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The Last Man Standing of the Poligar Wars The dawn of the 19th Century witnessed myriad rebellions across Southern India against the British in the aftermath of their defeating and killing Tipu [...]

The Indian Rebel who played Hardball with the Victor of Waterloo Fighter par excellence, quintessential rebel, daredevil soldier and freebooter who owed his loyalty to nothing and no one except [...]

The First Indian Queen to Wage War Against the British Hailed ‘Veeramangai’ – Brave Woman – by the Tamils, Velu Nachiyar, was the Queen of Sivagangai, once an independent kingdom, now forming a [...]

The Untold Story of the Tankmen in Bangladesh The popular narratives on the Bangladesh War of 1971 carry only passing mention of tanks in action here and there, which does not do justice to the [...]

The Story of my Squadron in the Bangladesh War 1971 Arrogance is not a virtue; but for a tank soldier, it’s often not possible not to feel absolutely arrogant; especially so if you were one [...]

The earliest enemy of the British in India A legendary fighter who was the first Indian to resist British imperialism in India, Puli Thevar lived from 1715 to 1761. He was the Palayakkaran [...]

A Veteran’s Resolute Journey to being a Centenarian This here would almost read like a story, one I feel compelled to write, because this is of a man I know very closely and has come to admire in [...]

The Sea Warriors of the Malabar Coast There were four of them, Kunjali Marakkar I to Kunjali Marakkar IV, earliest of the gallant challengers who battled doggedly for almost a century to stem the [...]

Book Review The title could be somewhat misleading; what with the image of a uniformed soldier for cover picture, a reader could easily be led to believe that it’s a high-octane thriller [...]

In India, it has become common practice nowadays to describe soldiers who are killed in action as martyrs. The dictionary meaning of a martyr is someone who is killed because of his or her [...]