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My Seven Favourite Books From 2022

Aravindan Neelakandan

11mo Books

Kanhoji Angre: How A Maratha Grand Admiral Defeated The European Naval Powers

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1yr Books

Uttar Pradesh: Mainpuri Farmer Stumbles Upon History And Heritage, Finds Copper Swords And Harpoons While Ploughing Land

Swarajya Staff

1yr Insta

Antenna swords and harpoon (Representative image)

Urban Naxals Controlling Thoughts Of Congress Matter Of Concern For Country: PM Modi

Swarajya Staff

2yr Politics

Babasaheb Purandare: End Of An Epoch

Uday S Kulkarni

2yr Obit

NCERT To Develop New Textbooks In All Subjects Including History After Extensive Research And Consultation: Govt

Swarajya Staff

2yr Insta

Respect The Past, And The Post, Urge Karnataka's Dispirited Epigraphists, As System Stops Filling Departmental Vacancies

Harsha Bhat

2yr Heritage

An inscription in Seerkazhi temple, which might soon be lost during ‘renovations’.

For NCERT: Indian School Students Hate Reading History; Here Are Some Suggestions For Fixing That

Tushar Gupta

2yr Ideas

School students in Delhi. (@cbse.students.india/facebook)

IBC Launches The Thousand Reviewers Club

Indic Book Club

3yr Announcements

Kapila Vatsyayan: An Icon Scholars Of Indian Culture Look Up To

Aravindan Neelakandan

3yr Obit

In Another Universe: The Rising Yazidi Majoritarianism

Satyajit R

3yr Blogs

Now, To Rewrite History: It’s Not About ‘Saffronisation’, But De-Abrahamisation

R Jagannathan

3yr Ideas

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. (Wikimedia Commons)

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India Part II: Inferring Inscriptions

R Gopu

3yr Culture

Tejaswi Surya’s Mughal Raj Comment: Left Knows It Can’t Keep History Of Hindu Persecution Buried For Long

Yaajnaseni

4yr Blogs

Book Review: I Read This New Book On Sir Jadunath Sarkar And It Leaves Me With As Many Questions As It Seeks To Answer

Dr Saumya Dey

4yr Books

Book cover of The Calling of History by Dipesh Chakrabarty.

Long Read: Why You Need An Indic Lens To Understand RSS’ Idea Of Seva

Aravindan Neelakandan

4yr Books

RSS cadets perform a drill during Vijaya Dashmi. (Photo credit: STR/AFP/GettyImages)

“Congress Gandhi” Vs “BJP Gandhi” And The Question Of History

Abhishek Banerjee

4yr Politics

Digital Death Finally: Google Will Now Allow Users To Auto-Delete Location Tracking Data From Its Servers

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Google webpage. (Unsplash/Christian Wiediger)

Imran Khan Claims Germany, Japan Are Bordering Nations; Admits Iran Has Suffered From Pakistan Based Terror

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (John Moore/Getty Images)

Discovery Of Bharat: Chalukya-Era Sculptures, Inscriptions Found In Karnataka’s Gadag; Search For More Continues

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Naganath Temple at Lakkundi, where the sculptures were found (KarnatakaHistoricalPlaces/Facebook)

‘Weird Cow Beast’ Discovered In Borneo Cave Is The World’s Oldest Animal Drawing By Man, Claim Researchers

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

A 40,000-year-old painting of a cow in the Borneo caves is now the oldest cave painting by man. (image- Enlightened Ape (@Harvcaster) via Twitter)

Congress Distorting Sikh History? SAD Demands Withdrawal Of Chapters ‘Defaming’ Sikh Gurus And Religion

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh with Rahul Gandhi (Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

A Lost Indian Civilisation? Prehistoric Art Uncovered In Konkan Region Of Western Maharashtra

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Petroglyphs in Ladakh, India (Representative Image/Dan Hobley/Wikipedia)

Google Arts & Culture Features Indian Railways To Showcase Its ‘Extraordinary Heritage, History And Culture’

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Representative Image (Anindito Mukherjee/The India Today Group/Getty Images)

India’s Under-20 Football Team Scripts History, Defeat Six-Time U-20 World Cup Winners Argentina

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

India playing against Argentina (pic via AIFF)

Maheshwar: Temples, Ghats And More

Creative India

5yr Videos

How These Discoveries Changed India’s History

Vijender Sharma

5yr Ideas

The ancient Indus Valley. (Wikimedia Commons)

Looking Through Broken Glass: Rajput Victories In Indian History

Kamalpreet Singh Gill

6yr Culture

A painting of Durgadas Rathore by the German artist Archibald H Muller that hangs at the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur (Wikipedia)

Indic Academy Course To Delve Deeper Into The Many Dimensions Of History

Swarajya Staff

6yr Announcements

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6yr Ideas

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My Seven Favourite Books From 2022

Kanhoji Angre: How A Maratha Grand Admiral Defeated The European Naval Powers

Uttar Pradesh: Mainpuri Farmer Stumbles Upon History And Heritage, Finds Copper Swords And Harpoons While Ploughing Land

Urban Naxals Controlling Thoughts Of Congress Matter Of Concern For Country: PM Modi

Babasaheb Purandare: End Of An Epoch

NCERT To Develop New Textbooks In All Subjects Including History After Extensive Research And Consultation: Govt

Respect The Past, And The Post, Urge Karnataka's Dispirited Epigraphists, As System Stops Filling Departmental Vacancies

For NCERT: Indian School Students Hate Reading History; Here Are Some Suggestions For Fixing That

IBC Launches The Thousand Reviewers Club

Kapila Vatsyayan: An Icon Scholars Of Indian Culture Look Up To

In Another Universe: The Rising Yazidi Majoritarianism

Now, To Rewrite History: It’s Not About ‘Saffronisation’, But De-Abrahamisation

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India Part II: Inferring Inscriptions

Tejaswi Surya’s Mughal Raj Comment: Left Knows It Can’t Keep History Of Hindu Persecution Buried For Long

Book Review: I Read This New Book On Sir Jadunath Sarkar And It Leaves Me With As Many Questions As It Seeks To Answer

Long Read: Why You Need An Indic Lens To Understand RSS’ Idea Of Seva

“Congress Gandhi” Vs “BJP Gandhi” And The Question Of History

Digital Death Finally: Google Will Now Allow Users To Auto-Delete Location Tracking Data From Its Servers

Imran Khan Claims Germany, Japan Are Bordering Nations; Admits Iran Has Suffered From Pakistan Based Terror

Discovery Of Bharat: Chalukya-Era Sculptures, Inscriptions Found In Karnataka’s Gadag; Search For More Continues

‘Weird Cow Beast’ Discovered In Borneo Cave Is The World’s Oldest Animal Drawing By Man, Claim Researchers

Congress Distorting Sikh History? SAD Demands Withdrawal Of Chapters ‘Defaming’ Sikh Gurus And Religion

A Lost Indian Civilisation? Prehistoric Art Uncovered In Konkan Region Of Western Maharashtra

Google Arts & Culture Features Indian Railways To Showcase Its ‘Extraordinary Heritage, History And Culture’

India’s Under-20 Football Team Scripts History, Defeat Six-Time U-20 World Cup Winners Argentina

Maheshwar: Temples, Ghats And More

How These Discoveries Changed India’s History

Looking Through Broken Glass: Rajput Victories In Indian History

Indic Academy Course To Delve Deeper Into The Many Dimensions Of History

‘True Indology’ Responds

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