(Auvaiyar is a Tamil word meaning "old, learned woman;" some believe it may refer to three different persons.) ca 800: Lifetime of Karaikkal Ammaiyar, one of the 63 Saiva saints of Tamil Nadu. Her mystical and yogic hymns, preserved in the Tirumurai, remain popular to the present ...
The shooting was followed by the proclamation ofmartial lawin Punjab that included public floggings and other humiliations. Indian outrage grew as news of the shooting and subsequent British actions spread throughout the subcontinent. The Bengali poet and Nobel laureateRabindranath Tagorerenounced the kn...
The termsepoyrefers to an Indian soldier employed by a European power. It entered English via the Portuguesesipai, derived from the Hindustanisipāhī, itself from the Persiansipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led towi...
The termsepoyrefers to an Indian soldier employed by a European power. It entered English via the Portuguesesipai, derived from the Hindustanisipāhī, itself from the Persiansipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led towi...