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India’s Green Revolution: How It Fed a Nation, and What It Cost
India's Green Revolution from the 1963 dwarf-wheat trials and 18,000 tonnes of Mexican seed to the record 1968 harvest and 376.56 million…
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World Water Day: India’s Water Crisis & Solutions Timeline
India's water crisis and solutions from the dam era to 2026: per-capita water, groundwater, Jal Jeevan Mission, Atal Bhujal, Catch the Rain,…
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Why Are Adults Cutting Off Their Parents? The History of Family Estrangement
Family estrangement is not new, and research has not shown it is rising. How farms, factories, divorce, therapy language and phones changed…
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Kesari Newspaper History: How Tilak Weaponised the Marathi Press
Kesari, the Marathi paper started in Pune in 1881, turned famine, plague and Shivaji into political arguments. Its articles sent Tilak to…
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Amrita Bazar Patrika: The English Switch History
How Amrita Bazar Patrika, a Bengali weekly founded in Jessore in 1868, became an English paper one week after the 1878 Vernacular…
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The Hindu History Timeline: From Weekly to National Paper
The Hindu's history from the 1878 Madras weekly started by the Triplicane Six to the 1889 daily, the 1905 Kasturi purchase, its…
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Doordarshan History: From Monopoly to Modern Broadcasting
Doordarshan history from the 1959 Delhi experiment and SITE to colour TV, Ramayan, the satellite shock and 1995 airwaves ruling that ended…
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All India Radio History: How AIR Shaped India’s Story
All India Radio history from the 1923 radio clubs and the 1936 AIR name to Gandhi's only broadcast, the film-song ban behind…
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Dainik Jagran History: From Jhansi in 1942 to India’s Most-Read Daily
Dainik Jagran history from its 1942 launch in Jhansi by Puran Chandra Gupta, the 1947 Kanpur relaunch and edition-by-edition expansion to Delhi,…
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Lost in Translation: 7 Saudi Words English Can’t Quite Capture
Discover 7 Saudi Arabic words — including Absher, Izwa, Sana, Manqud, Sharha and Etab — whose English translations miss layers of Saudi…
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Malayala Manorama History: Kerala’s Largest Daily
Explore the history of Malayala Manorama, founded in 1888 by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai, from its 1890 first issue and 1928 daily transformation…
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Bombay Samachar History: Asia’s Oldest Newspaper
Explore the history of Bombay Samachar, founded in 1822 by Fardunjee Marzban, from Gujarati trade news and the 1857 uprising to independence,…
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Anandabazar Patrika History & Partition Legacy Timeline
From a four-page red-ink evening paper in 1922 to Partition, the refugee crisis, the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and a digital-era media…
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World Food Day: India Food Security Timeline
India's food-security history from the 1943 Bengal famine and 1965 grain-import crisis to a record 376.56 million tonne 2025-26 harvest and free…
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World Toilet Day History: Swachh Bharat & Surveys
World Toilet Day's history, Swachh Bharat's 39%-to-ODF-Plus journey, and what NARSS 2017-18/2018-19 actually found about India's toilet access, usage and verification.
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Bhopal Gas Disaster History: Timeline, Settlements & Relief
Trace the Bhopal gas disaster history from the 1984 Union Carbide leak to ongoing survivor compensation struggles, legal settlements, and current medical…
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Gandhi Jayanti History Timeline: Why India Celebrates October 2
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. See how his birthday became Gandhi Jayanti in India and the UN's International Day…
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India Building Collapse Timeline 2010–2026: Delhi, Mumbai, Monsoon Risk and Urban Safety
India building collapse timeline 2010-2026: major Delhi and Mumbai disasters, structural audits, monsoon risk and urban safety lessons explained.
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