When a British Captain left 953 Indian Hajjis (Pilgrims) to die in the Ocean
The Tragedy On 11th August, 1880, the whole World woke up to a […]
The Tragedy On 11th August, 1880, the whole World woke up to a […]
Shubhneet Kaushik प्रसिद्ध स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी दुर्गाबाई देशमुख बनारस हिंदू यूनिवर्सिटी के महिला […]
Reading history becomes more interesting when we realise the silences in the narratives we study or listen to. One such less talked about, but important, event is the Police Mutiny of Patna during the last week of March in 1947.
In 1894, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the sixth ruler of a powerful Islamic dynasty in central India, conferred upon the photographer Raja Deal Dayal the title of Raja Bahadur Mussavir Jung (“Bold Warrior of Photography”).
On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt dropped the “Red” leaflet from the gallery of the Legislative Assembly simultaneously with the bombs signed by ‘Balraj’ ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of the “Hindustan Socialist Republican Arny” and runs as follows :
M N Roy was one of the original thinker and revolutionary India had […]
अमेरिका में भारत की आज़ादी के लिए एक संगठन की बुनियाद डाली […]
Tomorrow will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi […]
In all probability Muslims planning to slaughter cows were also paid agents of the British because cow slaughter was already banned by Bahadur Shah Zafar. So it was planned that on 2nd August cows will be slaughtered on Eid to fan communal tensions in Delhi. As soon as Hindus and Muslims started fighting the British army would attack the city.
अरूण सिंह 1857 में स्वाधीनता संग्राम की पहली लड़ाई या सिपाही विद्रोह […]
Rooh Afza started as a medicinal drink and became popular as a summer drink in Delhi. By 1947, Rooh Afza was found in every Delhi kitchen.
On the 4th of May 1799, the British army assembled around the fort of Seringapatnam, capital of the Kingdom of Mysore. The British army was supported by Nizam and Maratha infantry. The French intelligence, an ally of Tipu gave him a tip of ‘an eminent British attack’, they advised Tipu Sultan to escape the capital and live to fight for another day, Tipu replied, ‘Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep’.
9 अप्रैल 1919 को आयोजित रामनवमी की शोभायात्रा का आयोजन एक मुस्लिम डॉ. […]
Hafeez Kidwai साल तो यही था 19 ही मगर 1919 और तारीख भी […]
हफ़ीज़ किदवई कुछ तारीख़ें सिर्फ़ तारीख़ भर नही होती बल्कि पूरे एक ज़माने […]
शहीद भगत सिंह ने सेंट्रल जेल, लाहौर से कई ख़त लिखे जिसमे से […]
Shubhneet Kaushik फरवरी 1922 में महात्मा गांधी ने गुजराती पत्रिका ‘नवजीवन’ में एक […]
Shubhneet Kaushik “मैला आँचल” के अप्रतिम रचनाकार रेणु को याद करते हुए […]
West Asia region has been a fascinating place for international politics. The region continues to see wars, revolutions, civil wars, invasions and what not for centuries now. There have been some intriguing circumstances that make this region a prime focus in the International arena.
Shubhneet Kaushik “खुली छत पर एक व्यक्ति चटाई पर उघारे बदन पालथी लगाए […]
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.