Tag: History
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Episode 12: Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy
While India’s freedom struggle is often remembered for its nonviolent approach, remarkable individuals like Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sukhdev, and Rajguru actively pursued revolutionary methods, conducting rebellious activities within India. Meanwhile, others ventured abroad, forging alliances, securing funds and weapons for Indian revolutionaries, assassinating British officials in London, conspiring against…
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Episode 11: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India
On September 5, 2017, activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot in front of her house in the city of Bengaluru. In January 2025, the last of the accused in her murder case was granted bail. No one has been convicted in this case yet. Gauri Lankesh was the editor of ‘Gauri Lankesh Patrike’, a…
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Idea of Forgetfulness
One day, in the early years of Independence, Jagat Narain Lal and Syed Mahmud (both senior members of the Congress Party and part of Bihar Cabinet) were travelling in a train, along with B.N. Azad, the editor of the newspaper ‘The Indian Nation’. During that journey, Jagat Babu and Syed Mahmud began an interpretative dialogue…
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Archives: Charan Singh: Chronology of major events
1902 Born on 23 December in village Nurpur, Meerut district. 1923 Received his BSc from Agra College, Agra. 1925 Received his MA from Agra College. Married to Smt Gayatri Devi on 5 June 1925 1926 Received his LLB from Meerut College, Meerut, Agra University. 1928 Practiced law in Ghaziabad. 1929 Joined the Indian National Congress…
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P.V. Narasimha Rao: Three Snippets
Now that the Bharat Ratna is conferred, Narasimha Rao will be greatly talked about, his politics, his role in the 1991 Economic reforms, and how the Congress party tried to erase his legacy. But three things less spoken about Rao, the man behind all the politics has greatly amazed me. Polyglot and Scholar: Rao knew…
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Archives: National Council of Labour Colleges and its role in Working Class Education
England of the 19th Century experienced the tremendous growth of the working class and middle class, alongside with growing of working class consciousness that came from the realisation of the exploitation of the industries and from the frustration due to subsequent failure of capitalists as well as the state in addressing the working class grievances.…
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Archives: V.K. Krishna Menon at Tennis Club, 1928
A photograph of Tennis Club members at Malden, London on June 1928 found at LSE Library Archives. This caught my attention because the fourth person in the front row from the left is V.K. Krishna Menon. He was influenced by Annie Besant to pursue further studies in England. Menonjoined London School of Economics and Political Science to pursue BSc…
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