Medical Guidelines to INA soldiers for Guerilla Warfare by Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal
Medical Officer Lt. Col. R. M. Kasliwal prepared a manual in Urdu-Hindi written in Roman Script to guide the soldiers of INA during Guerilla warfare.
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Firaq Gorakhpuri wrote, “My anti-Hindi-ism”
Of all fear complexes, the history fear complex (of which I accuse every Hindi fanatic) is the most harmful to education. In teaching our children khari-boli Hindi, in – adopting khari-boli Hindi as Rashtra Bhasha we have been guilty of the crime of not teaching millions and millions of our boys and girls the beauty and power of khari-boli as used by Mir, Ghalib, Nazir Akbarabadi, Anis and by an impressively large number of the masters of khari-boli prose and poetry, namely, by the Urdu writers of khari-boli. Your khari- boli Hindi writers in the use of khari-boli itself are not a patch on the Urdu writers.
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When Ismat Chughtai sent Aligarh boys to beat up a local cleric in Aligarh
Ismat Chughtai responded to Shahid Ahrarwi with an article which was published in Aligarh Gazette calling male students of Aligarh to save Women’s College. In response, male students had beaten up Ahrarwi.
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When Harmonium was banned at All India Radio
“If you can ban Harmonium from the music programs at All India Radio then it will be very beneficial for Hindustani music.” – Rabindranath Tagore
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Allama Iqbal: As M D Taseer remembered him
Following is the text of a talk by M. D. Taseer broadcasted on Radio from Lahore, a few hours after the death of Mohammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal) was reported in April 1938. Taseer was husband of Chritobel George, later Bilquis Taseer, whose other sister Alys married Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Taseer’s nikah-nama was drafted by Allama Iqbal. Taseer was a prominent Progressive writer of Urdu like Faiz. His son Salman Taseer was a Governor in Pakistan and assassinated in 2011. Salman fathered a son, Aatish Taseer, with Indian columnist Tavleen Singh.
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When Jigar Moradabadi rose from the dead
“’Listeners who had tuned in to mourn the ‘death ’ of the great poet were pleasantly surprised and immensely relieved to hear the announcer declare in solemn tone that Hazrat Jigar Muradabadi was alive and that he was present at the Studios to read out to his admirers the very verses which would have been recited by another in his memory.”
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Taj Mahal: Designers, Engineers & the role of Hindus
The Superintendent of the masons was Muhammad Hanif of Akbarabad. Mohan Lal, Manohar Singh, and Mannoo Lal, mosaicists from Lahore, received each Rs. 500 per mensem.
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad laid foundation state of institute at Nalanda in 1951
Dr. Rajendra Prasad said: – “It is our desire to revive the ancient glory of Nalanda in the world of knowledge. It is with this object in view that the Government of this State has resolved to establish the Magadh Research Institute for the learning of the Pali and Prakrit languages and also for study and research in the fields of Buddhist literature and philosophy. We are all bound to this common ideal.
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Reading gaps in SLB’s Heeramandi through Khatun, a 20th century magazine
Khatun remained in publication from 1904-1914 and during that time it worked towards making the people, especially Muslim Intelligentsia, aware and comfortable with the idea of modern education for women. The public sphere sustained by the magazine Khatun was later manifested in the form of the organization Anjuman-i-Khawatin-i-Islam which was formed in 1914.
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M Y Nurie a forgotten Indian Muslim freedom fighter
M. Y. Nurie is a forgotten freedom fighter who gave a tough competition to M. A. Jinnah during the 1940s and led Muslims against the Partition of India.
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A curious case of Lotah & the Revolt of 1857
In 1834 when authorities tried to take away personal Lotah at Alipore Jail, prisoners attacked Magistrate Richardson and killed him with Lotahs.
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Who was Kafir according to Nana Saheb?
Kafir is the term used by Peshwa Nana Saheb during the revolt of 1857 for the British. In his proclamation to the people of Deccan, Nana said that Kafir British had destroyed Hindu and Muslim kingdoms.
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No, Tawaif & Kotha Didn’t Belong To Elite Culture: An Experience Of Z. A. Bukhari
Tawaif and kotha were looked down upon in the Indian society and any man visiting them could face social boycott as well. A case study of Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari’s experience in early 20th century Delhi.
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Allah Hafiz or Khuda Hafiz, which is older?
The evidence at the desk of a historian tells that Allah Hafiz was in usage at least since the early 19th century.
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Did Ganesh Narayan Kolhatkar inspire Gandhi for Charkha & secularism?
It is no secret that hand-spinned clothes and secularism became the cornerstone of Mahatma Gandhi’s movement. Gandhi was actually a fulfilment of Ganesh Kolhatkar’s prophecy made in 1868 that “those who wish to be remembered in the future history of India, ought not to shrink back from undertaking this work (of making clothes in India and boycott British made cloth)”.
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Was Jayaprakash Narayan a commander of Subhas Chandra Bose in India?
In the areas where war is waged or which the Japanese occupy or where they infiltrate, the foreigner’s civil rule will weaken or come to an end. In these areas we must establish a Swaraj Government. In the name of this Government we must appeal to retreating units of the Indian Army to stay behind and become the people’s army.
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Jayaprakash Narayan in words of Yusuf Meherally
He stayed in America for nearly eight years and studied at five different Universities. He started as a student of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and then devoted years to the study of Biology, Psychology, Economics and Sociology. He had several times interrupted his studies in order to earn enough to carry on at his University for a term or two. He had worked as a farm labourer for ten hours a day, as a packer in a jam factory, as a mechanic in an iron concern, as a waiter in a restaurant. He had tried his hand as a salesman. When, therefore, he returned to India in 1929, it was not as a raw student looking forward to a comfortable life, but as one who had seen life at close quarters and was fully determined to devote himself to public life.
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EVM planned by the Election Commission of India in 1989
The machine (EVM) could also eliminate booth-capturing as it would become possible for the Election Commission to introduce mobile polling stations to take the machines to the doorsteps of the people, especially the weaker sections.
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When Akbar Allahabadi criticised Allama Iqbal for Sare Jahan Se Achcha
Akbar Allahabadi was senior to Iqbal and he wrote a reply to Sare Jahan Se Achcha in form of another poem.
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No, Maulana Azad didn’t oppose reservation for Pasmanda
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.
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