Hakim Ajmal Khan is credited for the revival of Unani medicine in India in the early 20th century, by founding the Tibbia College in Delhi and also spotting Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqi, a chemist, whose subsequent research in important medicinal plants used in Unani Medicine gave it a new direction.
Ömer Fahrettin Türkkan said, “Soldiers! I appeal to you in the name of the Prophet, my witness. I command you to defend him and his city to the last cartridge and the last breath, irrespective of the strength of the enemy. May Allah help us, and may the spirit of Muhammad ﷺ be with us.
The Judge, Mr. Roe, sentenced all Ghadr revolutionaries to be hanged. Shaheed Faqeer Rahmat Ali was hanged in Montgomery Jail in March, 1915
After independence, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad became the first education minister and implemented creative and constructive programs and schemes in the educational arena. During the Indian Freedom Struggle and even in the post-independent era, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad longed for harmony between Hindus and Muslims till he breathed his last on 22 February 1958.
When Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1927 at the invitation of Mahatma Gandhi, he spent all of his wealth on the Indian National Congress activities, which left him almost bankrupt.
Shoyabullah Khan sacrificed his life for Democracy and Communal Harmony. He supported the People’s Movement for the merger of Hyderabad state into the Indian Union
Moreover, Hajara Beebi Ismail donated her family’s own land to ‘Kavuru Vinayashram’ to keep the promise made by her husband. Even after the demise of her husband, she followed his ideals.
The idea of reservation to OBCs (Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs) came about in 1990 after the Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented. The reservation under article 341 defined only SC community and most of these Pasmanda castes don’t come under this identification.
“This is the Congress radio calling on 42.34 meters from somewhere in India,” spoke Usha Mehta after the Quit India Movement had been silenced by the Britishers.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in her movie Ae Watan Mere Watan.
Read our special feature about India’s bravest Radio Jockey ,fondly known as Radio Ben
CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL – Doctor by Job, Freedom Fighter by Will
During the Bengal famine, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote a poem which has a couplet:
In 1839, Samuel Morse, reputed as the telegraph pioneer, laid the first telegraph lines connecting Washington to Baltimore. In India, the same year, O’Shaughnessy completed 21 miles of a telegraph line wrapped around trees and vast stretches which included a river crossing of 4 miles as an experiment.
Democracy is an occidental idea. A Hindu cannot comprehend it as long as he is a Hindu. It is against his religious belief. The divisions of Varna are the basis of his religion. He cannot see without distress a Brahman or Kshtriya serving a Sudra. A Brahman may beg or even may die, yet he will never touch a dish from which a Sudra has partaken food.
Allama Iqbal Letter to Mahatma Gandhi, declining the offer of Vice-chancellorship of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh, 29th November 1920.
Why do we celebrate the Republic Day of India on 26 January?
Zafaruddin Bihari: A scholar and Former Principal of Madrasa Shamsul Hoda
