Salt production and distribution was a lucrative monopoly of the British government in India. Indians were prohibited from producing salt and had to purchase expensive imported salt. Despite the gradual reduction in salt tax, it remained a significant source of government revenue. In the year ended March 31, 1928, revenues from salt tax amounted to […]
The rugged Khyber Pass is a historical gateway between Central and South Asia. It is part of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), which is immortalized by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. At six feet three inches, ‘Frontier Gandhi’ walked the hilly terrain spreading Mahatma Gandhi’s gospel of satyagraha, non-violent resistance. Of his long life
Picture taken from commemorative first day cover issued for the World Philatelic Exhibition held in New Delhi from 20-29 January 1989 Lady Brown, Special Correspondent of The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia) covering the Delhi Durbar festivities wrote from Delhi on January 14, 1903. She describes the elaborate supper held at the Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of