Exploring lesser known History
Pir Ali, a bookbinder from Patna, was one of the first martyrs of the 1857 rebellion against British rule. He played a pivotal role in organizing resistance and spreading revolutionary ideas.
Unfortunately, the files of these magazines are no longer available, so further works cannot be collected.
Iqbal drew significant inspiration from the Bolshevik Revolution and Marxism, admiring the revolution’s egalitarian ethos, but remaining firmly rooted in Islamic principles, rejecting both Marxism’s atheistic worldview and fundamentalist interpretations of Islam.
These facts establish that Maulana Azad was an active revolutionary, led Silk Letter Movement during the First World War and the movement was not an Islamic movement and all the Indians were equal partners in this effort.
Nehru: “I do not recognise the British Government in India, and I do not regard this as a court. I regard these proceedings as farce or show. This court carries out what has already been decided.”
“I know you will agree that mental health is in a sense even more important. For mental health, to a large extent, governs physical health.”
For briefly though, the First Prime Minister of India and the First Prime Minister of free India were allies of a sort.
Nehru could be saved by the brave effort of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan when he threw himself over Nehru and took injuries on himself. Khan received fractures in two of his fingers, serious injuries in nose, skull and shoulder and had to be admitted in the hospital.
“History also proves that whenever a Mohammedan sovereign assumed the title of Caliph his Caliphate extended only to the extent of his dominions and his subjects. A country beyond the range of his government had nothing to do with his Caliphate, Imamate and Sultanate.”
“I have used the word nation several times in this Anjuman. By this I do not mean Muslims only. In my opinion all men are one and I do not like religion, community or group to be identified with a nation.”
“The sects called Wahabees and Bidaties are bitter enemies, that their feelings towards one another are as bitter as were those of the Roman Catholics towards the Protestants in the days of the Reformation.”
Syed Imdad Ali wrote to Raja Jaykishan Das, secretary of the Aligarh Scientific Society, requesting that the proposed association at Muzaffarpur be made a branch of the Aligarh Scientific Society.
“The education imparted would consist, first, of the repetition of the Koran, Urdu reading and writing, and simple arithmetic. In addition to reading . This and writing they would be taught the elements of domestic economy, especially cooking and, sanitation; they would also learn sewing of all kinds…”
In all probability, this was one of the earliest examples of sensationalism in the journalism practised in India. The fact that nobody took this claim seriously, not even a huge band of the critics of Sir Syed and Aligarh took this up can be used as an argument against the truth in this allegation.
‘Traditions’ of AMU as its distinct feature were envisaged by the founders of the university.
I wish you Godspeed in your career, and I shall always rejoice to hear of the success in life of any of the pupils of Aligarh.
“There were three Hindu temples in Aden, those of Mahadeo, Hanuman, and another, the name of which I have forgotten, all of which had been built by contributions from Hindus visiting the place.”
“But, in my opinion, they (Jews) have erred grievously in seeking to impose themselves on Palestine with the aid of America and Britain and now with the aid of naked terrorism.”
Azad Hind National Bank of Subhas Chandra Bose had currency notes with pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lakshmi Sehgal and himself.
Medical Officer Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal prepared a manual in Urdu-Hindi written in Roman Script to guide the soldiers of INA during Guerilla warfare.