In recent months, there has been a renewed interest in India’s past, especially the Mughal era. People are revisiting history ...

Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, is often remembered for his tumultuous reign and struggles to maintain control over his empire. Born on March 6, 1508, in Kabul, he was the son of Babur, the ...

NEW DELHI: A day after the NCERT announced its decision to drop chapters on Mughal history sparked controversy, the education body clarified that the chapters were not removed rather they were merely ...

The Yogi Adityanath government has affected major changes in the history books for Classes 11 and 12, where Mughal history has been deleted from the syllabus. The Uttar Pradesh government has, however ...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had announced its decision to erase certain chapters on the Mughal Empire from class 12 history textbooks. This move of erasing Mughal ...

An act of vandalism at an 18th century monument built by the once powerful Mughal empire has sparked anger in India, with historians urging authorities to provide better protection for the country’s ...

The last Mughal was probably the saddest figure in Mughal history. Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last of the proud dynasty that ruled India for over three centuries, was a powerless figurehead. Perhaps ...

Ahmad Lahauri is believed to have been the main architect of the Taj Mahal. Wikimedia Commons Occasionally, I have devoted this column to a Smithsonian exhibition that has had a special personal ...

U.S. Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan, left, and Elizabeth Moynihan at a June 5, 1974, archery contest at Thimphu Sports Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan. (AP) The wonderfully detailed Nov. 9 obituary for ...