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The Y in History

Apr 30, 2022

On December 25, 1991, the Soviet flag flies over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces that after 74 years as one of the world's most powerful nations, the Soviet Union no longer exists, and will break up in 15 separate countries.

Though the groundwork of the political and...


Apr 16, 2022

Tracing the events in Pakistan immediately post independence - its challenges towards drafting a Constitution and the delicate balance between democracy, secularism, religious right and the military. The biggest challenge and issue was Pakistan's relationship with the Bengali speaking majority in East Pakistan.


Apr 2, 2022

Tracing the history of creation of treaties that consolidated, made up the Geneva Protocol. The Protocol starts with protecting the rights of the wounded soldiers in battle and expands to prisoners of war and finally expanding into protecting rights of civilians during a conflict. But will the world adhere to...