There are families in history whose members seem to belong to entirely different worlds. The nineteenth-century Datta family of Calcutta was one such family. The elder son, Narendranath Datta, would become the world-famous Swami Vivekananda, travelling across the world and carrying India’s spiritual message to a global audience. His younger brother, Bhupendranath Datta, would take…
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The Grand Old Man of India
On 4 September 1825, Dadabhai Naoroji was born in Bombay, a man who would go on to become one of the most important thinkers, reformers, economists, journalists and early nationalists in Indian history. He is remembered as the “Grand Old Man of India”, a title that reflected not only his long life but also his…
Mohun Bagan Day: A Tribute to India’s First Sporting Revolution
Every year, 29 July is commemorated as Mohun Bagan Day, not just by football lovers but by every Indian who values freedom, pride, and resilience. It marks a date etched in golden letters in Indian sporting and national history. On this day in 1911, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club defeated the British team East Yorkshire Regiment…
Ghadar Party Foundation Day
15 July 1913. It was not in Delhi, not in Lahore, not in Kolkata, and not in Mumbai that one of Bharat’s greatest revolutionary movements was born. It was born thousands of kilometres away from the motherland, in Astoria, Oregon, USA, where a group of Bharatiyas who had left their homes in search of work…