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Saquib Salim

Saquib Salim is a well known historian under whose supervision various museums (Red Fort, National Library, IFFI, Jallianwala Bagh etc.) were researched. To his credit Mr. Salim has more than 400 published articles on history, politics, culture and literature in English and Hindi. Before pursuing his research and masters in modern Indian History from JNU, he was an electrical engineering student at AMU. Presently, he works as a freelance/ independent history researcher, writer and works at www.awazthevoice.in
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Sir Syed was against cow slaughter

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date October 17, 2025
"I have repeatedly given my community to understand that it is a folly to annoy our Hindu brothers by resorting …Read more  »
Estimated read time 7 min read
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Baba Kanshiram, Pahari Gandhi, a revolutionary poet from Himachal

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date July 11, 2025
It is decidedly too difficult to pronounce any judgement at the present juncture whether Pahari Gandhi’s stature was higher as …Read more  »
Estimated read time 6 min read
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Tipu Sultan’s sons & Fakirs led Vellore Mutiny

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date July 10, 2025
For some reasons best known to historians Indians don’t know much about Vellore Mutiny and whatever we are told is …Read more  »
Estimated read time 8 min read
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Kadir Cup at Meerut was the most prestigious hunting tournament

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date June 26, 2025
The Cup given by the Meerut Tent Club is called the “ Kadir Cup,” after the Kadir or river-bed country …Read more  »
Estimated read time 5 min read
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Iran & Indian freedom struggle: An untold history

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date June 22, 2025
Agashe was the first Indian revolutionary to go to Iran, and he reached there in late 1906. Amba Prasad too …Read more  »
Estimated read time 8 min read
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Mufti Kifayatullah never wrote a mercy or took favour in the freedom struggle

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date June 14, 2025
Mufti Kifayatullah said, "I have not joined the freedom movement for personal enrichment."
Estimated read time 3 min read
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Maharaja of Mahmudabad led the anti-Simon Commission protests

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date May 20, 2025
Would the Maharaja have received such considerate attention from the police if he had not been one of the leaders …Read more  »
Estimated read time 7 min read
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Bodh Gaya: A Brief History of the temple (math)

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date May 18, 2025
Mahanth Lal Gir is said to have been much favoured by the Emperor of Delhi, and the villages of Mastipur …Read more  »
Estimated read time 9 min read
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Mahatma Gandhi asked Indians to fight against Pakistani aggression

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date May 10, 2025
The job of armed soldiers is to march ahead and repel the attacking enemy. They die in fighting but never …Read more  »
Estimated read time 7 min read
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Before Ramanujan there was a Ramchundra

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date March 19, 2025
This Indian mathematician was making news in Europe at least three decades before Srinivasa Ramanujan took birth. 
Estimated read time 6 min read
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Holi, Gulal and Abir: What do they exactly mean?

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date March 14, 2025
Some Pandits explain that the use of the dye solution originated in the time of Vikramaditya and is continued to …Read more  »
Estimated read time 5 min read
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Lord Mayo’s assassin Sher Ali’s Patna Connection & Larger Conspiracy

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date March 11, 2025
This, I need hardly say, makes it still more probable that he (Sher Ali) was urged on to the deed …Read more  »
Estimated read time 10 min read
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Sher Ali’s killing of Lord Mayo was part of the Freedom Struggle

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date March 10, 2025
“The murderer is a ticket-of-leave man, a Mahomedan from the borders of Afghanistan, called Shere Ali; the only reason given …Read more  »
Estimated read time 6 min read
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Less known Muslim Women Freedom Fighters

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date March 8, 2025
Sultana Saleem was one of the officers of Azad Hind Fauj, or INA, of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Estimated read time 5 min read
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Interview of M. S. Khan, leader of RIN Mutiny 1946

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date February 18, 2025
The ‘RIN mutiny’ which started from HMIS Talwar was led by a 14 men committee headed by the Leading Signalman …Read more  »
Estimated read time 13 min read
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The Real Story Behind Photo of Soldiers Being Executed in Singapore in 1915

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date February 15, 2025
The soldiers, 41 in total, were shot dead by a firing squad across several public ceremonies to instill fear amongst …Read more  »
Estimated read time 6 min read
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Subhas Chandra Bose was given leadership of the INA by Rash Behari Bose

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date January 22, 2025
Speech of Rash Behari Bose while introducing Subhas Chandra Bose
Estimated read time 2 min read
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Mazharul Haque: A Forerunner of Right to Education Act

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date January 2, 2025
Mazharul Haque alongwith Gokhale and others were demanding Right to Education in 1911.
Estimated read time 7 min read
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Christmas & The Indian Freedom Struggle

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date December 24, 2024
What people do not appreciate at first is the importance of Christmas week in the formation of the Indian National …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read
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Maulana Azad led Silk Letter Movement Was a Secular Effort

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date November 10, 2024
These facts establish that Maulana Azad was an active revolutionary, led Silk Letter Movement during the First World War and …Read more  »
Estimated read time 10 min read

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