First Ajmer Urs after the independence was Hindu Muslim unity example
First Ajmer Urs after the independence was Hindu Muslim unity example
Communalism
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.
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
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
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
