Exploring lesser known History
Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, a close friend of Mazharul Haque writes about him giving a clear picture of amicable relationship between Hindus and Muslims in London in the late 19th century. During this period when Indians were engaged in political activism in England; religion was merely an issue let alone sectarianism among Muslims being Shia or Sunni.
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The British forces killed many to quell the Royal Indian Naval Mutiny, many of which were Muslims. Here, we are sharing names of the few Muslims we know, who attained martyrdom for taking part in the mutiny or supporting it.
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chaapa’s. It’s a traditional Bihari bridal dress with silver block print. This dress was especially designed to be worn by the bride on the day of Nikah.
No Bihari Muslim nikah ceremony is complete without the chaapa & so even I got a chance to wear it in one of the cousins wedding.
The word chaapa came from chaap
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The biggest achievement of Khuda Baksh was creating a public library from the precious collections of his father and making his own valuable collection of books, which was later named as “Oriental Public Library”.
He started constructing a separate special building for the library, which was completed in two years. The library was inaugurated by the Lieutenant Governor of Bangal Sir Charles Elliot in 1891. At that time it was having around 4000 hand written books in the library.
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During the First World War, Maulana Mahmood Hasan, and other Islamic scholars planned an armed attack on British India from the Afghanistan frontier. The ambitious plan did not succeed because of the changed geo-political scenario (defeat of Turkey and Germany) and the British getting hold of three silk letters, which gave away the whole planning. After this, 59 people were charged for waging the war against the crown. I am sharing the names of these 59 forgotten heroes of the Indian freedom struggle.
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Haji Usman Sait was known for his generosity and earned the title of ‘Cash bag of Indian National Congress’.
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Syed Mohammad Hassan Khan ‘Rashki’ emerged as one of the most prominent poets from the second generation of Urdu poets in Azeemabad.
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We are publishing the names of all these 85 Indian sepoys who defied the English command and thus triggered the first national war of Independence from Meerut.
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Founded by SHAIKH ISSA KHAN Afghan – who had 4 sons. The eldest son Shaikh Rukhnu-Din Khan Afghan was titled
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A brief description of the process for admission to medical colleges in India, and how this system came into being.
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Obaidullah, the second son of Sultan Jehan Begum of Bhopal was a Hafiz-e-Quran. He accompanied Sultan Jehan Begum during her famous Hajj pilgrimage in the year 1903. Below is an interesting event from their Hajj journey.
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In January 1883 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan delivered a speech in Patna, emphasizing the need for cordial relations between Hindus and Muslims. Excerpts from this speech follow.
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Riots in Bihar, triggered by communal tensions post-Partition. Gandhi’s intervention halted the violence, leaving a lasting impact on the region’s demographics and communities.
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Many modern medical schools integrate clinical education with basic sciences from the beginning of the curriculum, unlike the traditional curriculum that usually divides the course into preclinical and clinical.
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He could not utter a word and sat coyly in his seat till the two girls alighted the tonga at the Radio Club. Needless to say, Raj Kapoor could not bring Dilip Kumar out of introvert self. Later on, film critics would compare these two friends as film actors.
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In a letter written in 1879 to the secretary of the Government of North West Provinces and Aoudh, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan expressed strong reservations on the admission of the children of Tawaifs
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Sheikh Abdullah, founder of Women’s College in Aligarh, and Begum Waheed Jahan had seven children, five daughters and two sons. Begum Khurshid Jahan, born in 1918, was the youngest daughter.
When she was a kid, there was a rumour that beggars with long beards kidnapped the children and would sell them away. Therefore, Begum Khurshid, when four year old, used to get terrified at the mere sight of any man with a long beard.
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Have you heard of Dr Umm e Kulsoom & Dr Amturraqeeb (also known as the Yaqoob sisters)? Do you know who were they and what are they known for?
Amturraqeeb and Ummekulsoom were sisters who are considered as the first Muslim female Indian doctors.
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Mulla Abdul Qayyum Khan created history as the first Muslim leader from Hyderabad state to join the Indian National Congress in 1885. He wrote essays in a newspaper called ‘Safire-e-Deccan’ to counter the anti-congress campaign led by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
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For al-Khwarizmi, al-jabr is a method in which we can eliminate negative quantities in an equation by adding the same quantity to each side.
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