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Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha selected for Japan's Fukuoka Prize

Eminent Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japan’s Fukuoka Prize 2015 in n the Academic category. Apart...

📅 June 20, 2015

Trios of 3800-year-old statuettes found in Vichama, Peru

Researchers in Peru have discovered trios of statuettes which belong to some 3,800 years ago. They were discovered...

📅 June 10, 2015

Yaduveer Raj Urs crowned as Mysuru’s new Maharaja

Yaduveer Raj Urs, was crowned as the new Maharaja of Mysuru, a titular and nominal head of the...

📅 May 29, 2015

2,000-year-old aqueduct unearthed in Israel

An ancient aqueduct dating back 2,000 years ago was unearthed near Har Homa in in East Jerusalem city...

📅 May 26, 2015

Renowned historian Christopher Alan Bayly  passes away

Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, a renowned historian passed away on 20 April 2015 in Chicago, United States. He...

📅 April 22, 2015

Ideological Moorings of the Constituent Assembly of India [UGC-NTA Net Political Science]

The Constituent Assembly of India, formed in 1946, was a very important body in shaping the nation’s constitutional...

📅 December 8, 2014

Nalanda University in Bihar reopens after 800 years

Approximately 800 years after the ancient education institution was ruined, on September 1, 2014, Nalanda University (also known...

📅 September 3, 2014

‘Burra katha’ exponent Daroji Eramma passed away

The renowned and one of the last exponents of ‘Burra Katha’ Daroji Eramma (84) passed away. Ms. Eramma,...

📅 August 13, 2014

Crown discovered off Harappan site in UP

Workers at a brick kiln at Chandayan village, 38 km from Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, accidentally found...

📅 August 9, 2014

1857 revolt: Remains of martyrs of 1857 Uprising exhumed in Punjab

The skeletal remains of the Indian soldiers, who were killed by the British troops for participating in the...

📅 March 6, 2014

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