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No, Maulana Azad didn’t oppose reservation for Pasmanda
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.
Usha Mehta, India’s bravest Radio Jockey, fondly known as Radio Ben
“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
CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL – Doctor by Job, Freedom Fighter by Will
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝘁𝗮 𝗨𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵 𝗕𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗿 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗶
During the Bengal famine, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote a poem which has a couplet:
The Telegraph and the Mutiny
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 was believed to be a western idea by Maharaja of Banaras
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.
When Mahatma Gandhi asked Allama Iqbal to become VC of Jamia Millia Islamia
Allama Iqbal Letter to Mahatma Gandhi, declining the offer of Vice-chancellorship of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh, 29th November 1920.
Why do we celebrate the Republic Day of India on 26 January?
Why do we celebrate the Republic Day of India on 26 January?
Zafaruddin Bihari: A scholar and Former Principal of Madrasa Shamsul Hoda
Zafaruddin Bihari: A scholar and Former Principal of Madrasa Shamsul Hoda
Moin Ul Haq: The Enduring Spirit of Sportsmanship
Syed Mohammad Moin ul Haq, a name that resonated with brilliance and intellect, emerged from the humble town of Asthawan, Nalanda district in 1881.
What did happen to the Mughals after Bahadur Shah Zafar?
The photograph shows Mirza Ilahi Bakhsh, or Shahzada Muhammad Hideyat Afza, in 1862. This man was from the Royal house of Mughals who had helped the British in 1857 and played an instrumental role in the surrender of Bahadur Shah Zafar at Humayun’s Tomb. For his ‘services’, the British recognized him as the Chief Representative of the Royal Mughal Family in 1858. Mirza was also granted jagirs at Meerut and Delhi with a pension of Rupees 22,830 P.A.
Indian Muslims Living in Europe Celebrated Netaji Subhas & Rejected the Partition in 1948
The report was prepared by Reuters and shows that Indian Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs living in Europe did not accept the partition in 1948
First Ajmer Urs after the independence was Hindu Muslim unity example
First Ajmer Urs after the independence was Hindu Muslim unity example
Jauna Shah II: a Subservient servant of Firoz Shah Tughlaq and seven Mosques of Delhi.
Jauna Shah II alisa Khan I Jahan II son of Khan i Jahan I Malik Maqbool Tilangani
Nehru wrote this note in praise of the cartoonist Shankar in 1937
Kesava Shankar Pillai, considered to be the father of political cartoons in India, worked as a cartoonist for the Hindustan Times till 1946 before starting his own journal ‘Shankar’s Weekly’. Below is the text of a note written for the public by Jawaharlal Nehru (then the President of Congress) on 24 February 1937. Nehru had famously told him after becoming the Prime Minister, “Don’t Spare me, Shankar”.
Shah Muhammad Zubair: Barrister turned Farmers’ Leader
Shah Muhammad Zubair studied law in England. He was the founding President of the first farmers’ organization Kisan Sabha in 1922.
What did Jayaprakash Narayan think of Aligarh Muslim University?
Following is an excerpt from the AMU’s Convocation Address delivered by Jayaparakash Narayan on 10 February 1968.
The Rise and Fall of Bijapur’s Adil Shahi Sultans
the Adil Shahi dynasty (1489–1686) stretched across nearly a century, marked by religious reforms, military conquests, artistic splendor, and, inevitably, decline.
An interesting response of the Saudi Arabia’s founder on the issue of Palestine Predicament
Yesterday, I was flipping the pages of the renowned Life magazine’s special edition on Ibn Saud. I encountered a very interesting reply from the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, on the issue of Palestine.
Shyam Lal Yadav raised question on police & PAC during communal riots in Lok Sabha
Today he is posing to be a very honest man and a Champion of the farmers. All opposition parties also think that he can be their saviour. What did he do for the poor, the farmers and minorities when he was in the Government?
