When Mahatma Gandhi Paid Visit to Dargah Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar Kaki Two Days Before His Assassination
Mahatma Gandhi visited Dargah of Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar Kaki, Mehrauli, Delhi amidst the communal riots on 27th January, 1948. He was
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Author: Saquib Salim
Netaji Subhas : The Only Indian Whose Assassination Was Ordered By The British
7th March, 1941, two Special Operations Executives (SOE), of the British Intelligence, stationed in Turkey received official communication from the
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Nalini Ranjan Sarkar : The Real Father of IIT
With the surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan the Second World War ended in a victory for the Allied forces,
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Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das: Who Solved the Communal Problem in Bengal
In December 1923, after securing a resounding win in elections Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (C.R Das) led Swaraj Party signed a
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Brigadier Usman : A Forgotten Hero of Kashmir War
When India gained independence it had only 18 Brigadier rank officers and Brigadier Muhammad Usman was one of them. Being
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16 दिसंबर, 1971: जो शहीद हुए हैं उनकी जरा याद करो कुर्बानी
अमेरिका खुलेआम पाकिस्तान का पक्षधर था लेकिन इंदिरा गांधी ने उसकी सुनना तो बहुत दूर उसको खरी-खरी सुनाई भी मेरा
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A Burqa Clad Woman Commander of Indians in 1857
“Come! God has called you into paradise.” An old woman wearing green clothes, which fully covered her body (Burqa), carrying
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Jawaharlal Nehru : A PM Who Called Communists anti-Indian & Terrorists
On 15th August, 1958, when the mouthpiece of Congress, A.I.C.C Economic Review, carried an article written by Jawaharlal Nehru severely
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Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali: The First Indian Muslim Pilot
While flipping through the archives of newspapers and journals I came across an interesting name. ‘The International Women’s News’ reported
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Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz: Who Won the Political Rights For the Indian Women
Today when Indian women cast votes and contest elections, not even in their distant imagination they pay gratitude to the
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Begum Mahboob Fatima: The First Muslim Woman Jailed by the British in Delhi
A Muslim Lady, charged with the act of waging ‘the war against the Crown’, was brought into the court of
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German Jewish Doctors in India, Refuge, Opposition and Success
On 10th March, 1934, Nabakumar Singh Dudhoria, a representative of Calcutta, raised the issue of German doctors practising in India
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मीर सुलतान ख़ान : शतरंज की दुनिया का बादशाह
सब बुरे मुझ को याद रहते हैं जो भला था उसी को भूल गया 1930 की दिसंबर थी और इंग्लैंड
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Moondar : Muslim Friend of Rani Jhansi Who Martyred Herself For The Motherland
Robert Hamilton, agent of the governor General to Central India, wrote to the secretary of Government of India on 30th
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When Indian Rupee had 64 Paise instead of 100
Yesterday, while discussing a cigarette advertisement from an Urdu magazine I told one of my friend and colleague that the
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Patna Conspiracy of 1846 : Before 1857 a Revolt that could not happen
In 1845-46, when in course of the first Anglo- Sikh War the English were faced with a grave situation due
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Wahabi Leader Syed Ahmad Barelvi Wanted Marathas to Rule In stead of the British
British writers and historians have portrayed the movement started by Syed Ahmed Barelvi of Rai Bareilly as an Islamic fanatic
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Khudiram Bose & Sheikh Gulab : The Holy Alliance of Freedom Fighters
Colonial historians and scholars often claim that the Indian Freedom Movement was a disjointed movement with no nationalistic feeling among
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Munger : Which Produced Arms & Guns Superior to Europe
Mir Qasim caused an all-round and drastic reorganisation to be made in the army in a manner, and with a
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Caste Discrimination in Mosques & My Grandfather, Mohammad Hashim
Caste system among Muslims in India is often debated among academic circles and hushed elsewhere. Many believe, especially the upper
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