About India

About India
A unique blend of color, rhythm and melody. The Camel Festival begins with a colourful procession of bedecked camels, Ships-Of-The-Desert, in the red sandstone backdrop of the Junagarh Fort. more...

Ancient India
The Indus Valley Civilization existed in between 3000-1500 BC while the earlier Kot Diji cultures, of the pre-Indus period, existed in the period of approximately 3300-2800 BC. Harappa and the city of Mohenjo-Daro were the greatest achievements of the Indus valley civilization. These cities are well known for their impressive, organized and regular layout. more...

Goverment of India
Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India on 15th August 1947 at the head of a Congress government. Nehru governed India until his death and Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeded him as Prime Minister of India in 1964. more...

History of India
Dating back at least 5000 years, civilization in India has been a rich and complicated mix of peoples and religions. Harappa and Mohenjodaro were ancient Indian cities which existed between 3000 to 1500 BC. more...

India Cusines
India is the gourmand’s delight, boasting not one or two but about as many cuisines as the number of communities. (And anybody who knows anything about India will tell you that there’s just no counting the number of communities in this country, just as there’s no counting the number of stars in the night sky!) It’s all very well to broadly categorise the foods of India into North Indian and South Indian for the purpose of simplicity. more...

Medieval India
The Rajput period was an era of chivalry and feudalism. The Rajputs weakened each other by constant fighting. This allowed the foreigners (Turks) to embark on victorious campaigns using duplicity and deceit wherever military strength failed against Rajputs. more...

Modern India
Vasco da Gama when landed at Calicut, sailing via the Cape of Good Hope in 1498, marked the beginning of the European era in Indian history. The Portuguese by the 16th Century had already established their colony in Goa.s more...