Prempeh I (born 18th December 1870 – died 12th May 1931) was the thirteenth king ruler of the Ashanti Empire and the Oyoko ...

Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian ...

On the eve of departure of the British from the British-India, the Nagas in the British occupied area declared their independence on 14th August, 1947. The declaration of Naga independence was ...

One of the regions where gold was mined in India was the Kolar district of Karnataka, founded by the Western Ganga dynasty in ...

For weeks, Donald Trump has been stating his intention to take control of the Panama Canal, a critical 51-mile long waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The project was a "tropical hell" marked by brutal racial segregation and the mass mortality of foreign workers ...

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For some people, the new year brings a resolution to refrain from drinking — if only for a month. In 2013, a British charity ...

This heritage-listed archway, the surviving structure of the Pensioner Barracks, was rescued from demolition in the 1960s.

The fabled Civil Administration and the equally prestigious British-Indian Army were the main pillars ... Viceroy from 1876 to 1880, escaped an assassination attempt on December 12, 1879, while ...

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

On New Year's Eve, a temple was damaged and seven people were killed in a gun battle between the army and ... the British government gave them a land in this area. In the 1880s, he arrived here ...