In order to get rid of this problem permanently, in 1903 Maharaja Ganga Singh obtained the services of A. W. E. Standley, chief engineer, who demonstrated the feasibility of the western area of the Bikaner State being brought under irrigation from the Satluj Waters

Chess, as we know it today, was born out of the Indian game chaturanga before the 600s AD. The game spread throughout Asia and Europe over the coming centuries and eventually evolved into what we know as chess

The Quranic inscriptions on the Minar are forced and lifeless insertions between forceful and beautiful frieze-bands of the pure HINDU DESIGN

What was their agenda in sponsoring Savitribai’s project? Why interest did British have in Indian women? The answer will be very surprising

She ruled the kingdom with a stern hand, identifying the corrupt and unjust officials and punishing them severely

The word ‘DAYANANDA’ on the pillar may be a reference to Lord Shiva, who is considered as ‘one who shows mercy’

On 17 June 1822, Gulab Singh was appointed as Ruler of Jammu by Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Jeo Pota Akhnoor

Khathing's mission remained unknown to Prime Minister Nehru till it was accomplished

The seeds of India's disgraceful debacle in the 1962 India-China War were sown soon after Independence by none other than Nehru himself

Nehru himself admitted, “We were getting out of touch with reality in the modern world and we were living in an artificial atmosphere of our creation"