one of the most significant prehistoric societies of the Eurasian Steppe, renowned for providing the earliest direct evidence of horse domestication. Flourishing between c....
The Peel Commission, officially known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British investigatory commission established in 1936 to examine the causes of unrest in Mandatory Palestine and...
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the October War or the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, was a major conflict fought from 6 October to 25 October 1973 between...
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962, which brought the world to the brink...
