The Events Before and After Operation Polo In Hyderabad Subject: History Section: Modern India Context: The newest book to join the corpus is Afsar Mohammed’s ‘Remaking History- 1948 Police Action and the Muslims of Hyderabad’, published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. Afsar’s book looks at the events of ‘Police Action’ through the prism of fiction and nonfiction mostly in Telugu and […]
Why Gandhi was against Jews state in Palestine Subject: History Section: Modern India Why Gandhi was against Jews state: Mahatma Gandhi expressed deep sympathy for the Jewish people who had faced historical persecution and equated their suffering with that of the untouchables in Hindu society. He condemned the German persecution of Jews, even […]
Ashoka’s Gold Mine Set For Comeback Next Year Subject :History Section: Ancient Context: In a rock edict, the emperor Ashoka declared all the gold and gemstones found at Jonnagiri were his. Now, a private company ‘Geomysore’ is gearing up to start gold mining at the ancient site again. About Suvarnagiri or Jonnagiri: The […]
First public sector caravan park in Kerala to come up at Bekal Subject :History Section: Medieval India Context: Kerala has decided to set up a caravan park at Bekal fort in Kasaragod district of Kerala. Proposals to set up more caravan parks at Ponmudi in Thiruvananthapuram and Bolgatty Palace in Kochi. Details: The […]