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The Life and Times of Atiya Faizee: India’s First Muslim Woman to Get Modern Education

  • Post Author By M S Siddiqui
  • Post Date November 6, 2023
Atiya Faizee was the first Muslim woman in India to receive a modern education, involve herself in women’s activism and …Read more  »
Atiya Faizee: The Story of India's First Muslim Woman Who Got Modern Education or The Life and Times of Atiya Faizee: India's First Muslim Woman to Get Modern Education

Ghulam Muhammad Gama: The Lesser-known Story of Shah Rukh Khan’s Uncle and a Freedom Fighter with Pakistan Connection

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date September 7, 2023
Ghulam Muhammad Gama was a famous freedom fighter from Peshawar. He was brother of Meer Taj Muhammad & an Uncle …Read more  »
Ghulam Muhammad Gama: The Lesser-known Story of Shah Rukh Khan’s Uncle and a Freedom Fighter with Pakistan Connection

Rashid-un-Nisa, The First Woman Urdu Novelist didn’t have name as author

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date September 3, 2023
From the beginning the history of Urdu Novel writing was pegged around women and their issues. The first one - …Read more  »
Rashid-un-Nisa, The First Woman Urdu Novelist

Sher Shah Suri, an ethnic Afghan; founder of The Suri Empire in North India.

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date September 3, 2023
Sher Shah Suri was the founder of the Sur Empire in India. He was the regent and later sole ruler …Read more  »
Sher Shah Suri, an ethnic Afghan; founder of The Suri Empire in North India.

Amir Khan Pindari – An Unrecognized Genius

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date July 29, 2023
It was Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, who compelled the British Government at the peak of its power to remove the …Read more  »
The military leader Amir Khan of Tonk, circa 1790-1800. By Vana Bhatti. He was first ruler of princely state of Tonk (Rajasthan, India).

Chronicles of Khwaja Abdul Karim: The Bayan-i-Waqai the lineage

  • Post Author By Khalid Bin Umar
  • Post Date June 3, 2023
He was staying in Delhi to seek permission from the royal court to proceed for Hajj when Nadir Shah Afshar …Read more  »
Chronicles of Khwaja Abdul Karim

Sachchidananda Sinha: A Great Son of Bihar as described by Dr. Rajendra Prasad

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date July 8, 2020
Text is a reproduction from the foreword written by Dr. Rajendra Parsad in 1935 for a compilation of Sachchidananda Sinha's …Read more  »

Asrar Jaamayee: A Poet who stood up against Congress Government

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date April 4, 2020
Asrar Jaamayee was one of those who believed that TADA was being used in a discriminatory manner against the minorities …Read more  »

Kanshi Ram, Mayawati & BSP : Rise of Bahujan Politics in India

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date February 16, 2020
In the last elections, BSP failed to win many parliamentary seats that led political scientists to write it off. However, …Read more  »
Kanshi Ram, Mayawati & BSP

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