After first proposing to rename Dalhousie Road in 2014, the NDMC implemented the change in 2017. The name of the street was changed to Darah Sikoh Road as a tribute to Dara Sikoh, the son of Mughal ruler Shah Jahan.Teen Murti Chowk (2018):The roundabout around the historic war memorial...
The earliest available record for cheetahs being used for hunts in India comes from the 12th-century Sanskrit text Manasollasa, which was produced by the Kalyani Chalukya ruler, Someshvara III (reigned from 1127-1138 CE). Cheetah coursing or the use of trained cheetahs for hunting had become...
The decision comes in the wake of the long pending demand of people of Tripura as well as the Tripura Government for paying tribute to the king.Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore, who ascended the throne of the erstwhile Tripura Princely State in 1923, was a wise and benevolent ruler. ...
When the British formally left on August 15, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh, who was a Hindu ruler of a Muslim-majority state, wanted his state to remain independent and thus had a standstill agreement with both India and Pakistan. However, in the wake of an invasion by tribal raiders backed b...