Episode 33 of the #AskAbhijit show: I answer your questions about Indian History and Geopolitics.
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00:00 Countdown!
00:57 Hello Everybody!!
02:00 Q1: The Battle of Saragarhi: Where Indians Won and Indians Lost
03:25 Always look at the bigger picture to properly understand the history
04:00 The historical context to this battle
11:51 Q2: What happened to the Peacock throne of Shah Jahan?
14:51 Q3: Why are South-East Asian countries’ cultures so similar to India?
20:00 Q4: What is the current situation in Afghanistan? What is the history and background of the Taliban?
21:00 The sad story of Afghanistan
24:40 Why didn’t the US destroy the Taliban completely
27:56 Q5: Why did the US leave Afghanistan even after knowing that China will become the dominant force there?
30:48 Q6: What was HAL Marut? Why was the production of this aircraft stopped?
34:25 A few words on LCA Tejas
35:19 Q7: India’s own Kaveri Jet Engine: What’s going on now and why it’s taking so long?
39:07 Q8: Abhijit’s reply to a person claiming that India was never the richest empire in the world and instead it was Mansa Musa’s Kingdom (Interesting Answer)
39:55 Who was Mansa Musa of Mali
45:55 How Colonization made Africa the poorest continent in the world
47:29 Q9: If we know where terrorists operate from, why haven’t we done anything to destroy them completely?
50:56 Q10: Why didn’t the CCP lose the ‘Mandate of Heaven’ after losing to Vietnam? (‘Mandate of Heaven’: China’s historical belief that an emperor is chosen by ‘Heavens’ to rule over its people and land, till they lose, of course)
53:00 How CCP have historically made fool of its people
54:52 Q11: What is Russia’s Endgame? What does Russia aspire to do on a global level?
55:11 Who said India wants to become a “Superpower”?
56:17 The Big Question on Russia’s Future
1:00:50 Q12: Why did Napoleon Bonaparte fail to conquer Egypt?
1:03:31 Q13: How did Nehru become the leader of Congress even after being so incompetent and meek throughout his life?
1:03:48 How the Congress Party operated under the British Rule (Very Important)
1:08:06 Q14: Why does India spend so much money on its Space Program even after it being so poor? Shouldn’t it spend money to pull people out of poverty first?
1:09:29 Big Picture, people, Always see the Big picture
1:11:30 Q15: Why is ISRO’s Space Program is on hold because of Coronavirus, on the other hand, the Chinese Space Program is continuing at a great speed?
1:14:25 Q16: Chahbahar Port project of India in Iran: What’s the current scenario?
1:16:25 Q17: Does India gain anything if Balochistan becomes a separate country? How will it affect India’s relationship with Iran, considering Iran has control over Balochistan?
1:19:35 Q18: How should India tackle the damming of the Brahmaputra River by China?
1:21:25 Q19: Do you think China has a weak foreign policy?
1:23:08 Q20: Why did Indian Kings have multiple wives?
1:25:45 Q21: Chandragupta or Dhanananda: Who was the King of India at the time Alexander the Not so Great tried to invade India?
1:28:05 Q22: Were the ancient Greeks Aryans, if not, Who are Aryans Really?
1:30:35 A letter by JRR Tolkien( The Writer of The Lord of the Rings books) showing who are the real Aryans
1:32:38 Q23: Will Indians tolerate if India becomes a One-party state like China?
1:34:05 The REAL definition of ‘International community’ that circulates around the media
1:35:29 Q24: How to bring about the Indic Renaissance?
Live Questions:
1:37:44 Q25: Were there Great Universities in South and East India like there were so many in North India?
1:39:08 Q26: Can we leverage Taiwan militarily or diplomatically to pressurize China as China leverage POK against India?
1:40:40 Q27: Why the people of Kashgar(Xinjiang) don’t look like Indians?
1:41:41 Q28: What is the meaning of AD, BC, BCE etc, what’s the history behind these terms?
1:43:28 Q29: Why did Nehru give refuge to Tibetans and Dalai Lama even after him being a helper of the Chinese to conquer Tibet?
1:45:05 Thank You all!
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