Half Baked Tales and other lies: The other side of Tipu Sultan
“You are a Jagat Guru! You are always performing penance in order […]
“You are a Jagat Guru! You are always performing penance in order […]
He was staying in Delhi to seek permission from the royal court to proceed for Hajj when Nadir Shah Afshar (1148-1160 A.H.) invaded and occupied Delhi in (1151 A.H.).
According to Humayun Nama, the only reason he made it to the imperial capital at all was because of the assistance provided on the route by Raja Birbhan of Arail.
The Mughal Rajput alliance that we observe was developed owing to the political […]
In the last few weeks Sheikh Jarrah has become an emblem of what Palestinians see as an Israeli campaign to force them out of East Jerusalem. Shaikh Jarrah is a locality in East Jerusalem. The epithet Jarrah in Arabic means surgeon.
Raja Tikait Rai was very close to the spiritual successor and the most famous disciple of Shah Basit Ali Qalandar, namely Shah Muhammad Kazim Qalandar of Kakori, Lucknow.
From deciphering the poetry of Ghalib to reviving the ancient art of Dastaangoi, the contributions of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi to Urdu literature are immeasurable.
I am surprised at the name as there did not arise any dispute (Jhagda) as such. The munificence of Maharaja can be gauged further that since all the Muslim population got shifted to new places, the Maharaja granted a piece of land to start a Madarsa in front of the mosque so that the mosque is taken care of well and is populated.
One day prince Adil Khan Sur son of Sher Shah, while riding an […]
ایک بار سلطان شیر شاہ سوری کا بیٹا محمد شاہ عادل آگرہ کی […]
حضرت شاہ ولی اللہ محدث دہلوی (1703-1762) اور حضرت مولانا فخرالدین چشتی دہلوی […]
حضرت شاہ رکن الدینابو الفتح ملتانی (1251-1335) کو شیخ نظام الدین اولیاء سے بہت […]
حضرت مولانا شاہ سلیمان قادری پھلواروی اپنے عہد کے نہایت مشہور اورمقبول بزرگ […]
Khalid Bin Umar “سید صاحب کی وجہ سے بڑا اطمینان ہے، جب […]
The machine (EVM) could also eliminate booth-capturing as it would become possible for the Election Commission to introduce mobile polling stations to take the machines to the doorsteps of the people, especially the weaker sections.
Akbar Allahabadi was senior to Iqbal and he wrote a reply to Sare Jahan Se Achcha in form of another poem.
The idea of reservation to OBCs (Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs) came about in 1990 after the Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented. The reservation under article 341 defined only SC community and most of these Pasmanda castes don’t come under this identification.
“This is the Congress radio calling on 42.34 meters from somewhere in India,” spoke Usha Mehta after the Quit India Movement had been silenced by the Britishers.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in her movie Ae Watan Mere Watan.
Read our special feature about India’s bravest Radio Jockey ,fondly known as Radio Ben
CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL – Doctor by Job, Freedom Fighter by Will
During the Bengal famine, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote a poem which has a couplet:
In 1839, Samuel Morse, reputed as the telegraph pioneer, laid the first telegraph lines connecting Washington to Baltimore. In India, the same year, O’Shaughnessy completed 21 miles of a telegraph line wrapped around trees and vast stretches which included a river crossing of 4 miles as an experiment.
Democracy is an occidental idea. A Hindu cannot comprehend it as long as he is a Hindu. It is against his religious belief. The divisions of Varna are the basis of his religion. He cannot see without distress a Brahman or Kshtriya serving a Sudra. A Brahman may beg or even may die, yet he will never touch a dish from which a Sudra has partaken food.
Allama Iqbal Letter to Mahatma Gandhi, declining the offer of Vice-chancellorship of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh, 29th November 1920.