Abandoned by their employers after a months-long sea voyage, countless women found shelter here
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"The finest hotel in Bombay” now lies in a shambles
The Watson’s Hotel in Kala Ghoda may or may not have inspired Jamsetji Tata, but it did impress visiting travellers, including Mark Twain
The first Indian to own a restaurant in Britain
In 2018, a hand-written menu re-surfaced from obscurity and made headlines. Auctioned for $11,344, the 200-year-old leaflet bearing cursive script belonged to Sake Dean Mahomed’s Hindoostane Coffee House (1810)
When the moon shone on Chandni Chowk
From Dhaula Kuan to Siri Fort, the stories behind the names of Delhi localities provide an insight into the history of the megapolis
Why do Indian and Pakistani textbooks tell wildly different histories?
There is a stark difference between the history of partition taught in Indian school textbooks and in Pakistani textbooks. By placing the Indian and Pakistani versions of history next to each other, The History Project tries to underline the obvious biases.