Modern History
Freedom struggle, post-independence events and historical developments
The Mountbatten Plan: How June 3 sealed the Partition of India
The Mountbatten Plan, announced on 3 June 1947 (also called the "June 3 Plan"), set out the mechanism by which British India would be partitioned into the tw...
Sugauli Treaty missing? Nepal can’t confirm where 1816 document is amid Lipulekh border row
Nepal's Foreign Minister told the House of Representatives that the government holds records relating to the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli but cannot confirm whethe...
Why Nehru said ‘temporary’ Article 370 will go & how Congress stand on Kashmir differs now | CutTheClutter
A televised historical review revisited the Parliament debate of November 27, 1963, in which then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described Article 370's spe...
Vande Mataram Bill 2026 explained: What changes and what punishment it proposes
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — popularly termed the "Vande Mataram Bill" — was passed by Parliament, extending statuto...
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Remembering how India conquered Kargil Heights by battling terrain and climate
Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorates India's recapture of high-altitude posts in the Dras-Kargil-Batalik sector of Ladakh, seized by infiltrating Pakistani soldie...
From Potti Sriramulu to Sonam Wangchuk: Hunger strikes that changed India’s politics
A recent report traced the history of fasts undertaken by individuals across independent India to press specific political or policy demands, situating a rec...
Government set to bring Bill making insult to Vande Mataram a criminal offence
A Bill was listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, making insu...
Religion, birth, refugees: Recalling the citizenship debate inside the Constituent Assembly
A recent explainer revisited the Constituent Assembly's debates (1947–1949) on how India should define citizenship "at the commencement of the Constitution,"...
Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah dispute: court relies upon government notification of 1920 that indicates existence of pre-Aurangzeb temple
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition filed under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), 1908, seeking rejection of 18 civil suits c...
Long before Supreme Court ruling, how Ambedkar grappled with Assam’s citizenship question
The Supreme Court set aside Gauhati High Court judgments that had upheld Foreigners Tribunal orders declaring 27 residents of Assam to be foreigners, and rem...
Ayodhya verdict | Temple at disputed site, alternative land for mosque, rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the long-pending Ayodhya title dispute, ruling that the disputed 2.77-acre site be handed over for the constructio...
When Indira met Bhutto: How Simla Agreement shaped, and limited, India-Pakistan ties
The Simla Agreement of 1972, signed exactly 54 years ago on 2 July 1972, is being revisited in the context of renewed India-Pakistan tensions and Pakistan's ...
Amid opposition's protest, NCERT denies dropping Preamble from Class 9 textbook
Reports circulated that the Preamble to the Constitution and the words "Secular" and "Socialist" had been dropped from the newly revised NCERT Class 9 Social...
Inside the Emergency: The ‘mess’ that triggered India’s darkest hours
Fifty years ago, on 25 June 1975, an internal Emergency was proclaimed under Article 352 of the Constitution — the only time in independent India that democr...
Plassey: Remembering the 1757 battle that birthed the British empire in India
The 269th anniversary of the Battle of Plassey falls on June 23, 2026 — the battle was fought on 23 June 1757 in Palashi village (present-day West Bengal), o...
'Naxal-free India': Govt shares 'historic milestone' after six decades of violence
The Ministry of Home Affairs officially communicated to states that no district in the country remains classified as Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected, mark...
Over 5 decades on, recalling Allahabad HC verdict against Indira Gandhi that paved way for Emergency
On June 12, 1975, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court declared the election of the then Prime Minister from the Rae Bareli constituency nul...
Why Mountbatten hastened India’s independence by 10 months, and at what cost
The original British plan, set by Prime Minister Clement Attlee, mandated transfer of power to Indian hands no later than June 1948 — giving over a year for ...
What’s the story behind war memorial jointly inaugurated by India, South Korea during Rajnath visit
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, during an official visit to Seoul, jointly inaugurated an Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Peace Park in Paju, South Korea, al...
Revisiting India’s entry onto the nuclear stage
May 18, 1974 marked the 52nd anniversary of India's first nuclear test — codenamed Operation Smiling Buddha — conducted at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajastha...