The Maharashtra education board of India has reduced the Mughal emperors' reign to just three lines in history textbooks. The board has revised history textbooks for classes VII and IX, removing ...

There was a recurring sketch on the old BBC comedy, Goodness Gracious Me, which featured a father who would counter his children’s enthusiasm – whether for Jesus or Santa Claus – with “Indian!”. It ...

The Mughals were a powerful dynasty that ruled over most of India from the 16th to the 19th centuries. They were known for their lavish and artistic lifestyle, especially in the field of jewelry. The ...

After the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) decision to drop chapters on Mughal history sparked controversy, the education body's chief has now issued a clarification.

Your Holi celebration this year is not likely to be as lavish as that of the Mughals. Three hundred years ago, the emperors, otherwise relatively pious Muslims, celebrated the festival with great ...

Indians are being pulled in two directions on the Mughals — from the Nehruvian consensus that they were pluralist unifiers, ...

The new social science textbook for Class 7 students following NCERT's curriculum has no references to the Mughal rule and the Delhi Sultanate. Earlier, NCERT -- the National Council of Educational ...

At the peak of their power in the mid-17th century, the great Mughals were the richest and most powerful Islamic dynasty. They ruled over 100 million subjects – five times the number commanded by ...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has decided to drop certain chapters on the Mughal Empire from the CBSE Class 12 history textbooks. They include ‘Kings and Chronicles; the ...

Nepal crisis: Nepal is going through historic unrest and protests these days. With more than 21 protestors dead, the anti government protests led by the Zen Z of Nepal has overthrown the KP Oli ...

THIS is apropos of Manzoor. H. Kureshi’s clarification on ‘Who were the Mughals?’, an article written by Dr Mubarak Ali in The Young World (Dec 4) Although his explanation regarding the origins of ...