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Chapter 1

The Foundational Era - Batch 1

10 Articles

1 The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and the Trial at the Red Fort Three shots at Birla House, a conspiracy traced from Pune to Gwalior, and a trial inside the Red… 3 Min Read
2 The Jeep Scandal: Independent India’s First Corruption Controversy A wartime purchase of jeeps for Kashmir, a contract signed in London, and a file closed in Parliament.… 3 Min Read
3 The Bhawal Sannyasi Case: The Dead Prince Who Came Back A prince cremated in Darjeeling in 1909, a sadhu in Dhaka in 1921, and a thirty seven year… 3 Min Read
4 The Mundhra Scandal: The Scam That Shook Nehru’s Government LIC's money, a Calcutta speculator, and a question raised by Feroze Gandhi in Parliament. The 1957 Mundhra scandal… 3 Min Read
5 Nanavati vs the State of Maharashtra: The Case That Ended Jury Trials A naval commander, his wife's confession, three shots in a Bombay flat, and a jury verdict the courts… 3 Min Read
6 Pratap Singh Kairon: The First Assassination of a Former Chief Minister A former Punjab chief minister forced off the Grand Trunk Road and shot in daylight in 1965. The… 3 Min Read
7 The Nagarwala Case: The Sixty Lakh Mystery That Was Never Solved A phone call in the Prime Minister's voice, sixty lakh rupees handed over in a trunk, a ten… 3 Min Read
8 The Joshi Abhyankar Serial Murders That Terrorised Pune Four art students, ten murders, and a city that stopped sleeping. The Joshi Abhyankar killings of 1976 and… 3 Min Read
9 The Assassination of Lalit Narayan Mishra: A Minister Dies, Questions Remain A bomb on a Bihar railway platform in January 1975, a minister who bled for hours, and a… 3 Min Read
10 The Kilvenmani Massacre: Forty Four Lives and the Price of a Wage Dispute Forty four Dalit labourers burned in a hut on Christmas night 1968, and a High Court that could… 3 Min Read

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