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Was Jayaprakash Narayan a commander of Subhas Chandra Bose in India?

  • Post Author By Hazrat Allama
  • Post Date April 27, 2024
In the areas where war is waged or which the Japanese occupy or where they infiltrate, the foreigner’s civil rule …Read more  »

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝘁𝗮 𝗨𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵 𝗕𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗿 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗶

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date March 19, 2024
During the Bengal famine, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote a poem which has a couplet:

Why do we celebrate the Republic Day of India on 26 January?

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 26, 2024
Why do we celebrate the Republic Day of India on 26 January?
Why do we celebrate the Republic Day of India on 26 January? India was fighting against British colonial rule since 1757. By the 1920s, Indian National Congress emerged as the most prominent voice against the foreign rule. An umbrella organisation of a sort, it tried to win concessions through negotiations. The demand till 1929 was of a dominion status under the English crown. At the Lahore Session in December 1929, under the Presidentship of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru a resolution for Purna Swaraj (complete independence) was passed. Complete independence was declared as the goal of Congress. Congress Working Committee took oath on the Purna Swaraj Resolution at the midnight of 31 December 1929. Afterwards Nehru hoisted a tricolour flag. It was decided that on 26 January, Indians would celebrate Independence Day. On 26 January 1930, people across the country came out with tricolour national flags, took out procession and took pledge on the Purna Swaraj resolution publically. From 1930 till 1947, 26 January was celebrated as the independence day by a majority of Indians. When India attained independence on 15 August 1947 and the constitution was completed on 26 November 1949, the Indian leadership wanted that 26 January should remain an important date. So, it was decided that the constitution would be implemented on 26 January 1950. Thus making this date the Republic Day of India when every year the national flag would be hoisted by the head of the state in continuation of a practice established by the Congress leadership between 1930 and 1947.

What did happen to the Mughals after Bahadur Shah Zafar?

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 21, 2024
The photograph shows Mirza Ilahi Bakhsh, or Shahzada Muhammad Hideyat Afza, in 1862. This man was from the Royal house …Read more  »
What did happen to the Mughals after Bahadur Shah Zafar?

Indian Muslims Living in Europe Celebrated Netaji Subhas & Rejected the Partition in 1948

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date January 20, 2024
The report was prepared by Reuters and shows that Indian Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs living in Europe did not accept …Read more  »
Indian Muslims Living in Europe Celebrated Netaji Subhas & Rejected the Partition in 1948

Shah Muhammad Zubair: Barrister turned Farmers’ Leader

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 3, 2024
Shah Muhammad Zubair studied law in England. He was the founding President of the first farmers' organization Kisan Sabha in …Read more  »
Cover image of Shah Muhammad Zubair

Shah Muhammad Umair: Bihar’s Political Maverick and Champion of Unity

  • Post Author By Syed Naseer Ahamed
  • Post Date December 19, 2023
A voice against partition and a champion of syncretic India, Shah Muhammad Umair and his story of resistance & unity …Read more  »
Shah Muhammad Umair

When the Nizam of Hyderabad Gifted a Family Heirloom to Sardar Patel

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date December 15, 2023
A touching gesture between Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan of Hyderabad, revealed in Sardar Patel's final …Read more  »
Sardar Patel meets with Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan

Zohra Ansari, the Freedom Fighter Who Taught Urdu to Mahatma Gandhi and Sold Her House to Fund Congress

  • Post Author By Syed Naseer Ahamed
  • Post Date December 12, 2023
Begum Zohra Ansari sold away 'Dar-us-Salam' to raise party funds and worked for the victory of the candidates of the …Read more  »
Zohra Ansari, the Freedom Fighter Who Taught Urdu to Mahatma Gandhi and Sold Her House to Fund Congress

Maulvi Mohammad Yahya – Founder All India Momin Conference & Editor, Publisher Al – Momin

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date November 27, 2023
Maulvi Mohammad Yahya - One Of The Founding Members Of All India Momin Conference & Publisher Editor Al Momin
Maulvi Mohammad Yahya – Founder All India Momin Conference & Editor, Publisher Al - Momin

Unveiling the Palestine Movement: Jamiat Ulamai Hind’s Historic Struggle for Justice and Freedom

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date November 20, 2023
In a historic proclamation, Maulana Asad Madni, leader of Jamiat Ulamai Hind, shared the formation of the All India Palestine …Read more  »
All India Palestine Committee 1967

Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana, A Politician from Punjab Who Opposed the Partition Till the Very End

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date November 14, 2023
Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana, a politician belonging to the Punjab Unionists party, opposed the Partition of India and the …Read more  »
Sir Malik Khizar Hyat Tiwana, A Politician from Punjab Who Opposed the Partition Till the Very End

Nazir Hussain, Father of Bhojpuri cinema was a soldier of Azad Hind Fauj

  • Post Author By Syed Naseer Ahamed
  • Post Date November 7, 2023
Nazir Hussain, a Azad Hind Fauj soldier personally admired by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, is the father of Bhojpuri cinema. …Read more  »
Nazir Hussain, Father of Bhojpuri cinema was a soldier of Azad Hind Fauj

Ghulam Muhammad Gama: The Lesser-known Story of Shah Rukh Khan’s Uncle and a Freedom Fighter with Pakistan Connection

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date September 7, 2023
Ghulam Muhammad Gama was a famous freedom fighter from Peshawar. He was brother of Meer Taj Muhammad & an Uncle …Read more  »
Ghulam Muhammad Gama: The Lesser-known Story of Shah Rukh Khan’s Uncle and a Freedom Fighter with Pakistan Connection

Subhas Chandra Bose’s Speech at Hooghly District Student’s Conference – 1929

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date August 9, 2023
The unity which Ramkrishna and Vivekananda established between 'the one' and 'the many' in the spiritual world, Deshbandhu achieved or …Read more  »
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the supreme leader of Azad Hind Sarkar and Azad Hind Fauj

The Sultan & The Revolution – From Mysore to France

  • Post Author By Neelesh Chatterjee
  • Post Date July 14, 2023
It was an all-out devastating loss for the French in which only two ships out of thirteen managed to escape. …Read more  »
The Sultan & The Revolution - From Mysore to France

Book Review: India’s Struggle for Independence

  • Post Author By Khadiza Naufa Fatin
  • Post Date May 12, 2023
This book is the first of a two-part book series, which was partly a result of a research project on …Read more  »

Jamhoor, Aligarh: Champion of Democratic Values

  • Post Author By Dr. Asad Faisal Farooqui
  • Post Date January 27, 2023
Jamhoor was published three times in a month, on 6th, 16th, and 26th days of the month. Owned and edited …Read more  »
Jamhoor was published three times in a month, on 6th, 16th, and 26th days of the month. Owned and edited by Mohammad Umar Khan Chattarvi (1924-2003), a well-known literary and pro-Urdu figure from Aligarh who was also the founding Secretary of the Urdu Board Aligarh and Idara-e- Ilm-o-Adab, Aligarh, under which he organised various Urdu literary activities and worked to promote Urdu education.

Gaya Session of Congress 1922: A timeline for history enthusiast Gen Z

  • Post Author By Ambreen Fatima
  • Post Date December 26, 2022
'I do not want that sort of Swaraj which will be for middle class alone. I want a Swaraj which …Read more  »

Gandhi, Nehru, Ansari, Zafar, Malviya, Sarojini & Azad in Film Theatres ?

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date November 25, 2022
Gandhi, Nehru, Ansari, Zafar, Malviya, Sarojini & Azad in Film Theatres ?
An Urdu advertisement for show of Karachi Congress Session in Lahore

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