To save themselves from the scorching Indian summers of north India, the British lay their hands at the foothills of the Himalayan range to establish their sol…
The Central American nations - Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama - the names are as old as their origin. But more than…
At the death of Genghiz Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched throughout 11 nations (of today's era) - Mongolia, North Korea, Kazakhstan, China, Turkmenistan, …
Almost all of Africa was liberated majorly in the 1960s with the dissolution of French West Africa that resulted in the independence of more than a dozen West …
Apart from the fact that Switzerland never took part in any major conflict, the country also holds a unique position of being one of those very few landlocked …
The knowledge of Asia to Europeans throughout history has evolved, a phenomenon that can be figured out clearly from the various changing maps. Many names that…
Afghanistan is one of those civilisations on earth that once stood a stand of time but currently are in the extreme case of anarchy and poverty, majorly due to…
The story of Hungary is interesting as although its current size has shrunk to peanut, the medieval and colonial era was far more majestic. The Austro-Hungaria…
It is well-known that the Dutch were the predecessors to the English on the eastern coast of the United States, following what would be the Thirteen Colonies. …
Today, Oceania is almost independent of any foreign possessions and its one continent where dependencies dragged until the 20th century. At present, apart from…
There are already over a gazillion articles, information, print media, and media of every kind written, filmed, documented and recorded about the partition of …
In one of the older posts, the military districts of India were discussed on this blog. This particular post shall talk about the military divisions of the for…
Italy today is a single sovereign republic. It's home to some of the magnificent empires of history, the most popular one being, the Roman Empire. Italy al…
A collection of my hand-sketched maps