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6 Indian World War II Martyrs You Probably Haven’t Heard of Before
As part of the British Indian Army, many Indian soldiers who were martyred during World War II were given the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest military award for on-ground combat. These heroes have...
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Mocked for Being a ‘Woman Studying Genetics,’ How Rachel Carson Got DDT Banned
The Better India is partnering with An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), a film that documents former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s quest to find out how human ingenuity and passion can...
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Kolkata’s Howrah Bridge Turns 75! Did You Know It Survived a Japanese Air...
In 1946, a census was conducted to count the daily traffic footfall on the state-of-the-art Howrah Bridge. The figures registered were 27,400 vehicles, 121,100 pedestrians and 2,997 cattle. Contrast...
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Saved by a Maharaja During WW2, Polish Kids to Return to India After Decades!
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, signalling the beginning of World War 2 in the West. The Germans and the Red Army invaded the small country, and the rest of the war saw Poland divided...
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WW2 Bombs in West Bengal? A Long-Forgotten Indian Chapter Unearthed by Chance
Workers digging in the Chhotu Chutria village in Kalyani, West Bengal, never thought they were about to unearth valuable pieces of history! As the workers were digging a pond in Kalyani, they stumbled...
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The Forgotten Story of How IISc Launched Aerospace Research in India
IISc set up its Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1942 – bang in the middle of World War II. It was the year that the Nazis were to begin acting on their horrific plan for a “Final Solution”,...
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Murphy Radio & the Baby That Got All of India Glued to News!
Members of the Joshi family would gather around their prized possession at 7 every evening. The main door of the house was open–it wouldn’t be long before the neighbouring kids, their parents and maybe...
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The Kolhapur Woman Who Faced WW2 Bombs to Deliver War News to Indians!
Namaste Maharashtra! Today’s Radio Jhankaar will start with updates on the war followed by S A Dange’s essay on A few scenarios in a British labourer’s life,” says Venu Chitale to Marathi speakers from...
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Seth Walchand’s Secret: The Story of a Forgotten WW II Bunker in Mumbai
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Seth Walchand...
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Was Your Grandfather a Prisoner of a War? Historian Looks for WW2’s Forgotten...
What came of the 2.5 million Indian soldiers that the British sent to fight the Axis powers in World War II? Or of the 87,000 soldiers who died, and the thousands imprisoned by Germans and Italians? In...
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