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Nagorno-Karabakh: A walk through history

Post Author By Shahnawaz Mughal
Post Date February 8, 2021

The Nagorno Karabakh region has been a major bone of contention between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the two nation-states were …Read more »

German Jewish Doctors in India, Refuge, Opposition and Success

Post Author By Saquib Salim
Post Date September 9, 2020

Among these refugees a few were doctors. In fact, there were less than ten German doctors practising in India, all …Read more »

Highlight of 30th April 1945: The day Hitler killed himself and world media cheered in union.

Post Author By Ambreen Fatima
Post Date April 30, 2020

Just a day prior to his suicide, Hitler married Eva Braun, his long-time companion in a simple civil ceremony. But …Read more »

Highlight of 30th April 1945: The day Hitler killed himself and world media cheered in union.

Mohammed Abdul Karim: The Concealed Royal Munshi

Post Author By Ambreen Fatima
Post Date April 16, 2020

In the present scenario of cyberbullying, the name 'Abdul' is used to demonize and defame Muslims as illiterate creatures full …Read more »

Mohammed Abdul Karim: The Concealed Royal Munshi

Diwali & Lakshmi Puja : As Described By European Christian Missionaries

Post Author By Saquib Salim
Post Date October 25, 2019

Following is the description of Diwali & Lakshmi Puja given by John Murdoch in his book 'Hindu and Muhammadan Festival', …Read more »

Diwali & Lakshmi Puja : As Described By European Christian Missionaries

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Bodh Gaya: A Brief History of the temple (math)

Mahanth Lal Gir is said to have been much favoured by the Emperor of Delhi, and the villages of Mastipur and Taradih, in which the Buddhist Mahabodhi temple is situated, were made over to him by a Royal firman.

Mahatma Gandhi asked Indians to fight against Pakistani aggression

The job of armed soldiers is to march ahead and repel the attacking enemy. They die in fighting but never retreat.

Book Review: Bihar Aur Sufivad by Syed Amjad Hussain

Another great strength is the book’s ecumenism: Hussain respects Sufism in its pluralistic and rich varieties, transcending sectarian divisions to celebrate the universal spirit of love, tolerance, and adoration.

Bihar’s First Revolt against the British in 1781

Raza Quli Khan rose up in revolt against the foreign rule with his armed loyalists. Mr. Grome, Collector of Saran, informed Ross that he was aamil (administrator) of Sasaram and supported Chait Singh’s revolt.

Before Ramanujan there was a Ramchundra

This Indian mathematician was making news in Europe at least three decades before Srinivasa Ramanujan took birth.

Holi, Gulal and Abir: What do they exactly mean?

Some Pandits explain that the use of the dye solution originated in the time of Vikramaditya and is continued to commemorate his accession to the throne.

Lord Mayo’s assassin Sher Ali’s Patna Connection & Larger Conspiracy

This, I need hardly say, makes it still more probable that he (Sher Ali) was urged on to the deed by the Wahabis.

Sher Ali’s killing of Lord Mayo was part of the Freedom Struggle

“The murderer is a ticket-of-leave man, a Mahomedan from the borders of Afghanistan, called Shere Ali; the only reason given by him was that God ordered him to kill the enemy of his country.”