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Medical Guidelines to INA soldiers for Guerilla Warfare by Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal

  • Post Author By Hazrat Allama
  • Post Date September 15, 2024
Medical Officer Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal prepared a manual in Urdu-Hindi written in Roman Script to guide the soldiers …Read more  »
Estimated read time 10 min read

Firaq Gorakhpuri wrote, “My anti-Hindi-ism”

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date August 31, 2024
Of all fear complexes, the history fear complex (of which I accuse every Hindi fanatic) is the most harmful to …Read more  »
Firaq Gorakhpuri Hindi
Estimated read time 12 min read

When protocol was the reason behind King George returning the ‘MANGOES OF BIHAR’-

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date August 29, 2024
How a failed mango diplomacy by king George V left people of Patna, Bihar in sour taste. Read to find …Read more  »
Mango Festival
Estimated read time 3 min read

When Ismat Chughtai sent Aligarh boys to beat up a local cleric in Aligarh

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date August 25, 2024
Ismat Chughtai responded to Shahid Ahrarwi with an article which was published in Aligarh Gazette calling male students of Aligarh …Read more  »
Ismat Chughtai
Estimated read time 5 min read

Against Europeans, Indians opened own club in Muzaffarpur

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date July 22, 2024
This is very unfortunate that today, there are no people in Muzaffarpur who know Khan Bahadur Maulvi Syed Ahmad Husain, …Read more  »
Against Europeans, Indians opened own club in Muzaffarpur
Estimated read time 3 min read

When Harmonium was banned at All India Radio

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date July 14, 2024
“If you can ban Harmonium from the music programs at All India Radio then it will be very beneficial for …Read more  »
Estimated read time 6 min read

Eid amidst warship; Namaz in Red Fort after a gap of 80 years.

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date July 11, 2024
Eid amidst warship; Read more to know the scenario where namaz was read in red fort after a gap of …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

Allama Iqbal: As M D Taseer remembered him

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date June 30, 2024
Following is the text of a talk by M. D. Taseer broadcasted on Radio from Lahore, a few hours after …Read more  »
Estimated read time 11 min read

When Jigar Moradabadi rose from the dead

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date June 30, 2024
“'Listeners who had tuned in to mourn the 'death ’ of the great poet were pleasantly surprised and immensely relieved …Read more  »
Estimated read time 2 min read

Taj Mahal: Designers, Engineers & the role of Hindus

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date June 29, 2024
The Superintendent of the masons was Muhammad Hanif of Akbarabad. Mohan Lal, Manohar Singh, and Mannoo Lal, mosaicists from Lahore, …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

Dr. Rajendra Prasad laid foundation state of institute at Nalanda in 1951

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date June 18, 2024
Dr. Rajendra Prasad said: - "It is our desire to revive the ancient glory of Nalanda in the world of …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 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

Allah Hafiz or Khuda Hafiz, which is older?

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date May 2, 2024
The evidence at the desk of a historian tells that Allah Hafiz was in usage at least since the early …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

EVM planned by the Election Commission of India in 1989

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date April 22, 2024
The machine (EVM) could also eliminate booth-capturing as it would become possible for the Election Commission to introduce mobile polling …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

When Akbar Allahabadi criticised Allama Iqbal for Sare Jahan Se Achcha

  • Post Author By Tarique Salim
  • Post Date April 21, 2024
Akbar Allahabadi was senior to Iqbal and he wrote a reply to Sare Jahan Se Achcha in form of another poem.
Estimated read time 3 min read

No, Maulana Azad didn’t oppose reservation for Pasmanda

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date April 19, 2024
The idea of reservation to OBCs (Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs) came about in 1990 after the Mandal Commission recommendations were …Read more  »
Estimated read time 8 min read

The Telegraph and the Mutiny

  • Post Author By Rajiv Soni
  • Post Date February 7, 2024
In 1839, Samuel Morse, reputed as the telegraph pioneer, laid the first telegraph lines connecting Washington to Baltimore. In India, …Read more  »
The Telegraph and the Mutiny
Estimated read time 5 min read

Democracy was believed to be a western idea by Maharaja of Banaras

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date February 5, 2024
Democracy is an occidental idea. A Hindu cannot comprehend it as long as he is a Hindu. It is against …Read more  »
Democracy was believed to be a western idea by Maharaja of Banaras
Estimated read time 3 min read

When Mahatma Gandhi asked Allama Iqbal to become VC of Jamia Millia Islamia

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date January 30, 2024
Allama Iqbal Letter to Mahatma Gandhi, declining the offer of Vice-chancellorship of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh, 29th November 1920.
Estimated read time 2 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

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