Before Ramanujan there was a Ramchundra
This Indian mathematician was making news in Europe at least three decades before Srinivasa Ramanujan took birth.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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Less known Muslim Women Freedom Fighters
Sultana Saleem was one of the officers of Azad Hind Fauj, or INA, of Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Muslim Women makers of Modern Bihar
The British government fined Mahmooda for breaking the salt law but, a committed Congress worker, she denied paying any fine.
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Rajendra Prasad on Hindi-Urdu controversy
We do not consider Hindustani to be different from Hindi or Urdu.
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Interview of M. S. Khan, leader of RIN Mutiny 1946
The ‘RIN mutiny’ which started from HMIS Talwar was led by a 14 men committee headed by the Leading Signalman Mohammad Shuaib Khan.
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The Real Story Behind Photo of Soldiers Being Executed in Singapore in 1915
The soldiers, 41 in total, were shot dead by a firing squad across several public ceremonies to instill fear amongst the local population as well as soldiers. The first execution was held on 7 March 1915 where Rasulah, Imtiaz Ali and Rakhmudin were shot dead.
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Election of Rajendra Prasad as the President
The returning officer informed the Assembly, “I have to inform honourable Members that only one nomination paper has been received for the office of the President of India. The name of that candidate is Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
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‘A Brief History of Mushaira’ by Gulzar Dehlvi
The first gathering for such a poetic recital was held in the court of Shahjahan, when Dara, the Crown Prince, introduced Pt. Chander Bhan, a Hindu Brahmin, in the Emperor’s court.
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Subhas Chandra Bose was given leadership of the INA by Rash Behari Bose
Speech of Rash Behari Bose while introducing Subhas Chandra Bose
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Mazharul Haque: A Forerunner of Right to Education Act
Mazharul Haque alongwith Gokhale and others were demanding Right to Education in 1911.
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Christmas & The Indian Freedom Struggle
What people do not appreciate at first is the importance of Christmas week in the formation of the Indian National Congress and its further development.
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Allama Iqbal, Marxism & Islamic Renaissance: A Discussion
Iqbal drew significant inspiration from the Bolshevik Revolution and Marxism, admiring the revolution’s egalitarian ethos, but remaining firmly rooted in Islamic principles, rejecting both Marxism’s atheistic worldview and fundamentalist interpretations of Islam.
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Jawaharlal Nehru’s First Court Trial and Jail
Nehru: “I do not recognise the British Government in India, and I do not regard this as a court. I regard these proceedings as farce or show. This court carries out what has already been decided.”
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Jawaharlal Nehru believed Mental Health a real challenge for the society
“I know you will agree that mental health is in a sense even more important. For mental health, to a large extent, governs physical health.”
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Jawaharlal Nehru met the First Prime Minister of India
For briefly though, the First Prime Minister of India and the First Prime Minister of free India were allies of a sort.
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Jawaharlal Nehru & Ghaffar Khan attacked by Pathans in NWFP
Nehru could be saved by the brave effort of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan when he threw himself over Nehru and took injuries on himself. Khan received fractures in two of his fingers, serious injuries in nose, skull and shoulder and had to be admitted in the hospital.
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Ottoman Caliph or Turkish Sultan
“History also proves that whenever a Mohammedan sovereign assumed the title of Caliph his Caliphate extended only to the extent of his dominions and his subjects. A country beyond the range of his government had nothing to do with his Caliphate, Imamate and Sultanate.”
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