Indian Independence News

Udupi: Deputy Chairman of State Planning Board D.H. Shankaramurthy said on Monday that students in the country were still following the history bequeathed by British historians.

The town of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan was founded by Kaimkhani Nawabs in the middle of the 15th century, and remained under their control until it was taken by the Rajput ruler Sardul Singh in 1730 AD, which lasted till the Indian independence.

Anyone who loves Singapore should read The Singapore Grip by JG Farrell. He won the Booker Prize in 1973 for The Siege of Krishnapur about the 1857 War of Indian Independence.

As India went to the polls for a second round of voting on Thursday, the BBC's sport editor Mihir Bose reported from Mumbai - the city of Slumdog Millionaire, and his childhood home.

A Memoir of Pandurang Khankhoje: Savitri Sawhney; Penguin Books, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017. Rs.

New Delhi BJP candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi reached New Delhi on Thurday night after being released from Etah jail.

Kalpen Suresh Modi, a 31-year-old native of Montclair, NJ, will become the associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison.

Efforts for the Return of Our Heritage Must Continue Gandhi's personal effects went up for sale at auction in New York on Mar.

A gem-encrusted tiger's head from the throne of Tipu Sultan - the Indian king famed for resisting British rule - is due to be sold in the UK next month.

A watch that was owned by Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi is on display before being auctioned at Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York March 5, 2009.

Some of Indian independence leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhia s belongings were sold at auction for $1.8 million on Thursday to an Indian tycoon who plans to donate them to his country.

All Things Considered , March 5, 2009 Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi's personal effects sold for $1.2 million at a New York City auction Thursday.

In this undated file photo released by Antiquorum Auctioneers, Mahatma Gandhi's glasses and case are shown.

AN auction house has sold Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's iconic round glasses and other memorabilia for $US1.8 million , defying an order to cancel the sale by the items' owner.

In this undated file photo released by Antiquorum Auctioneers, Mahatma Gandhi's pocket watch is shown.

India asks its diplomats to stop auction of Gandhi items in U.S. + - 18:25, March 04, 2009 As a last-ditch attempt, India has asked its diplomats in the United States to try their best to stop the auction of ...

The Indian government has been trying to persuade Antiquorum not to auction off Mahatma Gandhi's glasses, sandals and pocket watch in New York this week.

By Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan Most of the nation states of the Arabian Gulf are, in their present form, about half a century old.

Broadly why India got Partitioned was because Indian independence movement led by the Congress refused to give up the idea of parliamentary democracy since 1920s till independence.

The family of Mahatma Gandhi has denounced a planned auction of his belongings as immoral and called for them to be returned to India as national treasures.