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Traders from the Middle East introduced the beverage to the Mughal empire but the British made tea the subcontinent's preferred drink

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It has emerged that the British politician responsible for crafting the Indian Penal Code in 1834 paid a bribe that same year to extricate himself from an awkward situation.

As more and more Bengali families leave the areas of Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong in search of educational and employment opportunities, Durga Puja celebrations in the regions have been hamstrung due to a lack of manpower.

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week, in my article about the book ‘The Colonial Landmarks of Mysuru’  by Gauri Satya, my historian friend, I had made a reference to a most imposing but almost unknown monument built by Dewan Poornaiah to honour his patron Josiah Webbe of the Madras Council, at the spot very close to Srirangapatna, where a mutiny by British soldiers was crushed by the forces loyal to the Crown.  There is another very intriguing structure that once stood in Srirangapatna that astounded all those who were lucky enough to lay their eyes or set their feet on it but which ha...