19th century painting of Raja Serfoji, son stolen from Thanjavur Saraswathi Mahal traced to U.S. museum Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Maharaja Serfoji II was the scion of the Bhosle dynasty, ruled over the dominions of the Maratha principality of Thanjavur from 1798-1832 Thanjavur became a casualty of Lord Dalhousie’s infamous […]

    HC asks state govt to make Bihar Vidyapeeth campus a museum Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context:  Bihar Vidyapeeth, the educational institution which was set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921 Dr Rajendra Prasad was the principal of the Vidyapeeth. Gujarat Vidyapith is a deemed university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was […]

    Tunnel vision that is endangering India’s history Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context: Section 20 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act of 1958, last amended in 2010, prohibits construction within a 100 metre radius of all Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected monuments and regulates activities within another […]

    Why is there outrage over the new ‘National Emblem’? Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently gave the nation a first glimpse of the national emblem atop the new Parliament House coming up as part of the Central Vista Project. The National emblem of India is an adaptation […]

    Pythagorean geometry in Vedic-era texts and centuries before Pythagoras Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Sulbasutras described procedures based on knowledge of what we call Pythagoras theorem. While this has long been known, the discussion has been revived after a Karnataka position paper calls the theorem ‘fake news’. Madan Gopal, a retired IAS […]

    A treasure trove of artefacts from Kolkata’s past Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Photographs, sketches, pieces of gold, silver recovered from a warehouse Company Painting Company style or Company painting (kampani kalam) is a term for a hybrid Indo-European style of paintings made in India by Indian artists, many of whom worked […]