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Shivaji : The Warrior King of Dharma

“Ramdas is not complete without Shivaji. To maintain justice and prevent the strong from despoiling, and the weak from being oppressed, is the function for which the Kshatriya was created”...Sri Aurobindo The present genera...


Rajnath Singh says if Akbar is ‘great’, so is Rana Pratap

PRATAPGARH: In line with the Sangh Parivaar’s push for Hindu icons, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked historians to revisit history by giving Mewar ruler Maharana Pratap more credit. “I have no objec...



baby shivaji with jijabai by Shilpa Bhoir

Jijabai: Eternal Mother Symbol of Faith and Courage

featured image by  Shilpa Bhoir Jijabai was the mother of Shivaji, one of the most famous and successful Hindu Warrior Kings of all time. The life story of Jijabai, is no less inspiring than that of her prodigal son, and t...


Saraswati river sprouts to life after 4,000 years in Haryana

Haryana government’s efforts to trace the origin of the mythical Saraswati river bore fruit on Tuesday when water started gushing out from a pit, which was being dug under the lost river revival plan. As many as 80 people...



Rao Tula Ram Ahir

Most people familiar with India’s capital, Delhi, will likely have used the nation’s main international airport, Indira Gandhi International. En route from the airport to the centre of Delhi is a long and famous road, Rao T...


Jnanadeva the Poet Yogi

Jnanadeva (also written as Jnandev, Jnanesvar, Jñanadeva or Dnyāneshwar) was a Hindu saint of the Nath tradition, who lived in Maharasthra  in the 13th century during the rule of the Yadava King Ramadevarao, immediately pr...



Sister Nivedita : India’s Irish Daughter

Sister Nivedita (1867 – 1911) was a famous and inspirational social worker and educationalist in pre-independence India. She is considered to have played an important role in raising national consciousness in India, becoming ...


Church Bells of Vasai Fort

After the Marathas defeated the Portuguese in 1739 all the churches and building in the fort where captured by the Marathas. The bells from the churches were paraded, carried off on elephant backs as victory souvenirs. Number o...



Chandra Shekhar Azad : The Immortal Revolutionary

Early Life Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on 23 July 1906 in Jujhautiya Brahmins family of Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi in the bhabara (of jhabua District)|madhy Pradesh. He spent his childhood in the village Bhabhra w...


1758 : Battle of Attock

As the dreaded Afghan leader Ahmed Shah Abdali left India with his hitherto undefeated armies he left his Indian provinces (comprising of Western Punjab and the hill areas of modern Pakistan) under his son and future king of th...