Baba Kanshiram, Pahari Gandhi, a revolutionary poet from Himachal
It is decidedly too difficult to pronounce any judgement at the present juncture whether Pahari Gandhi’s stature was higher as a freedom fighter or as a poet.
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Tipu Sultan’s sons & Fakirs led Vellore Mutiny
For some reasons best known to historians Indians don’t know much about Vellore Mutiny and whatever we are told is never related to Tipu Sultan, Marthas, Fakirs, Sanyasis, Hindu Muslim Unity and 1857.
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Kadir Cup at Meerut was the most prestigious hunting tournament
The Cup given by the Meerut Tent Club is called the “ Kadir Cup,” after the Kadir or river-bed country in which it is competed for. The contest first took place after pig in 1874.
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Iran & Indian freedom struggle: An untold history
Agashe was the first Indian revolutionary to go to Iran, and he reached there in late 1906. Amba Prasad too left India after his acquittal, on 11 January 1908, and reached Iran
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Mufti Kifayatullah never wrote a mercy or took favour in the freedom struggle
Mufti Kifayatullah said, “I have not joined the freedom movement for personal enrichment.”
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Maharaja of Mahmudabad led the anti-Simon Commission protests
Would the Maharaja have received such considerate attention from the police if he had not been one of the leaders of the movement for the boycott of the Commission?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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