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Election of Rajendra Prasad as the President

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 25, 2025
The returning officer informed the Assembly, “I have to inform honourable Members that only one nomination paper has been received …Read more  »

Ather Siddiqi: Journey as a Zoologist, Scholar, and Urdu Literary Maestro

  • Post Author By Dr. Asad Faisal Farooqui
  • Post Date December 12, 2023
Ather Siddiqi was a researcher of eminence in his field and his research has been nationally and internationally recognised in …Read more  »
Recent image of Ather Siddiqi

Syed Mehdi Imam: Barrister turned Bihar’s First English Dramatist

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date December 11, 2023
Syed Mehdi Imam was renowned for his legal expertise and is among the elite barristers of his era. In 1937 …Read more  »
Syed Mehdi Imam: Barrister turned Bihar's First English Dramatist

Jam-e-Jahan Numa: The Urdu cradle & it’s Brahmin caretaker

  • Post Author By Ambreen Fatima
  • Post Date December 15, 2022
As Urdu press celebrates its lowkey bicentenary this year,it is the perfect time to tribute those who laid its foundation …Read more  »
Jam-e-Jahan Numa

What a Bengali Muslim Freedom fighter said on casteism among Muslims

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date June 24, 2022
An excerpt of an essay written by Rezaul Karim, a Bengali Indian Muslim Freedom fighter, who fought against the partition …Read more  »
What a Bengali Muslim Freedom fighter said on casteism among Muslims

Nawab Syed Mohammad Hassan Khan ‘Rashki’ : 200 years and a legacy concealed.

  • Post Author By S. N. Ali Fraz Rezvi
  • Post Date August 1, 2021
Syed Mohammad Hassan Khan ‘Rashki’ emerged as one of the most prominent poets from the second generation of Urdu poets …Read more  »
Nawab Syed Mohammad Hassan Khan ‘Rashki’

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi – T.S. Eliot of Urdu Literature

  • Post Author By Khalid Bin Umar
  • Post Date January 1, 2021
From deciphering the poetry of Ghalib to reviving the ancient art of Dastaangoi, the contributions of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi to …Read more  »
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Sir Syed Khan’s reply to an offensive book on Prophet Muhammad by Sir William Muir

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date October 21, 2019
Sir Syed Khan's reply to an offensive book on Prophet Muhammad by Sir William Muir
When Sir Syed Ahmad Khan first spoke on the political future and strategy of Muslims in India

Shoyabullah Khan: Great Freedom Fighter who sacrificed his life for Democracy and Communal Harmony

  • Post Author By Syed Naseer Ahamed
  • Post Date December 2, 2017
Shoyabullah Khan sacrificed his life for Democracy and Communal Harmony. He supported the People’s Movement for the merger of Hyderabad …Read more  »
A cover image of the freedom fighter, Shoyabullah Khan

From Soldier to Poet: The Revolutionary Verse of Kazi Nazrul Islam

  • Post Author By Syed Naseer Ahamed
  • Post Date November 17, 2017
Kazi Nazrul Islam ignited a nation's spirit through his revolutionary poetry. His story is marked by defiance, imprisonment, and a …Read more  »
A cover image of Kazi Nazrul Islam

Maulvi Mohammad Baqir, the first journalist to attain martyrdom for India during the freedom struggle.

  • Post Author By Syed Naseer Ahamed
  • Post Date November 15, 2017
On 4 June 1857, Maulvi Muhammad Baqir warned the masses of the conspiracies of the British and appealed to them …Read more  »
A Great Editor, Freedom Fighter Moulvi Mohammad Baqir who fought against the British.

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