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 …Read more »
Historical Archive
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 …Read more »
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 …Read more »
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 …Read more »
Rajendra Prasad on Hindi-Urdu controversy
We do not consider Hindustani to be different from Hindi or Urdu.
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 …Read more »
‘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, …Read more »
Subhas Chandra Bose was given leadership of the INA by Rash Behari Bose
Speech of Rash Behari Bose while introducing Subhas Chandra Bose
The Shaheed Pir Ali Commission Report and Its Legacy in Bihar’s History
Pir Ali, a bookbinder from Patna, was one of the first martyrs of the 1857 rebellion against British rule. He …Read more »
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 …Read more »
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 …Read more »
Was Sir Syed an advocate of the Two Nation Theory?
"I have used the word nation several times in this Anjuman. By this I do not mean Muslims only. In …Read more »
Did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan support Wahhabism?
"The sects called Wahabees and Bidaties are bitter enemies, that their feelings towards one another are as bitter as were …Read more »
Aligarh College’s earliest attempt at Women’s education, before Sheikh Abdullah’s College
"The education imparted would consist, first, of the repetition of the Koran, Urdu reading and writing, and simple arithmetic. In …Read more »
Lord Curzon at Aligarh Muslim University
I wish you Godspeed in your career, and I shall always rejoice to hear of the success in life of …Read more »
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s Yemen visit & meeting with Hindu traders
"There were three Hindu temples in Aden, those of Mahadeo, Hanuman, and another, the name of which I have forgotten, …Read more »
Mahatma Gandhi on Israel, Palestine, Jews and Arabs
"But, in my opinion, they (Jews) have erred grievously in seeking to impose themselves on Palestine with the aid of …Read more »
Medical Guidelines to INA soldiers for Guerilla Warfare by Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal
Medical Officer Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal prepared a manual in Urdu-Hindi written in Roman Script to guide the soldiers …Read more »
Firaq Gorakhpuri wrote, “My anti-Hindi-ism”
Of all fear complexes, the history fear complex (of which I accuse every Hindi fanatic) is the most harmful to …Read more »
When protocol was the reason behind King George returning the ‘MANGOES OF BIHAR’-
How a failed mango diplomacy by king George V left people of Patna, Bihar in sour taste. Read to find …Read more »
