History

History · 3 min read Independent India’s first budget: the story of 26 November 1947 R. K. Shanmukham Chetty’s first budget, seven and a half months of accounts, and how the budget moved from 5 pm to 11 am and to 1 February. History · 3 min read India’s first general election (1951–52): when, how and who ran it About 173 million voters, a separate ballot box for every candidate, the first vote cast in Himachal before the snow — the story of India’s first general election. History · 3 min read 10 amazing facts about ancient India: from Harappa to Nalanda Planned Indus cities, the Lothal dock, Nalanda university, the mathematics of Aryabhata and Brahmagupta, the rust-resisting Iron Pillar — ten achievements of ancient India.