Nazir Hussain, Father of Bhojpuri cinema was a soldier of Azad Hind Fauj
Nazir Hussain, a Azad Hind Fauj soldier personally admired by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, is the father of Bhojpuri cinema. He wrote the 1st movie on INA in 1950.
Freedom Fighter
Amir Khan Pindari – An Unrecognized Genius
It was Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, who compelled the British Government at the peak of its power to remove the Black Hole Memorial-a stigma on the fair name of Nawab Siraj-ud Daula. Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan stand supreme among freedom-fighters-time and again they compelled British arms to surrender ignominiously.
When Ashfaqullah was asked to offer an apology to the British Government, he retorted sharply, ‘Let a Muslim also sacrifice his life for the country.’ Of such stuff were the brave souls who broke but would not bend made. In the military sphere, in modern India, there is one such person and his achievements require impartial and unbiased judgement. He is Nawab Amir Khan, the ruler of Tonk State in Rajasthan from A.D. 1817 to 1834. He is popularly known as Mir Khan or Amir Khan Pindari.
Grave of Jallianwala Bagh’s hero, Kitchlew, lies in utter neglect
“The city’s (Amritsar’s) residents feel Gandhi (Mahatma) had no role in Amritsar (Jallianwala Bagh tragedy). Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, the local Punjabi leader, remains the most significant personality for them.”
Sir Ali Imam, an icon of nationalism, as remembered by Sachchidananda Sinha
An excerpt written on Sir Ali Imam by Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, in his book ‘Some Eminent Behar Contemporaries’, wherein he is described as an icon of nationalism.
Did Indians in Dubai fight for Indian Freedom? Story of Dhamanmal Isardas
The Residency Agent at Sharjah wrote to the Political Agent, in Bahrain (both were representatives of the British Empire), “a British subject (Indian) in Dubai named Tiradas Dhamanmal, manager of the firm Dhamanmal Isardas is reported to be anti-British”. T
Sir Sultan Ahmed fought for united India risking his own life
Recently Sultan Palace of Patna has been in the news for the very same reason. The Bihar Government wants to demolish it while the people of Patna want to save this heritage building. For most of them, it is an issue concerning a heritage building but it is much more than that.
Sultan Palace was built by Sir Sultan Ahmed almost a century ago. Sir Sultan Ahmed is mostly remembered as a jurist and educationist but very few in India remember him as a person who campaigned against the partition and put his life in danger to keep India united.
Yes, you read it correctly. On 27 October, 1947, Sultan Ahmed was held hostage at his official residence in Hyderabad by 30,000 Razakars of Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen led by Qasim Rizvi, the leader of Razakars. Wielding swords this huge band of Razakars took an army battalion led by Brigadier Gilbert to stop.
The Assassination of Wajid Ali Shah ?
The people of the Metibruz locality of Kolkata, that comprised migrants from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, chased a senior official of the King’s Court and his family out of the precinct in 1887. The reason being his association to Wajid Ali Shah’s death.
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.
Shah Wajihuddin Minhaji, A Great Indian Nationalist
Shah Wajihuddin Minhaji has left a diary, Meri Tamanna, containing all these details. On February 1936, he noted in his diary, “meri tamanna hai k maadar e watan ki urban gah par meri jan qurban ho jaaye” I wish I could sacrifice my life for my motherland.
When Allama Iqbal stood up for Bhagat Singh
If I tell you that the famous Urdu poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal was a supporter of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and fought a legal battle for the great Indian revolutionary will you believe ? You should. Because, it is true.
Maulvi Abdur Rasul, a leader of anti-partition agitation
Maulvi Abdur Rasul, who actively participated in the movement opposing the division of Bengal, was born in 1872.
A Doctor who spent nine years in jail but never gave up his Medical Practice
Dr Jawaharlal Rohatgi, A Doctor who spent nine years in jail but never gave up his Medical Practice
Shahrukh Khan’s father Meer Taj Mohammad write about a martyr freedom fighter
Shahrukh Khan’s father Meer Taj Mohammad wrote that Hari Kishan was the brother of Bhagat Ram who, in the grab of Rahmat Khan, escorted Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose from Calcutta to Kabul vin the Khyber Pass, eluding Birtish Intelligence. Bhagat Ram being a Pathan, did not have much difficulty in impersonating as a ‘Maulvi’ and he took Netaji with him in the guise of Zainuddin, his dumb elder brother going on a pilgrimage to a sacred tomb in Afghanistan.
A Letter Written by Raja Mahendra Pratap
Following is the text of a letter written by Raja Mahendra Pratap, published in Sirajul Akhbar, Kabul in 1916
Raja Mahendra Partap: A Great Man Reduced to Jaat Raja by the Politics
In his autobiography, Raja Mahendra Partap recalled Niaz Ali as his first teacher. Altaf Hussain, Ali Mohammad, Pandit Bhagwandas, and Wilayat Hussain were other teachers at MAO, who get mentions in his autobiography. Ahmad Hussain was his best friend and Kunwar Man Singh of Sirohi, Prince of Tonk and Nawab Mohiuddeen were other good friends in college.
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi Believed Afghanistan was India in Ancient Times
The following text is a translation by Dr. Mahino Fatima of an excerpt from the Kabul Diaries, written by Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
Silk Letter Movement: Name of all 59 charged by the British for waging war against the Crown
During the First World War, Maulana Mahmood Hasan, and other Islamic scholars planned an armed attack on British India from the Afghanistan frontier. The ambitious plan did not succeed because of the changed geo-political scenario (defeat of Turkey and Germany) and the British getting hold of three silk letters, which gave away the whole planning. After this, 59 people were charged for waging the war against the crown. I am sharing the names of these 59 forgotten heroes of the Indian freedom struggle.
‘Khilafat Wale’ Haji Usman Sait : ‘Cash Bag of Indian National Congress’
Haji Usman Sait was known for his generosity and earned the title of ‘Cash bag of Indian National Congress’.
MULLA ABDUL QAYYUM KHAN, Great Indian Freedom Fighter
Mulla Abdul Qayyum Khan created history as the first Muslim leader from Hyderabad state to join the Indian National Congress in 1885. He wrote essays in a newspaper called ‘Safire-e-Deccan’ to counter the anti-congress campaign led by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
