From 16th April 1853, when the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane in India, to now when India has the fourth largest railway network in the world, and has a Guinness.
In the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Paris visit, let’s revisit an inconspicuous story of an Indian ruler’s unusual last rites at the iconic Pere Lachaise cemetery almost 100 years ago
The American missionary came to India in the early 20th century to spread the Gospel but ended up making significant contributions to agricultural economics.