Tag: Archive of historical documents

Kashmir letters cast doubt on claims Nehru blundered by agreeing ceasefire

Exclusive: papers kept classified for decades reveal India’s first PM acted on advice from most senior general Anisha Dutta India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was urged by his most senior general to agree to a ceasefire with Pakistan in 1948, the Guardian can reveal after viewing letters on Kashmir that have been kept classified in India… Read More Kashmir letters cast doubt on claims Nehru blundered by agreeing ceasefire

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GoI reluctant to declassify ‘sensitive’ 1947 Kashmir papers

Anisha Dutta India may prevent the declassification of papers from 1947 related to Kashmir as it fears the “sensitive” letters could affect foreign relations, according to internal government documents seen by the Guardian. The letters, known as the Bucher papers, are believed to include political and military arguments for why India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, called… Read More GoI reluctant to declassify ‘sensitive’ 1947 Kashmir papers

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Gopalkrishna Gandhi: How the Indian cricket team reacted to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

First posted November 1, 2013 NB: On the 70th anniversary of his assassination, the Mahatma still haunts us, almost as if in answer to Sarojini Naidu’s broadcast of February 1, 1948: My Father, Do Not Rest. Given that the politics of his assassins grips a section of our ruling class and that malicious propaganda against him continues unabated, we would be doing ourselves a… Read More Gopalkrishna Gandhi: How the Indian cricket team reacted to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

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January 20, 1948. Mahatma Gandhi’s speech at his prayer meeting, where an attempt was made on his life

First posted January 19, 2018 NEW DELHI, January 20, 1948: Source: CWMG, Vol 90, pp 464-467 Link to Gandhi Heritage Portal Gandhiji was carried in a chair to the prayer meeting. As the microphone was not working and Gandhiji’s voice was feeble the substance of his speech was repeated aloud by Sushila Nayyar. BROTHERS AND SISTERS,The… Read More January 20, 1948. Mahatma Gandhi’s speech at his prayer meeting, where an attempt was made on his life

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The Soldiers’ Christmas Truce 1914 / Armistice Day, November 11, 1918: In Pictures

The Christmas truce, 1914 – Steven Johns A short history of the widespread but unofficial truce between British and German troops on the Western front over Christmas, 1914 during World War I. Despite the mass slaughter orchestrated by European governments, rank-and-file soldiers during World War I often attempted to resist the war effort and refuse… Read More The Soldiers’ Christmas Truce 1914 / Armistice Day, November 11, 1918: In Pictures

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Apollinariya Yakubova: The face of the woman Vladimir Lenin loved most is revealed

First posted May 02, 2015 She was described admiringly by Vladimir Lenin’s wife as the “primeval force of the Black Earth”, a revolutionary firebrand with sparkling brown eyes whose natural aroma was of “fresh meadow grasses”. It is no wonder then that the search for an image of Apollinariya Yakubova, considered by some to be… Read More Apollinariya Yakubova: The face of the woman Vladimir Lenin loved most is revealed

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