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Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement

Saquib Salim June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 1857, Afghanistan, Ambala, Bareilly, Bihar, British, Calcutta, Delhi, Deoband, Deputy Collector, Freedom Fighter, Hazra, India, Jihad, Maulvi, Maulvi Ahmadullah, Meerut, Nationalism, Patna, Patna Municipality, Patriotic, Ravenshaw, Sadikpur, Syed Ahmad, Wahabi, Wahhabi

A Bihari Deputy Collector sentenced to death for fighting the British Rule

(Following is a reproduction of a chapter from ‘Inside Bihar’ written by P.C Roy Choudhury, editor of Bihar District Gazetteers,

Saquib Salim January 21, 2020 1987 Riots, BJP, Communal Congress, Congress, Custodial Killings, Encounter, Hashimpura, Maliana, Meerut, Meerut Riots, Muslim Massacre, Muslims, Muslims Massacre, PAC, Police atrocities, Riots

1987 : Twin Massacres of Muslims at Meerut and Maliana by the Police

(Following is an excerpt from the book, Rivers of Blood: A Comparative Study of Government Massacres, by Brenda Uekert.) In

Communalism Education

Saquib Salim January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 #AliGarh, 1961, 1961 Riots, 1962 Elections, Abdul Bashir Khan, ABVP, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Attack, B.P Maurya, BJS, Communalism, Congress, Dalit, elections, Jatav, Lok Sabha, Meerut, Mob, Moradabad, Nehru, Police atrocities, Republican Party of India, Riots, RPI, Vidhan Sabha

1962 : When AMU teachers took on Nehru government after attack on the University

It was the year 1961, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh (UP) was holding Students’