Imperial crown of India

The Imperial crown of India.

India the jewel of the crown.

Gandhi & Churchill- The epic rivalry that destroyed an empire and forged our age- Arthur Herman

Book Review.

Gandhi & Churchill The epic rivalry that destroyed an empire and forged our age.

Arthur Herman.

This book focuses on the alledeged extensive rivalry between Gandhiji and Churchill. I supose it should be the rivarly between Churchill and Gandhi!

Churchill was surely given the run for his money by Dear ol' Gandhiji.

Anyway the book is a nice flick through for its snippets of history and a British perspective of Gandhiji. It has great pictures of Gandhi and Churchill andother leaders of our Independence movement.

£25

Publisher : Hutchinson London

ISBN 9780091797164 (Hardback)

ISBN 9780091921323 (trade paperback)

Huchinson

Churchgate, Bombay, India

This is a picture of the old Church-gate. The gate facing St Thomas' church in the ex- walled city of Bombay. The walls came down in 1862 as the city was growing and most of the mainland territory was under british rule and hence the threat of attack was less.

The only part of the walls of bombay that still survive is a small part on the back side of the St George's hospital. This obscure bit of Bombay's history is sometimes hidden by a few hutments.

A tribute to the people of Bombay, Mumbaikars over the generations....

William IIII - King of England -Half Silver Rupee, India

Half Rupee 1835- Quite Rare I understand. 1st Indian Coin with a portrait of a british Monarch

Bombay Anna. Anna of- The King and I - An original History -By Susan Morgan

Just saw this book on line... About Anna, the real person who went as s governess to Siam portrayed in the movie in the King and I. Wonder of anybody has read the book and would not mind telling me a little bit about it. There was apassing reference that Anna was from Bombay in the movie but no one knows more. This book should tell us all...

Star of India - British India's Emblem. Moto :"Heaven's Light Our Guide"

The star of India was British India's emblem. It was emblazened on the Union Jack and converted into the flag of India.

It was also later used as a medallion for all the King Emperors of India.

India's Old flag was part of the Union Jack themed flags of the commonwealth countries, then parts of the Empire where the sun never set.

The Indian Tricolour replaced the Star of India and the Ancient Three Lions Ashoka Pillar replacing the Star as Modern India's emblem. Emperor Ashoka of the 4 th Century BC was a great ruler and very tolerant to all faiths. He embraced Buddhism and denounced unecessary violence. Pakistan,on the other hand, an Inheritor of Ancient Indi's Lands, became a decidedly Muslim country and their flag had the crescent and star emblem of Islam on a green background, again a colour of Islam. The white band is deemed to represent the minorities in Pakistan and unfortunately the colour is as bland as the celebration of minority religions in that aggressively Muslim country

The Tricolour at Wagah, India's Border with Pakistan

Happy Diwali

Wishing everyone a very happy Diwali and a prosperous new year. Let us all go from darkness unto light.

Sahyadrikand - History of Goa

The Sahyadrikand mentions Goa as Konkan Kashi as the Kashi of the Konkan

The Konkan Coast - A Tourist's delight: Goa, Mumbai, the Canara coast and kerala

The Konkan coast is the narrow strip of Land to the west of the western Ghats, reclaimed by Lord Parshuram by asking Lord Varuna, God of the seas to receed to allow the Konkanis to settle.

Why Mythology is an integral part ofour culture, on a scientific note, the Konkan was perhaps inhabited by aboriginal tribes who migrated into India many thousands of years ago. The Aryans from central asia settled in the 2nd century BC. While the aboriginal peoples were aryanised the aryans themselves were enculturated in the aboriginal traditions.

The worship of Shiva, the worship of Santeri or Shantadurga forms an amalgamation of the aryan and the pre aryan traditions of the Konkan.

The Land was separated from the ghats and the Desh or inland by the mighty Western Ghats.

The whole of the western coast of India is now connected by the Konkan railway. From Thane in North Maharashtra to Kerala, the Konkan coast is extremely beautiful. The states of Goa and Kerala are major tourist destinations for Indians as well as foreign tourists.

A map of the western Indian coast in the 1880s is shown above. Then Goa was under portuguese rule, India was under the British and large princely states such as Hyderabad and Mysore had Maharajas and Nizams who earned millions.

Wicked Women of the Raj - Coralie Younger : A review

Very Interesting book.

Coralie younger has given us true stories of White women who married Indian princes. Unfortunately it was the 19th and early 20th century and soceity was not ready for mixed race marriages. Money could never completely mask the lonliness that these women and their spuses faced.Great read.

Wicked women of the Raj- Coralie Younger

Publishers Harper Collins India in Joint venture with the India Today group
New Delhi

2003

ISBN 81-7223-454-6

NonFiction/History

Star of India

The Star of India was India's emblem in the days of the British Raj. The above picture is taken from a cigarette packet insert. The Star of India was added to the Union Jack in the centre and formed India's flag.

The Moto was "Heaven's Light Our Guide"

The star of India was also added on to the Red and Blue British Ensigns and were flown on Civilian and Naval occasions.