Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani who opposed the separatist ideology of the All India Muslim League.
Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani, who fought not only against the British for freedom […]
Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani, who fought not only against the British for freedom […]
Barkatullah Bhopali (1854-1927) who dedicated his whole life to armed struggle for the liberation of his motherland from the clutches of the British, formed the ‘Government of India in Exile’ with Raja Mahendra Pratap, as its President and Barkathulla as the Prime Minister
Begum Anees Kidwai (1906–1982) was a writer, an activist and a politician from Uttar Pradesh. She worked towards peace and the rehabilitation of the victims of India’s bloody partition, and spent a majority of her life in service of the newly independent India. Sh
Abdul Gafoor, who worked for the harmony between Hindus and Muslims, which […]
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, who stood as an answer to the big question ‘Who was next to Nehru for the post of Prime Minister of India?’, was born to Imtiaz Ali Kidwai and Rashi-ul-Nisa, in Masouli village of Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh on 18 February 1894.
Under the leadership of Abbas Tyabji in Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi successfully implemented several experiments in the national movement.
Colonel Shaukat Ali Malik, who was honoured by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with […]
Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, who was one of the Generals in the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), was born on 24 January 1914 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. His father Tikka Khan was a high-ranking official in the British Indian Army.
Abid Hasan Safrani: Meet Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s comrade, who coined the slogan ‘Jai Hind’
Syed Mir Nisar Ali was so courageous that he even informed the East India Company officials and police about his attacks in advance. His courageous approach attracted the poor towards him.
The Farazi movement was active for about half a century and later it continued to influence the freedom movement for another half a century. Haji Shariatullah, the guiding light of the Farazi movement, passed away in 1839.
Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew, hailed as the ‘Hero of Jallianwala Bagh’, was born on 15 January 1888 in Faridkot in Punjab state.
Tipu Sultan, the ‘Tiger of Mysore’, was a great visionary who exposed the expansionist designs of the British imperial forces and gave a clarion call to his fellow countrymen and native rulers to unite and fight against the East India Company.
Hyder Ali, who is famously known as ‘the Napoleon of South India’ for his relentless fighting against the conspiracies of the East India Company
The Judge, Mr. Roe, sentenced all Ghadr revolutionaries to be hanged. Shaheed Faqeer Rahmat Ali was hanged in Montgomery Jail in March, 1915
After independence, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad became the first education minister and implemented creative and constructive programs and schemes in the educational arena. During the Indian Freedom Struggle and even in the post-independent era, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad longed for harmony between Hindus and Muslims till he breathed his last on 22 February 1958.
When Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1927 at the invitation of Mahatma Gandhi, he spent all of his wealth on the Indian National Congress activities, which left him almost bankrupt.
Shoyabullah Khan sacrificed his life for Democracy and Communal Harmony. He supported the People’s Movement for the merger of Hyderabad state into the Indian Union
Moreover, Hajara Beebi Ismail donated her family’s own land to ‘Kavuru Vinayashram’ to keep the promise made by her husband. Even after the demise of her husband, she followed his ideals.
When Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was campaigning against the Indian National Congress, he powerfully countered the campaign.
Rahmatullah Mohammad Sayani appealed to the Muslims to join the Indian National Congress and pleaded that they could have the right to get their share in the collective wealth only when they joined the collective movements.
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.
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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.