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Md Umar Ashraf

Md. Umar Ashraf is a Delhi based Researcher, who after pursuing a B.Tech (Civil Engineering) started heritagetimes.in to explore, and bring to the world, the less known historical accounts. Mr. Ashraf has been associated with the museums at Red Fort & National Library as a researcher. With a keen interest in Bihar and Muslim politics, Mr. Ashraf has brought out legacies of people like Hakim Kabeeruddin (in whose honour the government recently issued a stamp). Presently, he is pursuing a Masters from AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, JMI & manages heritagetimes.in.
Featured Posts Freedom Fighter Heritage Monument

Grave of Jallianwala Bagh’s hero, Kitchlew, lies in utter neglect

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date April 13, 2023
“The city’s (Amritsar’s) residents feel Gandhi (Mahatma) had no role in Amritsar (Jallianwala Bagh tragedy). Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, the local …Read more  »
Grave of Saifuddin Kitchlew, the leader of Jallianwala Bagh
Estimated read time 2 min read
Bihar Monument Mughals

Sultan Yusuf Shah Chak, Grave of an exiled Kashmiri king lies in ruins in Bihar

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date March 12, 2023
Yusuf Chak of the Chak Dynasty was the last independent ruler of Kashmir before it was taken over by Emperor …Read more  »
Sultan Yusuf Shah Chak, Grave of an exiled Kashmiri king lies in ruins in Bihar
Estimated read time 1 min read
Featured Posts Freedom Movement

Gandhi, Nehru, Ansari, Zafar, Malviya, Sarojini & Azad in Film Theatres ?

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date November 25, 2022
Gandhi, Nehru, Ansari, Zafar, Malviya, Sarojini & Azad in Film Theatres ?
An Urdu advertisement for show of Karachi Congress Session in Lahore
Estimated read time 2 min read
Bihar Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement

Sir Ali Imam, an icon of nationalism, as remembered by Sachchidananda Sinha

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date October 30, 2022
An excerpt written on Sir Ali Imam by Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, in his book 'Some Eminent Behar Contemporaries', wherein he …Read more  »
Sir Ali Imam, Hasan Imam, and Sir Sultan Ahmed, the Barristers of British India, Bihar.
Estimated read time 4 min read
Bihar Featured Posts Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement

Sir Sultan Ahmed fought for united India risking his own life

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date September 26, 2022
Recently Sultan Palace of Patna has been in the news for the very same reason. The Bihar Government wants to …Read more  »
Sir Sultan Ahmed fought for united India risking his own life
Estimated read time 4 min read
Bihar Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement

Shah Wajihuddin Minhaji, A Great Indian Nationalist

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date April 5, 2022
Shah Wajihuddin Minhaji has left a diary, Meri Tamanna, containing all these details. On February 1936, he noted in his …Read more  »
Shah Wajihuddin Minhaji
Estimated read time 3 min read
Freedom Movement Journalist

Maulana Imdad Sabri, the most ardent comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose.

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date February 14, 2022
Maulana Imdad Sabri was one of the most ardent followers and a comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose. He remained in …Read more  »
Maulana Imdad Sabri, the most ardent comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Estimated read time 2 min read
Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement

Shahrukh Khan’s father Meer Taj Mohammad write about a martyr freedom fighter

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date October 27, 2021
Shahrukh Khan's father Meer Taj Mohammad wrote that Hari Kishan was the brother of Bhagat Ram who, in the grab …Read more  »
Shahrukh Khan's father Meer Taj Mohammad write about Hari Kishan Talwar's martyrdom
Estimated read time 7 min read
Opinion

A Defaced and Broken Grave of a National Hero Tells a Story of Our National Character

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date December 26, 2020
the broken epitaph of Brigadier Muhammad Usman.
A Defaced and Broken Grave of a National Hero Tells a Story of Our National Character
Estimated read time 2 min read
Sports Women

Sayeed Sultana : Wonder Girl From Hyderabad Who Stunned the World of Table Tennis

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date October 5, 2020
Sayeed Sultana was India's table tennis national champion in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. Her family migrated to …Read more  »
Sayeed Sultana, Table Tennis wonder girl
Estimated read time 4 min read
Bihar Politics Women

Indira Gandhi, Elephant Ride, Bihar & Dalit Massacre : Story Of A Comeback

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date July 28, 2020
The ouster of Indira Gandhi in 1977 and the formation of the Janata Party-led government at the centre resulted in …Read more  »
Indira Gandhi, Elephant Ride, Bihar & Dalit Massacre : Story Of A Comeback
Estimated read time 3 min read
Heritage

Why do we really hear a cannon at the time of iftar?

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date May 23, 2020
In Beirut, capital of Lebanon, the canon firing was practised since time immemorial. But the use of canon had stopped …Read more  »
Estimated read time 6 min read
Historical Archive InterNational

The Indian Subcontinent Red Crescent Society’s Aid to the Ottoman State during the Balkan war in 1912:

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date April 30, 2020
The Balkan war that was declared in 1912 against the Ottoman Empire by Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece brought many …Read more  »
Estimated read time 4 min read
Heritage

How India is connected to England’s first mosque 

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date April 4, 2020
Estimated read time 5 min read
Freedom Movement

क़ौमी होली : स्वराज ले लो!

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date February 19, 2020
Estimated read time 1 min read
Historical Archive

What if Godse was a Muslim? 95 Year Old Maimuna Khatoon Recalls the Day When Gandhi was Killed.

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 29, 2020
On 30 January, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse in Delhi. His assassination just after the deadly Hindu-Muslim …Read more  »
Mahatma Gandhi visited Dargah of Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar Kaki, Mehrauli, Delhi amidst the communal riots on 27th January, 1948.
Estimated read time 2 min read
Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement Historical Archive

Destruction of Britain Is Key To Asia’s Freedom – Rash Behari Bose

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 21, 2020
Estimated read time 2 min read
Dil of Delhi Heritage

History of Sharif Manzil and Khandan-e-Sharifi (1719 – 2019)

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date March 22, 2019
This was the ritual of Khandan -e- Sharifi that the leader of the family will be the same leader who …Read more  »
Sharif Manzil, India's First Unani Family
Estimated read time 3 min read
Video

जब मौलाना शौकत अली को New York Times ने हिन्दुस्तान के 7 करोड़ मुसलमानो का लीडर कहा

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date November 17, 2018
Estimated read time 1 min read
Urdu

A last letter written by Bhagat Singh in Urdu to his brother just before he was hanged to death

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date September 28, 2018
A last letter written by Bhagat Singh in Urdu to his brother just before he was hanged to death
Here we are sharing with you an original letter written in Urdu by Sardar Bhagat Singh to his brother Kultar Singh from jail on 3rd March 1931.
Estimated read time 2 min read

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