Exploring lesser known History
Begum Anees Kidwai (1906–1982) was a writer, an activist and a politician from Uttar Pradesh. She worked towards peace and the rehabilitation of the victims of India’s bloody partition, and spent a majority of her life in service of the newly independent India. Sh
Read MoreJaved Akhtar Bhatti نام دھنپت رائے لیکن ادبی دنیا میں پریم چند مشہور ہیں 1885ء میں منشی عجائب لال
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Abdul Gafoor, who worked for the harmony between Hindus and Muslims, which he believed was essential for the liberty
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The Media-Mullah Nexus, Darul Qaza; Progressive History of Imarat e Shariah
Read Moreاس سال ‘Quit India’ (بھارت چھوڑو) تحریک کے نعرہ کو لگائے ہوئے 75 سال پورے ہوگئے ہیں یہ ملک کی
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Princess Durru Shehvar was a beautiful princess, sought by the Shah of Persia and King Fuad I of Egypt as a bride for their respective heirs. However she agreed to married to Azam Jan, the eldest son and heir of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State Osman Ali Khan Asif Jah VI.
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Shahjahan transferred his capital from Agra to Delhi in 1638 and laid the foundation of Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi.
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Shaikh Nizamuddin was born at Badaun in 1236. He lost his father at the age of five and came to Delhi with his mother. Later he became the disciple of the famous saint Shaikh Farid Shakarganj, who appointed him as his successor. His original tomb does not exist any longer.
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Indian Mutiny, Fate of Jama Masjid and other Islamic Buildings of Delhi:
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Madarsah-i-Rahimiya was the most important Islamic research institution of India. It was established by Shaikh Abdur Rahim, a Sufi and great theologian of his time.
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Akbarabadi Mosque was demolished; two other were desecrated but not demolished. No photographic documentary evidence of this mosque existed until few years back it was surfaced in Felice Beato’s 1858 series of photography of Delhi
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History of Indian subcontinent Zinat-un-Nissa masjid was commissioned by Zinat-un-Nissa begum, daughter of famous Aurangzeb Alamgir in the year 1700.
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Charity is one of the five basic tenets of Islam and it was certainly generously practised by the Nobel women
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The Fatehpuri mosque and its platform were released for worship, but the quadrangle and shops below were sold by auction.
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Extensive looting during the Siege of Delhi is described: “On one occasion… he came back with thirteen wagons loaded with spoil, and among other valuables, eighty thousand rupees- in English money eight thousand pounds.”
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An account provided by Mirza Asadullah Ghalib in his many letters to his friends and students about the misfortunes that descended upon the women after the Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Surajkund is an ancient reservoir of the 10th century located in Faridabad, Haryana. It is believed to have been constructed in the tenth century by King Surajpal of the Tomar Dynasty.
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After taking the king and his family as prisoners, Hodson left his Sikh cavalry to guard the Humayun Tomb. They were assigned to keep an eye on the nobles who were still taking refuge at the tomb area and were under arrest. Their destiny looked much shoddier after the arrest of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
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The Tomar Rajputs are believed to have settled first in the Suraj-kund area and shifted west, where Anangpal raised the citadel of Lal Kot.
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This protest made Jinnah a star politician.
His supporters, collected money to build a hall in Jinnah’s memory. Between 30,000-60,000 Rs. was collected and a memorial was built in the name of Jinnah ‘Jinnah’s People’s Memorial Hall’ at Leamington Road.
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