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When Muslim League Wanted Rampur For Pakistan

'If you can have Rampur flown magically to Pakistan's borders, I might ask the nawab to accede to Pakistan. Else, I'm afraid we have no choice in the matter but to join India.' A riveting excerpt......

SP leader wants Sengol replaced by Constitution, BJP hits back

Samajwadi Party MP R K Chaudhary's demand to replace the Sengol installed next to the Lok Sabha Speaker's chair with a copy of the Constitution triggered a war of words on Thursday, with opposition......

Kargil@25: Lessons Learnt

India's tactical and operational response demonstrated its ability to prosecute tri-service operations, even without a formal tri-service doctrine or the higher command structure needed to......

'Let us embrace': Tharoor on 'Sengol' controversy

Amid the raging Sengol row, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the positions taken by the government and the Opposition on the issue are reconcilable, as he called for embracing......

TN's ancient link to Sengol, the sceptre to be installed in Parliament

The 'historical and sacred sengol (sceptre) received by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru symbolising the transfer of power from the British to India in 1947, and set to be installed in the new......

Have you seen a car collection like this?!

Dr Ravi Prakash's 250 vintage car collection includes J R D Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten.Nikita Puri reports. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Classic......

Uniting against a tsunami

But for the tsunami, the four Sumatrans whom an Indian coast guard vessel rescued near Great Nicobar's Campbell Bay would have been arrested and thrown into jail. The wrath of wind and wave had......

'India In 1947 Was Like A Ticking Time Bomb'

'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.' IMAGE: RJ Malishka as Sarojini Naidu, Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vora as......

Gurinder Chadha brings Mountbattens to India

The Viceroy's House features Lord Grantham playing Lord Mountbatten :) Gurinder Chadha is set to arrive in Jodhpur to begin shooting her new film The Viceroy's House, August 31 onwards. The......

PIX: Huma Qureshi takes Viceroy's House to London

Huma Qureshi is going places with her new film Viceroy's House. After going to Berlin for the film's premiere, she travelled with the film to London, where she had a live interview at a studio. She......

Cate Blanchett to be Lady Mountbatten?

Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will reportedly play Lady Edwina Mountbatten in upcoming Hollywood movie Indian Summer, which will portray last days of British rule in India. Acclaimed Indo-American......

Twinkle shoots with mom Dimple Kapadia

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Twinkle Khanna recently shot with her mother Dimple Kapadia for a jewellery brand.Celebrity photographer Dabboo......

'No one could tame him, not even Don Bradman!'

What can I say about Keith Miller? The whole world admired him. And, of course, he was a boyhood hero to me, like he was to so many other people. He was a law unto himself.Princess Margaret asked......

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