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Haveli Dharampura, Chandni Chowk, Delhi - UNESCO awarded conservation work

This UNESCO-Awarded Dharampua  Haveli in Chandni Chowk of  old Delhi is a good example of how India's vast heritage sites  can be restored and saved for the posterity without any help from the...

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Christ Church, Byculla. Mumbai -- private participation had saved the old...

Christ Church Byculla, Mumbai mid-day.comAbove image; The foundation stone was laid by the Right Honorable Earl of Clare, after whom Clare Road (now Mirza Ghalib Road) was named. courtesy-...

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"British Nabobs" who looted India in the early colonial period under EIC

Nabob (Nawab) slidetodoc.comAbove image:  Nabob is an Anglo-Indian term that came to English from Urdu, possibly from Hindustani nawāb/ navāb during British colonial rule in India.  It is likely, the...

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Kerala's native wooden roofing system with ''Kazhukol'' (rafters) - a brief note

 Typical Kerala wooden architecture  differs from neighboring Dravidian and local styles and can be seen across this state and part of Tulu region. It offers a myriad of innovative and impressive...

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Why does the Ripon building, Chennai, TN still attract lots of tourists?

Visitors to Chennai can't miss one of the finest colonial heritage buildings,  a three-story in all-white inspiring  Indo-Saracenic structure  located close to the Central railway station (now MGR...

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Ripon building, Chennai with Madras terrace roofing and other architectural...

 One among the iconic colonial buildings of Chennai, no doubt the  majestic 3 story all white masonry structure gets the attention of lots heritage lovers, history buffs and visitors for the simple...

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Maha Shivaratri - Why is this annual festival popular among the Hindus?

.jaarkalender.nlAmong the Hindu festivals Maha Shivaratri, dedicated to one of the Trinity gods Lord Shiva is an important annual festival  celebrated across Indian to honor the almighty. An embodiment...

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Maha Shivaratri festival of March 8, 2024 - many related fascinating rituals...

According to the Hindu calendar in every lunar month - there is  a Shivaratri on the  13th night/14th day. But the one that falls once a year in late Winter - February/March, (dark half of Phalgun)...

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Cracks developed in Ripon building, Chennai after 2012 renovation - needs...

cracks in the Ripon building, Chennai thehindu.comcracks in the Ripon building, Chennai newindianexpress.comThe century-old 3-  story all white colonial Ripon Building (built in 1913) near the MGR...

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The Stone House of Ooty, first European house built by John Sullivan-...

renovation of stone house, Ooty, TN. thehindu.comAbove image: The Stone House, fist ever European structure, in Ooty is on the Govt. Arts College premises. Renovation is on. (photo courtesy:...

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Viranarayana temple complex, Belavadi, Karnataka, a sermon in stone

Viranarayana temple, Belavadi KA,en.wikipedia.orgThe state of Karnataka has lots of Hindu temples and among them those that were built in Hoysala architecture are unique and attract lots of tourist for...

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Nageswara temple complex, Begur, Karnataka built by Western Ganga Dynasty

Nageshvara temple,Begur,KA en.wikipedia.org  Contracted during the reign of the rule of Western Ganga Dynasty Kings Nitimarga I (also called Ereganga Neetimarga, r. 843-870) and Ereyappa Nitimarga II...

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The "White Mutiny" of early 1860s against the East India company in India

.White mutiny 1859-61, India. ytimg.comHave ever heard of  or read about The White Mutiny , the unrest and protest  that occurred on the Indian soil in the early 1860s. The interesting aspect is the...

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Field Marshal Colin Campbell, of EIC army, a vicious savage of 1857 revolt,...

During the1857  first War of Independence in India against English company's misrule, the British army produced many butchers  like  John Nicholson, Colonel James Neil,  William Stephen Raikes Hodson...

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Memorial for ''Colin Campbell'' of EIC Army - In 1857 revolt he killed Indian...

Colin Campbell statue, waterloo. /d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.netmemorial of army man Colin Campbell upload.wikimedia.orgCampbell  statue, Waterloo. , base of the pedestal  artuk.orgAbove images:  Statue...

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''Allahabad Butcher'' Brig. Gen. George James Neil's memorial in Ayr...

 The British  government and the Crown are good at self adulation by saying the Empire introduced the democratic process in India and other colonies. You may set it aside as a sort of blatant lie or a...

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Sher Gate or ''Neil's Gate'' of Lucknow city, where ''Allahabad butcher''...

sher gate or  Neil's  gate, Lucknow, UPoldindianphotos.inAbove image; Sher gate of Neil's gate, Lucknow where Gen. Neil of ESI was shot dead- 26th Sept. 1857.( Photo credit: Darogha Abbas...

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Brig. Gen. ''James Neil's statue'', Ayr - one among 12 Scottish statues under...

Way back in June 2020 ''The Topple the Racists website'' listed 12 Scottish monuments linked to slavery and colonial violence on the interactive resource,  categorically stated how  certain towns...

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Queen Vitoria's statue of Mumbai sculpted by Mathew Nobel - a gift from the...

Bombay (Mumbai), once an important city on the west coast of India in the colonial period had two famous and well sculpted statues of Queen Victoria, a standing marble statue of Queen Victoria...

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British Schools in England teach distorted past colonial history to hide the...

 Across the former British colonies  people including  a  section of  Englishmen  are pained over Britain's  gruesome colonial past history.  According to a 2016 study (YouGov poll) 43 percent of...

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