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Founder of ECIL
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March 2024

What's in a name? Rajasthan
Ajmer was originally called Ajay Meru, so named after it’s founder, a 11th century Chahmana king Ajaya Deva, the city was mentioned for the first time…
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The Razakar Atrocities-1
The atrocities commited by the Razakars are so many, that it would actually take a book to fill that up. Here I am just looking at some of the more well…
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The Nizam Chronicles-Qasim Rizvi and the Razakars
If evil ever had a face
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The Nizam Chronicles- The radicalization of Hyderabad State
There has been an attempt to whitewash the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan as an essentially benign ruler, who was misled by Qasim Rizvi on…
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Chakali Ailamma
The Telangana revolt against the Nizam, was sparked off by a very frail looking, poor lady belonging to a lower community. Chityala Ailamma or Chakali…
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Shiva Temples in Odisha
While Odisha is famous for it’s Jagannatha worship, the state has got an equally large number of Shaiva temples in every small town and village. The…
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February 2024

January 2024

Gollala Mamidada Temple
Published earlier at https://worldoftemples.com/gollalla-mamidada-temple/
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October 2023

Rani Durgavati
Gondwana, a region that covers eastern Vidarbha, some parts of Western Chattisgarh, and Southern part of Madhya Pradesh. It is so named after it’s…
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Meghnad Saha
Meghnad Saha, whose Theory of Thermal Ionisation, is one of the landmarks of modern astronomy. Also introduced nuclear physics as a discipline in India…
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Shyamji Krishna Varma
Founder of India House
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