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Nalini Ranjan Sarkar : The Real Father of IIT

January 8, 2021 Saquib Salim 0 Comments abul kalam azad, aicte, Bengal, Bhatnagar, BJP, Bombay, Calcutta, Congress, CpI, cpm, Education, Gandhi, IIT, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Left, meghnad saha, nalini, nalini ranjan sarkar, Nehru, Netaji, planning commission, research, sarkar, sciences, sobha singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, technology, viceroy, West Bengal

With the surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan the Second World War ended in a victory for the Allied forces,

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Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das: Who Solved the Communal Problem in Bengal

January 7, 2021February 10, 2021 Saquib Salim 0 Comments abul kalam azad, Bengal, C.R Das, Calcutta, chittaranjan das, Communalism, Congress, cow slaughter, Gandhi, Hindu, Kolkata, Muslim, Muslim League, muslim reservation, Nehru, Riots, West Bengal

In December 1923, after securing a resounding win in elections Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (C.R Das) led Swaraj Party signed a

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Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu-Muslim Unity & Rakshabandhan

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Shivangi Pandey 0 Comments 1905, Bengal, bengal partition, Calcutta, Communal, Harmony, Hindu Muslim, Kolkata, Rabindranath Tagore, Rakhi, rakshabandhan, Tagore

Rakshabandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shravan. It is deeply imbibed in

THE ALLURE OF A BIRYANI WITH ALOO: KOLKATA BIRYANI

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Shivangi Pandey 0 Comments 1857, Awadh, Batla Housse, Bengal, Biryani, Biryani or Pulao, Calcutta, Calcutta Biryani, Cuisine, cuisine history, food history, food lovers, heritage of food, history of biryani, Jamia Nagar Biryani, Kolkata, Kolkata Biryani, Lady Brabourne College, Lucknow, Mughal, Nawab, Persian, potato biryani, potato history, pulao, Real Biryani, Wajid Ali Shah

In my previous articles in the series I had paved my way through some dishes with unparalleled heritage. This piece

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A Bihari Deputy Collector sentenced to death for fighting the British Rule

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Saquib Salim 1 Comment 1857, Afghanistan, Ambala, Bareilly, Bihar, British, Calcutta, Delhi, Deoband, Deputy Collector, Freedom Fighter, Hazra, India, Jihad, Maulvi, Maulvi Ahmadullah, Meerut, Nationalism, Patna, Patna Municipality, Patriotic, Ravenshaw, Sadikpur, Syed Ahmad, Wahabi, Wahhabi

(Following is a reproduction of a chapter from ‘Inside Bihar’ written by P.C Roy Choudhury, editor of Bihar District Gazetteers,

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