March 28th, 2001 26th March 2001 was the first day of the Vikram Samvat 2058 and 27th March the first day of the Al Hijri year 1422. Itihaas wishes readers a Happy New Year. These dates are ignored by the Government of India although the RSS are in power at the centre. This shows an… Continue reading New Year Greetings for Vikrami 2058 and Al Hijri 1422
March 4th, 2001 It is now seventy years since Lala Har Dayal died in exile at Philadelphia, USA. 4th of March 1939. He was not quite fifty-three years of age. In this short lifetime this obscure Indian from an enslaved country had become an international figure, a celebrity. His dazzling intellectual genius had made him… Continue reading Remembering Lala Har Dayal [Oct 1884-March 1939]
Column For 11th May 2003 Atal Behari Vajpeyi, Prime Minister of India can talk about a last chance for peace in his lifetime because in India, unlike Europe and the USA, death is not a forbidden subject. This may be because the Hindu looks upon death not as a full stop but as a comma,… Continue reading Bahadur Shah’s 1857 Proclamation and the British Response
