Rocketgrams were launched in India to deliver mail and parcels
Rocketgrams are mail delivered by firing crude rockets towards their destinations. Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, an Indian aerospace engineer, launched the...
West Bengal
The Brahmo Samaj: in a nutshell
Back in the nineteenth century, the Brahmo Movement emerged in colonial Bengal. It was a social and religious movement that...
Political rivalry befell three sisters-in-law
Three sisters-in-law have joined three different political parties. Tapati Kole, Mita Rani Kole and Krishna Rani Kole got married into...
An Independent Government in Tamluk, West Bengal
During the Quit India Movement, a parallel government was established in Tamluk, West Bengal, called the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, an...
