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    Praveen Davar | In 1980s, Rajiv Govt Followed An Offensive Defence PolcyColumnists
    Praveen Davar | In 1980s, Rajiv Govt Followed An...

    During Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure, the Indian Navy’s 99 vessels included two aircraft-carriers, 12 submarines, 21 frigates...

    20 May 2025 9:24 PM IST

    Praveen Davar | How Ambedkar ensured Hindu societys reform despite all oddsOpinion
    Praveen Davar | How Ambedkar ensured Hindu society's reform despite...

    If Children’s Day on November 14 reminds one of Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of modern India, April 14...

    14 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

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    Praveen Davar | Looking back: How Goa was made a part of India in 1961

    Nehru had made up his mind, and on December 17 Indian troops moved into Goa and, within 26 hours, made it a part of...

    20 Jan 2022 1:14 AM IST

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    Praveen Davar | In 1971 War, the battles on western front were...

    The corps commanders under the Western Command were Lt. Gens Sartaj Singh, K.K. Singh and N.C. Rawlley

    15 Dec 2021 2:47 AM IST

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    Praveen Davar | 1971 War: How India's foreign policy was key to Dhaka...

    In fact, Kissinger warned India on behalf of President Richard Nixon that India shouldn't even think of attacking...

    20 Oct 2021 3:19 AM IST

    Why the Mahatma still remains hugely relevant in a transforming India, worldOpinion
    Why the Mahatma still remains hugely relevant in a transforming India,...

    Among many world personalities on whom Gandhi’s impact was most profound were Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela...

    2 Oct 2019 1:38 AM IST

    Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the All India Congress Committee meeting in what was then Bombay in 1946.Opinion
    The greatest Indian after the Mahatma? Why Gandhi chose Nehru to lead...

    Nehru was recommended by only three provincial committees for Congress president, but the Mahatma decided in his...

    15 Nov 2018 7:05 AM IST

    Mahatma Gandhi believed in the efficacy of pitching the soul force called satyagraha against the brute force of the oppressor and in effect converting the oppressor to the right and moral pointOpinion
    For Mahatma Gandhiji, non-violence was not just a creed, but truly a...

    Gandhiji considered human beings as one family, whatever their difference in colour, race or gender.

    3 Oct 2018 5:29 AM IST

    K. Kamaraj (1903-1975)Nation
    Kingmaker Kamaraj: A symbol of selflessness and simplicity

    Kamaraj was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1937 and again in 1946.

    17 July 2018 6:08 AM IST

    Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, Union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Ananth Kumar and others pose after paying tributes to Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anniversary at Parliament in New Delhi (Photo: AP)Nation
    Remembering Tilak: The Father of India's Revolution

    Lokmanya Tilak was the tallest of the leaders of his generation who prepared the nation for the trials and triumphs of...

    24 July 2017 6:58 AM IST

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