The second world war is remembered with certain key words - Hitler, Nazism, Hiroshima-Nagasaki, etc. and with respect to India it's mostly associated with …

When we talk about the French empire, it usually is associated with the famous Napoleon Bonaparte. But that was the 18th century and the French territories did…

In the year 1492, Christopher Columbus and his voyage reached the Caribbean islands and allegedly 'discovered' the New World. Controversy or not, but t…

Alexander the Great had established numerous cities in his exploits that started from Macedonia and covering Egypt and Levant to all the way to the Greater Pu…

The German colonial empire existed between 1880 to 1920, majorly in Africa and some territories and islands in Oceania. There were few territories in China and…

On the even of independence, Assam was the only hilly province of independent India that time. Rest all were either part of larger provinces (such as Punjab an…

Ancient maps are complicated to decipher. The Latin place names have partial or no linkage with modern names, especially when it comes to Asian regions. Talkin…

The most common knowledge about Puducherry (or as its still referred by its former name, Pondicherry) among every Indian is that it being a beautiful former Fr…

There are few places in the world whose names haven't changed since the time they were established. Syria, Cyprus, India, Arabia, Africa, Libya, etc. Bulga…