In 2011, Chief Minister Mayawati proposed splitting Uttar Pradesh into four states: Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Awadh Pradesh, ...

In 1903, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, announced that the vast Bengal province was going to be partitioned. The British ...

As we celebrate the birth of our Republic more than 75 years ago, it is but nature for our thoughts to turn to the founding ...

The famine affected south and southwestern India — the British-administered presidencies of Madras and Bombay, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad — for a period of two years.

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Spread over 600 princely states of British India, in Punjab, the movement was active in the Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Malerkotla and Faridkot princely states initially. Now part of the Malwa region, with ...

Alwar's history spans from the Mahabharata's Matsya Kingdom to its role as a princely state ... of his relations with the British rulers; at that time, the influence of the British on internal matters ...

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It is estimated that the major famines in India during the British rule contributed to the deaths for millions of the population. In 1947, rule was ended and the independent states of India and ...

Let’s take a closer look at some fascinating facts about India’s most populous state on this special occasion. In 1902, the British renamed ... in 1947 and the princely states of Tehri Garhwal ...

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Princely states had 45 per cent of today’s India’s landmass. Without the princely states, the Indian map would look like ... to cede Pakistan and get the British out. He was chosen to convince ...