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M Y Nurie a forgotten Indian Muslim freedom fighter

  • Post Author By Hazrat Allama
  • Post Date May 26, 2024
M. Y. Nurie is a forgotten freedom fighter who gave a tough competition to M. A. Jinnah during the 1940s …Read more  »
M Y Nurie a forgotten Indian Muslim freedom fighter
Estimated read time 4 min read

A curious case of Lotah & the Revolt of 1857

  • Post Author By Hazrat Allama
  • Post Date May 21, 2024
In 1834 when authorities tried to take away personal Lotah at Alipore Jail, prisoners attacked Magistrate Richardson and killed him …Read more  »
A curious case of Lotah & the Revolt of 1857
Estimated read time 5 min read

Who was Kafir according to Nana Saheb?

  • Post Author By Hazrat Allama
  • Post Date May 9, 2024
Kafir is the term used by Peshwa Nana Saheb during the revolt of 1857 for the British. In his proclamation …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

Did Ganesh Narayan Kolhatkar inspire Gandhi for Charkha & secularism?

  • Post Author By Tarique Salim
  • Post Date April 29, 2024
It is no secret that hand-spinned clothes and secularism became the cornerstone of  Mahatma Gandhi’s movement. Gandhi was actually a …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

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  »
Estimated read time 6 min read

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:
Estimated read time 1 min read

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.
Estimated read time 2 min read

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?
Estimated read time 4 min read

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
Estimated read time 2 min read

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
Estimated read time 3 min read

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
Estimated read time 2 min read

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
Estimated read time 2 min read

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
Estimated read time 2 min read

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
Estimated read time 7 min read

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
Estimated read time 8 min read

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
Estimated read time 3 min read

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
Estimated read time 2 min read

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
Estimated read time 3 min read

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
Estimated read time 8 min read

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
Estimated read time 3 min read

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