Mapping the states of India - Page 5
Prestige for loyalty
10 April 2021 10:30 PM ISTPrincely states in British India were accorded hierarchical significance through cannon salutes, depending upon their fealty to the crown
The state in the north
3 April 2021 11:11 PM ISTBuilding on the first part wherein dissatisfaction with ‘United Provinces’ was highlighted, this part shows how a new name came out of the blue,...
Naming the hindi heartland
27 March 2021 11:18 PM ISTThe need for a new noun was felt as ‘United Provinces’ didn’t resonate with the identity of people and the profound metamorphosis of the state during...
Built on the glorious past
20 March 2021 10:45 PM ISTAfter changing many hands through the long passage of history, NCR in its new form remains a bustling centre of socio-economic and political life
Highlanders' own state
13 March 2021 11:34 PM ISTProtest against the UP government’s reservation laws, though meant to counter political exclusion, finally transpired into a separate administrative...
Discontent to confrontation
6 March 2021 10:30 PM ISTAgainst the backdrop of fading political support, dissatisfaction among locals grew to the extent of direct mass-scale intervention with a clear...
Upsurge against exploitation
27 Feb 2021 11:49 PM ISTThe demand for preservation of traditional rights over forest resources in the colonial period transpired into that for a separate administrative unit...
Unanimity for the new state
20 Feb 2021 10:47 PM ISTChhattisgarh was finally carved out of MP with bipartisan consensus between BJP and Congress, preceded by the endeavours of diverse local outfits
Coming together in cohesion
13 Feb 2021 11:09 PM ISTColonial encroachment of rights and resources partly united the forest locals in the historic region but concrete demand for a separate state could...
Out of political consensus
6 Feb 2021 11:12 PM ISTConsent among leading parties capped the efforts of JMM and others to realise the formation of Jharkhand — though covering a narrower area
A regional construct
30 Jan 2021 11:21 PM ISTA series of agrarian and missionary uprisings were brought under a single roof by Jaipal Singh to realise the separate statehood for Jharkhand
Differing concerns
16 Jan 2021 11:19 PM ISTContinuing the story following the failed 1956 merger of WB and Bihar and narrating the various concerns and motivations that finally influenced the...
Weaving Faith, Love and Change
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Centre launches pan-India crackdown on cough syrups; pharma owner...
10 Oct 2025 1:45 AM ISTKarnataka first state in India to grant menstrual leave across all...
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10 Oct 2025 1:14 AM ISTMamata sees ‘NRC conspiracy’ in Bengal Special Intensive Revision...
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