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First Ajmer Urs after the independence was Hindu Muslim unity example

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January 3, 2024 Team HT

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.

Communalism Featured Posts Historical Archive

December 29, 2023 Team HT

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?

What a Bengali Muslim Freedom fighter said on casteism among Muslims

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June 24, 2022 Team HT

What a Bengali Muslim Freedom fighter said on casteism among Muslims

An excerpt of an essay written by Rezaul Karim, a Bengali Indian Muslim Freedom fighter, who fought against the partition of India and wrote about Muslim casteism.

A Shia Mirza Ismail constructed a Sunni mosque

Communalism Heritage Historical Archive Leader

March 8, 2022 Mahino Fatima

A Shia Mirza Ismail constructed a Sunni mosque

Mirza Ismail, a Shia Muslim by faith, who was the Prime Minister of Mysore had spoken these words at the inauguration of Jamia Mosque, a Sunni mosque, in Bengaluru on 30 May 1941.

People welcomed Mohammed Rafi, and his family, as a pilgrim coming back from one of the most sacred places of Islam. While in fact, he did not plan to visit Makkah and Medina.

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January 8, 2022 Mahino Fatima

Why did Mohammed Rafi go to Haj? The real reason

People welcomed him, and his family, as a pilgrim coming back from one of the most sacred places of Islam. While in fact, he did not plan to visit Makkah and Medina.

Khuda Bakhsh Khan, Hindu Muslim unity & cow protection movement

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August 4, 2021 Team HT

Khuda Bakhsh, Hindu Muslim unity & cow protection movement

The biggest achievement of Khuda Baksh was creating a public library from the precious collections of his father and making his own valuable collection of books, which was later named as “Oriental Public Library”.

He started constructing a separate special building for the library, which was completed in two years. The library was inaugurated by the Lieutenant Governor of Bangal Sir Charles Elliot in 1891. At that time it was having around 4000 hand written books in the library.

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April 1, 2021 Khalid Bin Umar

Raja Tikait Rai (1760–1808) at Damgarha

Raja Tikait Rai was very close to the spiritual successor and the most famous disciple of Shah Basit Ali Qalandar, namely Shah Muhammad Kazim Qalandar of Kakori, Lucknow.

Mahatma Gandhi visited Dargah of Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar Kaki, Mehrauli, Delhi amidst the communal riots on 27th January, 1948.

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January 27, 2021 Saquib Salim

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 killed two days later on 30th January by Nathuram Godse. Generally women were not allowed in the innermost shrine but the condition was waived off in order to allow women with Gandhi inside.

Bengal Communalism Featured Posts

January 7, 2021 Saquib Salim

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 pact with Muslim leaders of Bengal.

It must be noted that Swaraj Party was a breakaway faction of Indian National Congress (INC) led by Motilal Nehru and C.R Das.

Gandhi and his followers wanted to boycott the elections while the Swarajists were of the opposite opinion.

Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu-Muslim Unity & Rakshabandhan

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August 3, 2020 Shivangi Pandey

Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu-Muslim Unity & Rakshabandhan

Rakshabandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shravan. It is deeply imbibed in

Wahabi Leader Syed Ahmad Barelvi Wanted Marathas to Rule In stead of the British

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July 18, 2020 Saquib Salim

Wahabi Leader Syed Ahmad Barelvi Wanted Marathas to Rule Instead of the British

Here I am reproducing a letter written by Wahabi Leader Syed Ahmed Barelvi to a Maratha leader Raja Hindu Rai asking for his help in throwing away the foreign rule.

Bihar Communalism Freedom Movement

July 7, 2020 Saquib Salim

When Shah Umair warned Rajendra Prasad of Kisan Sabha’s anti-Congress activities

Shah Muhammad Umair, a Muslim Congress leader of Arwal in Bihar, wrote a letter to Dr. Rajendra Prasad about the Anti-Congress activities of Kisan Sabha.

When Shamsher Bahadur wrote poem on Bloody Eid of Moradabad

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May 24, 2020 Saquib Salim

When Shamsher Bahadur wrote poem on Bloody Eid of Moradabad

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April 4, 2020 Saquib Salim

Asrar Jaamayee: A Poet who stood up against Congress Government

Asrar Jaamayee was one of those who believed that TADA was being used in a discriminatory manner against the minorities and hence should be repealed. In 1994, he was invited to a poetry summit (Mushaira) where the then Home Minister S.B Chavan was the chief guest.