Robert Clive, 'Clive of India'
The British had the gall to call Robert Clive 'Clive of India' as if he belonged to the country, when all he really did was to ensure that much of the country belonged to him.
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Quotable quotes
Bureaucracy, the highest art form
Bureaucracy is simultaneously the most crippling of Indian diseases and the highest of Indian art forms.
India is a strange land
India is a strange land where people are loved not because they have power, but because they give up power.
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Did you know?
The Barefoot President
Rukmini Devi Arundale, famed danseuse and founder of Kalakshetra, turned down an offer to become the President of India in 1977 because she would not have been able to walk barefoot in the corridors of the Rashtrapathi Bhavan and could not bear security guards.
Ayatollah Khomeini aka Hindi
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini used Hindi as his pen name when he composed ghazals. His grandfather, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, emigrated from India to Khomein in Iran in the 1830s.
Telangana and the gentlemen's agreement
Telangana's claim for statehood hinged on what it believed were violations of the Gentlemen's Agreement of Andhra Pradesh, an agreement signed between the leaders of Andhra and Telangana in 1956.
Last governor-general and viceroy of India
The last viceroy (and governor-general) of (British) India was Mountbatten. The first governor-general (but not viceroy) of (Union of) India was also Mountbatten while the last was C. Rajagopalachari.
British invasions
The analysis of the histories of the almost 200 countries in the world found only 22 which have never experienced an invasion by the British.
Longest speech at the UN
The longest speech ever given to the UN was delivered in 1957 by V.K. Krishna Menon, who filibustered for nearly eight hours while defending India's position on Kashmir.
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