/tags/history/ Recent content in History on Harshvardhan /img/sharing-image.png /img/sharing-image.png Hugo en Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /the-ongoing-sixth-mass-extinction/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /the-ongoing-sixth-mass-extinction/ <p>Estimating the total number of species that have ever existed on Earth is highly challenging due to the vast diversity and complexity of life. Current estimates of the number of living species vary widely, from around 3 million to over 100 million. One of the more <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-species-are-there">widely cited figures</a> is approximately 8.7 million species currently on Earth, which includes 6.5 million on land and 2.2 million in the ocean.</p> <p>But knowing the exact number is <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-species-are-there">really hard</a>. As Robert May summarised in a paper published in <em>Science</em>:<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1">¹</a></p> /warren-hastings/ Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /warren-hastings/ East India Company&rsquo;s first Governor General Warren Hastings held deep respect for the Indian culture and was widely respected by the company officials and the local Indians. In contrast to his predecessor Robert Clive who exported only jewels from India to Britain, Clive exported oriental wisdom in religious texts including Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Vedas. /battle-of-palassey/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /battle-of-palassey/ How did the British East India company, relatively poor in resources, managed to topple the richest kingdom in the world? Was the company that good, or was it pure luck?