Bihar’s First Revolt against the British in 1781
Raza Quli Khan rose up in revolt against the foreign rule with his armed loyalists. Mr. Grome, Collector of Saran, …Read more »
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Before Ramanujan there was a Ramchundra
This Indian mathematician was making news in Europe at least three decades before Srinivasa Ramanujan took birth.
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 »
Sher Ali’s killing of Lord Mayo was part of the Freedom Struggle
“The murderer is a ticket-of-leave man, a Mahomedan from the borders of Afghanistan, called Shere Ali; the only reason given …Read more »
Less known Muslim Women Freedom Fighters
Sultana Saleem was one of the officers of Azad Hind Fauj, or INA, of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Muslim Women makers of Modern Bihar
The British government fined Mahmooda for breaking the salt law but, a committed Congress worker, she denied paying any fine.
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 »
The Real Story Behind Photo of Soldiers Being Executed in Singapore in 1915
The soldiers, 41 in total, were shot dead by a firing squad across several public ceremonies to instill fear amongst …Read more »
Election of Rajendra Prasad as the President
The returning officer informed the Assembly, “I have to inform honourable Members that only one nomination paper has been received …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
Mazharul Haque: A Forerunner of Right to Education Act
Mazharul Haque alongwith Gokhale and others were demanding Right to Education in 1911.
Christmas & The Indian Freedom Struggle
What people do not appreciate at first is the importance of Christmas week in the formation of the Indian National …Read more »
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 »
The Silent Pen: Waqif Bihari’s Enduring Influence in Urdu Poetry
Unfortunately, the files of these magazines are no longer available, so further works cannot be collected.
Allama Iqbal, Marxism & Islamic Renaissance: A Discussion
Iqbal drew significant inspiration from the Bolshevik Revolution and Marxism, admiring the revolution’s egalitarian ethos, but remaining firmly rooted in …Read more »
Maulana Azad led Silk Letter Movement Was a Secular Effort
These facts establish that Maulana Azad was an active revolutionary, led Silk Letter Movement during the First World War and …Read more »
Jawaharlal Nehru’s First Court Trial and Jail
Nehru: “I do not recognise the British Government in India, and I do not regard this as a court. I …Read more »
