Valay Singh
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- Sep 24, 2026
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HistoriCity: A look at India’s historic links with Mecca (opens the original)
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Mecca, the holiest site of Islam, became a target in the ongoing geopolitical struggle between Iran and the Houthis, and Saudi Arabia and other US-allies in the region. The alleged attack on Mecca comes just over a month after the inking of the Mecca Defence Alliance (MDA), also called the Mecca Pact, between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in August. It is unprecedented that Islam’s birthplace (also of Prophet Mohammad’s) has been pulled into the ongoing conflict. At the heart of the conflict
HistoriCity| Mirzapur: The Story (of its prehistoric cave paintings, tombs) (opens the original)
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Mirzapur, the web series shows how on-screen portrayals can transform the identity of a place by de-historicising it. Instead of being known for its impressive prehistoric heritage, it has been turned into a mafia town. Situated in the basin of the Ganga river, which envelopes the scarp of Mirzapur on three sides, the town remains a provincial hub of pilgrimage to the Bindachal temple but and has lost its competitive edge to neighbouring Banaras. The town’s importance began diminishing in the mi
HistoriCity | Belgium’s Indian footprints extends from Malabar to Bengal (opens the original)
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From pioneering Jesuits to supplying Indian royalty with exquisite Saint Lambert glassware and chandeliers, Belgium’s Indian footprints extended from Malabar to Bengal, and from guns to linguistics. Today the relationship is encrusted with trade in diamonds between Surat and Antwerp. As an independent democracy, Belgium is nearly 200 years old. Much like India, it was ruled by other kingdoms before it achieved independence following the Belgian Revolution in 1830. Today, it comprises two main li
HistoriCity: When Gorkha grit clashed with China's Qing might in Rasuwa and Kyirong in Tibet (opens the original)
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Nearly three centuries ago Rasuwa and the region around it -- the ground zero of the recent disaster to hit Nepal -- was the site of bloody battles between Gorkha-ruled Nepal and Tibet-China. Nepal’s political history is rich and diverse but under-studied. The Himalayan region straddles the vast plains in India on the south and Tibet in the north. It has been a frontier zone for centuries, the pathway for trade and religions. Over the last two thousand years various dynasties have ruled the Hima
HistoriCity: How taxation, famine triggered the late 18th century Sannyasi-Fakir Rebellion (opens the original)
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Vande Mataram, India’s National song, was written by the Bengali poet, novelist and journalist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1875. Over 150 years later, the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, has granted our national song the same statutory legal protection as the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, penalising those who prevent its singing, or cause disturbance to assemblies engaged in singing it. Additionally, the home ministry guidelines state all six stanzas of the song
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