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HistoriCity: PM Modi's Vadnagar joins list of celebrated leader birthplaces

India, Sept. 24 -- Throughout history, birthplaces of prominent leaders have often attracted state funding to improve infrastructure and create memorials celebrating their legacy. In line with this tr... Read More


HistoriCity | Taxes and tolls in Indian subcontinent

India, Aug. 23 -- The US administration under President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Indian imports to the US triggering a crisis that has serious ramifications for business in both countries. ... Read More


HistoriCity: Uttarakhand's Harshil was once an English deserter's playground

India, Aug. 9 -- The Bhagirathi valley in Uttarakhand, where Dharali and Harshil, the two areas affected by last week's landslides, are located, was once the setting of a very unlikely story in which ... Read More


HistoriCity: How erstwhile Madras Presidency school inspired monitorial system

India, Aug. 6 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training is in the news again over the revision of the secondary school history syllabus. While the debate goes on over history and it... Read More


HistoriCity: The 1000-year-old Indian connection to the Thailand-Cambodia dispute

India, July 29 -- At the beginning of the Common era, two millennia ago, trade had begun between the Indian peninsula and Southeast Asian countries. The Buddhist Jatakas are replete with references to... Read More


HistoriCity: From sacred waters to shrines, the Kanwar Yatra's spiritual trail

India, July 13 -- The annual Kanwar Yatra, which began on July 13, reminds us how water has been worshipped throughout history and across religions. Water, the elixir of life, has been worshipped uni... Read More