Indian History Collective @IndianHistory_C
Primary sources and work by professional historians, scholars and writers which change how we view the history of our country, our world and ourselves. linktr.ee/indian_history… Joined January 2020-
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Happening now. Looking Northeast: History and Politics
Happening now. Looking Northeast: History and Politics
Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88
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10K Followers 4K Following Public historian. #LordsOfTheDeccan : new history of medieval South India, winner @sahityaakademi Yuva Puraskar, @tatalitlive. Columnist @ThePrintIndia.Nilanjana Roy 📚�.. @nilanjanaroy
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131K Followers 815 Following Historian of science and modern political history based in New Delhi. Don’t confuse me with Prof Irfan Habib of Mughal history at AMU.V&A @V_and_A
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120K Followers 217 Following ASI under Ministry of Culture, Govt of India is the premier organization for the archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation.The cracks of history will not be papered over. To paraphrase Agha Shahid Ali, for how long can a people’s memory keep getting in the way of a country’s history? Do read.
Was the assimilation of the former princely state of Hyderabad, into the Indian state really “one of the shortest, happiest wars ever seen”? To know, read our latest excerpt from @afsartelugu’s ‘Remaking History’: rb.gy/71sqmz Or read this thread. [1/n]
2017 Grammy awards had an unlikely entry from India - Jawaharlal Nehru. American jazz musician Ted Nash had won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for his composition Spoken At Midnight inspired by the Tryst with Destiny speech given by Nehru. A thread. (1/9)
Our new upload. Writing by Richard Eaton. Do see.
Despite centuries of Muslim rule in Bengal, there was no parallel rise of a significant Muslim community until the 16th century. How then by the colonial period did Bengal become predominantly Muslim? Read all about it in our excerpt by Richard Eaton. rb.gy/zgc3g
What did the leaders of the Indian Freedom Movement have to say on Palestine?
“Palestine belongs to the Arabs, in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.” — Mahatma Gandhi. How did leaders of the Indian Freedom movement view the call for a Jewish homeland or state in Palestine before Indian Independence? A thread. [1/n]
Timeline cleanser, sort of? COVER REVEAL KNIFE by @SalmanRushdie- it was an honor to design this cover. Thank you to Greg Mollica at @randomhouse
@Ram_Guha @Udayanmitra65 Here’s a peek at the forthcoming volumes in the #IndianLives series. From Sheikh Abdullah to Kasturba Gandhi, and Jayaprakash Narayan to Bal Gangadhar Tilak—explore the lives and legacies of some of India’s foremost icons in this series curated and edited by @Ram_Guha.…
This is tomorrow. Look forward to this. Please join in.
Join us in discussing the significance and imagery of the three Delhi Durbars, and their references to Mughal courtly culture, with @iamrana, Swapna Liddle and IHC’s Co-founder @RishiMajumder. We will be live on Instagram this Thursday, October 5, at 6 PM IST.
Why on earth would someone do this? theguardian.com/environment/20…
@Ram_Guha No, that would be Romila Thapar.
A scene of the Battle of Pollilur. As per @DalrympleWill, this was a war which nearly ended the british rule in India. The painting depicts Haider Ali & his son, #TipuSultan, defeating Lt. Col. William Baillie's forces in 1780. It was sold by @Sothebys for £500K.
Save the date, DelhiNCR! And do spread the word =) The #annualbookandbakesale is coming to you on Sunday, 26 November 2023.
🔴BREAKING! Just inscribed on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas, #India 🇮🇳. Congratulations! 👏👏 ➡️ on.unesco.org/45WHC #45WHC
New book alert by Navina Najat Haider with such a gorgeous cover, contents must be even more pathbreaking and informative. Can't wait to read it. @TDogra
My essay on VL Bhave’s classic history of Marathi literature, "Mahārāṣhṭra Sāraswat," is in the Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures, eds. Anjali Nerlekar & Ulka Anjaria. It's a great selection, and the essays are appearing online in stages: academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…
The stand of the Department of Political Science at Ashoka University on academic freedom and critical enquiry.
The last guy to babble bout 1000- year reichz lasted for 12 years and was responsible for splitting his akhand nation in half, & killing off 15% of it's citizens.
PM Modi is perhaps the first Indian leader in Independent India’s history to provide a vision for a 1000 years! Vision 3023!
#THREAD on Osmania Hospital. For the first time in its history, OGH is facing a real existential crisis. Its erasure will be devastating for #Hyderabad & its heritage given that its a very imp marker of the city's medical and modern history. Here's a brief history of OGH (1/n)
Hello people in Delhi. This is on 28 July. I am very much excited for this as it going to be a fascinating book discussion around “Water in a Broken Pot”. Please do come, and bring friends too. If you already have a copy of the book, then I would love to sign it at the event.