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It is important to take a relook at the concept of ‘secularism’ as originated in the West and is being applied to India ...
The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...
Nor is French the national language in Luxembourg – and it is only one of three national languages in Belgium. Yet French was declared the only language of legislation in Belgium’s 1831 constitution ...
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...
It’s incorrect to say that simply because people belonged to the same church, they agreed with one another, writes.
While hunters and their rifles helped wage psychological warfare, the American victory can actually be attributed to ...
In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...
Dominique de Villepin, who recently announced a new political party, says in an exclusive written interview with Al-Monitor ...
Smog once choked Paris streets. Now, cleaner air, grassroots pressure and a bold city agenda are reshaping how the city breathes and moves. From bottom-up activism to political pushback, Paris’s ...
In his book “The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea From Thucydides to Lenin,” Dan Edelstein argues that the 18th of Brumaire did not end the French Revolution but consummated it.
After years of mounting frustration, the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 marked the first violent step toward a real revolution. The French Revolution would ultimately last about 10 years, ...
Celebrate 250 years since the American Revolution with a road trip to these little-known battlegrounds. The Concord Museum in Concord, Massachusetts, hosts events and exhibitions.