The Santal Hul: Arrows against muskets

Exactly 169 years ago, in the jungles of what is now the Indian state of Jharkhand, Bengal Army sepoys fired the final shots in what became known as the ‘Hul’, or uprising, of 1855.
30 June 2024, 18:00 PM

The Baropakhya Christians: A forgotten incidence of peasant repression in colonial Bengal

The Blue or Indigo Mutiny of 1861, was an outpouring of anger by Indian peasants coerced into cultivating the unprofitable indigo crop by British planters.
21 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Forgotten Borders: Tracing the History of the Indo-Bangladesh Enclaves

The existence of enclaves in different continents is a perceptible reality of contemporary world history.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM

120th birth anniversary of Architect Louis I. Kahn

February 20 was the 120th birth anniversary of the famed American architect Louis I. Kahn whose monumental architectural creation is the National Assembly (Sangsad Bhaban) of Bangladesh.
28 February 2021, 18:00 PM