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The Nizam of Hyderabad’s Munificence
The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was acknowledged as the world’s richest man, whose estimated fortune was more than US$2 billion. In addition, he was said to have US$5 billion worth of gold in bricks and coins in his Treasury and an unspecified number of gems. The Wall Street Journal had reported in March 1931 that two Englishmen spent more than two years just to classify his family jewellery . The Nizam was one of the five rulers among the 565 Princely States in British India who was given the rank of 21-gun salute, along with the Maharajas of Gwalior, Kashmir, and Mysore and the Gaekwad of Baroda.
Mahatma Gandhi’s Historic Sojourn in Aden
India has a long association with Aden going back to the historic times. Aden was a flourishing port, trading centre and an important gateway for India at that time. It attracted a large number of Indians, mainly from Gujarat and Maharashtra, who were engaged in...
Towards a more inclusive and age-friendly world
According to the ‘India Ageing Report 2023’, brought out by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), there were 149 million persons aged 60 years and above in mid-2022, constituting around 10.5% of the country’s population.