Exploring lesser known History
Begum Hazrat Mahal challenged the British force by inspiring patriotism among the people and their fellow native rulers. She issued a historic statement challenging the proclamation issued by Queen Victoria
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Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan (1886–1958) was a senior All India Muslim League leader, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in British India.
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Ghulam Rasool Khan, the Nawab of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, created terror among the officials of the East India Company. He came to power in 1823.
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Syed Ataullah Shah Bukhari, one of the greatest orators who inspired the people towards the Indian National Movement with their fiery speeches, was born on 23 September 1892 in Patna, Bihar.
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The life and legacy of Shaik Ghalib Saheb, champion of freedom and interfaith harmony. A freedom fighter who built bridges, not walls.
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Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi: whom British saw as the most ‘dangerous’ among the Indian revolutionaries of that time.
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Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi opposed the division of the nation. Even after independence, he conducted several service activities.
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The family says that when in 1931, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had hoisted the Indian Tricolour on the banks of Raavi river for the first time, at the same time, Maulana Ludhianvi hoisted the same flag at Sahi Jama Masjid in Ludhiana in the presence of over 300 British policemen and was arrested.
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Kazi Nazrul Islam ignited a nation’s spirit through his revolutionary poetry. His story is marked by defiance, imprisonment, and a voice that echoed long after the fight for independence.
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The man who wrote Freedom, Dr Makhdoom Mohiuddin, his life was a tapestry woven with the threads of freedom fighting, Urdu poetry, and labor activism
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Mohammad Ghouse Baig was arrested for participating in the Civil disobedience movement. The British government seized his properties. He and his wife faced several woes for their active role in the Indian National Movement but never lost confidence.
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On 4 June 1857, Maulvi Muhammad Baqir warned the masses of the conspiracies of the British and appealed to them to remain united.
Maulvi Muhammad Baqir was arrested on 14th September 1857 for revolt and without being tried, he was shot dead on 16 September 1857 by Major William S.R. Hudson.
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Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi, who created panic among the British camps, was born in 1787 in Chennai of the present
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Even though Syed Abdul Aziz was particularly known for his social welfare and charitable activities, his Blind Relief Camp was a big success in particular. Thousands of people got back their eye-sights through this camp. Poor people were given shelter, food and free treatment for their eyes. Special tents were erected in the Gandhi Maidan for the poor patients, who got medicines and even spectacles free of cost. This continued for many years.
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In 1965, Maghfur Aijazi led a movement in the district for the minority character of the AMU, and launched mass demonstrations against the then Union Minister of Education, M C Chagla, in May 1965; and Aijazi urged upon the people to observe 16 July 1965 as the ‘Aligarh Muslim University Day’.
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