At the time of India’s Partition and independence, there were 562 princely states as enclaves within the Dominion of India, covering 40% of its area and comprising 23% of its population.

Amid an onslaught of judicial orders to survey Muslim places of worship, the forgotten story of the role of the rulers of Bhopal to preserve the ancient Buddhist site of Sanchi is instructional.

A tiny non-descript village of the ancient Malwa region as Bhopal was, it became a princely state in 1818, and began to draw the attention of other rulers across the country. Bhopal Street Food ...