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Hot on the heels of the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end, best-selling author Phil Craig's new book offers a powerful ...

On 10 May 1857, the Revolt—often called India’s First War of Independence—erupted in Meerut. In today’s Knowledge Nugget, ...