Aneesh Gokhale

Aneesh Gokhale

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Author, 'Battles of the Maratha Empire' ' and 'Lachit - The Indomitable' (formerly Brahmaputra) Sometimes a sailor too.

India t.co Joined May 2011
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Aneesh Gokhale

Book review 1/n A must read book on Aurangzeb, full of facts backed by primary resources. Showing the Mughal emperor as he really was. 9/10 https://t.co/xqrXqTGqsq

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Leftist loonies are now fighting over who puts out the most lunatic article viz TKM This is one of the winners I think πŸ˜‚πŸ˜œ https://t.co/dJU45Od4YS

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Not only is Abide with me a Christian Hymn, it is a Christian Funeral Hymn. Yup, we were humming a funeral tune for approx 70 years during " Beating the Retreat " And yeah, it...

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The first ship powered by steam to journey from England to India. The SS Enterprise managed this feat in Dec 1825 , ushering in a new era - the age of sail gave way to the age of s...

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India , through a Parliamentary Committee , has adopted the Saka Era as a National Calender. Since 1957. Surprisingly, this marker of Sovereignty isn't widely celebrated. Pic...

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Expect more Tweets from me on Shipping Industry and how the British Raj thwarted India's industrial growth. As opposed to British gifted as railways , cars , ships and other gif...

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Tipu attacked the Maratha town of Nargund , imprisoned the ruler , forcibly converted Hindus and committed atrocities on the female population. That was the trigger for first Mar...

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Congratulations @vikramsampath and @sanjeevsanyal You are the pseudo historians mentioned here. https://t.co/kyppUlGGxC

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Someone explain how these ICSE schools work ? What's the board there for ? This passage is from a book used as a textbook for Class 7 , ICSE. Max nonsense in ten lines : https...

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How much nonsense can you write in ten lines ? Here is the winner from NCERT : https://t.co/Ufd5DPk8dX

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L - Parshuram temple atop Salher fort, from where Parshuram shot an arrow which created the Konkan and Kerala. R - Parshuram Kund, Arunachal Pradesh. #Civilizational Unity. htt...

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People sharing actual letters and sources are WhatsApp historians. One who made 4 glaring factual errors in two paragraphs is competent to handle. Thank you. https://t.co/z0ddt...