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Selections from Swarajya's 40,000 pages of archives since 1956.

When Onam Was A Big Festival In Tamil Lands

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Maveli is worshipped as Onathappan during Onam festival. (Photo by Jinufilmmaker)

From Our Archives: War Psychosis, And The Sanity Of Prudence

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The India-China border. (Biju Boro/AFP/GettyImages)

From The Archives: Krishna Menon — ‘World’s Most Hated Diplomat’

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V. K. Krishna Menon

From The Archives: C V Raman’s Approach To Science

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C. V. Raman (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics)

Srinivasa Ramanujan – The Man Who Knew Infinity

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Bust of Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematical savant, in the garden of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (AshLin/Wikimedia Commons)

From The Archives: DMK And The Language Order

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People taking part in anti-Hindi agitations in Madras.

Chandrababu Naidu Says Tirupati Temple Jewels Inventory Will Henceforth Be Audited By Judicial Panel Every Two Years

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High angle view of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple. (Exotica.im/UIG via Getty Images)

From The Archives: Rajaji’s Take On Adi Sankara’s ‘Bhaja Govindam’ And The Path To Devotion

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Wikimedia Commons 

This Is What The Future Of Transport Looked Like In The 1970s

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Moving Walkway Roller Platform (Hans/Pixabay)

An Interview With The Field Marshal

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Sam Manekshaw

From The Archives: Leninism In Action

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Vladimir Lenin giving a speech in to men of the Red Army leaving for the front, during the Polish-Soviet War, Sverdlov Square (now Theatre Square), Moscow, 5th May 1920. (Keystone/Getty Images)

In And Around Udipi - The City Of Temples

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The Krishna Temple and the adjacent holy tank, “Madhva Sarovara” 

National Science Day: Sir C V Raman, The Scientist, The Teacher, The Man

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Sir Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

The Dramatic Take-Over Of Non-Coking Coal Mines In 1973

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Coal mines

From The Archives: Important Points Of Agreement On Cauvery Dispute Between Tamil Nadu-Mysore 

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From The Archives: The Maha Sivarathri

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A Sivalinga  (Bijay chaurasia/Wikimedia Commons)

From The Archives: The Bull Temple Of Bangalore

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Outside the Bull Temple, Bengaluru (Marc Smith/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons)

From The Archives: Ornate Architecture – To The Glory Of Southern Karnataka Temple Art

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Mantapa at the Bhoganandiswara temple (Dineshkannambadi/Wiki Commons)

This Was The Gravest Crisis Of Indian Judiciary, When A PM Made A Pliant Judge The CJI - Not What Happened Now

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Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

Rajaji On The “Stateless Ceylonese”

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Police at a special roadblock, set up during the parliamentary debate on the Tamil Languages Bill, in Columbo, Sri Lanka, 11 August 1958. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 

When It Became Clear That Indira Gandhi Would Become Congress President

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India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1869-1964), with his daughter Indira Gandhi (born Indira Priyardarshini Nehru, 1917-1984), the future prime minister. (Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

After Nehru - What?

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Nehru

Rajaji On The Emergency Of 1962

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The Emergency by  Rajagopalachari

Homi Bhabha: The Scientist And The Statesman

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Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Gem Of An Innings

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A Test cricket match in 1956 (Harrison/Getty Images)

Lal Bahadur Shastri – The ‘Little Minister’

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Lal Bahadur Shastri (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

From The Archives: Whither United Front?

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The Second Comintern Congress

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan: A Tribute 

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Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in London in 1965 (J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)

From The Archives: Rabindranath And Radhakrishnan

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Dr S Radhakrishnan and Rabindranath Tagore 

Trade Unions Were The “New Menace” Even In The 1950s

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Strikes in Odisha

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