Samuel Bourne’s stunning images of India, especially from his Himalayan expeditions between 1863 and 1866, stand among the ...

Nothing seems more ancient than the pageantry of the British monarchy. Yet, the grandeur seen today emerged only around 1870.

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific ...

When the mother of all dictionaries, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was first proposed in 1857, the founders wanted it ...

As NYC turns 400, one of the best ways of understanding what propelled the city's astronomical growth is by paddling the ...

British soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War, but the Americans would go on to win the second ...

The plucky London City Ballet collapsed in 1996. Now it’s getting a second life with a new mission: to stage little-known, ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1923) is one of England’s greatest composers, best known for big works like his “Enigma Variations,” ...

The city of Port Blair is the entry point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was named after Archibald Blair, a naval ...

The camera, right from the moment of its invention, was seen to be of immense practical value to the colonisers. A recent ...

Delhi’s 700-year-old bridge is crying for attention. Will the Yamuna Biodiversity Park bring attention to this structure?.

Dogra kings played their cards well with the British and supported them in the 1857 revolt. They are remembered for rapacious ...