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A rare picture of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (Courtesy Facebook)

Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi died fighting communal politics of Muslim League

Representational image (Rally during freedom struggle)

Kazi Ahmad Hussain: an unsung hero of the Indian freedom struggle

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Scientist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar's wife was behind his famous Urdu poetry collection

Saquib Salim Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), is one of the most famous scientists India has produced in the last century. While Bhatnagar’s scientific research and his role in formulating policies in post-independent India are well known, his love for Urdu literature and language re...

M. S. Khan led the Naval Mutiny of 1946

Saquib Salim The Royal Indian Naval (R.I.N) Mutiny of 1946 is considered the most important revolt by the Indian soldiers against the British in Colonial India after 1857. Jawaharlal Nehru said, “In 1944-45 we saw the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in action; in 1946 'Indian National Navy' (Royal Indian Navy), (Azad Hind Nousena) made its debut in action, which struck the very root of the British administration in Indi...

Kasim Mansur was one of 2 non-combatants convicted of Singapore Mutiny

Saquib Salim “Kasim Ismail Mansur, a native of Surat, who is a merchant at Rangoon and Singapore, has been sentenced to death for treason. Details of the case have not been received, but information on record in this office indicates that he acted as an intermediary between Turkish agents and Muhammadan sepoys in Singapore.” Slice Of Histoy This is from an intelligence report sent to the Heads of Provinces in...

Sarojini Naidu strived for Hindu-Muslim unity for developed India

Saquib Salim “One morning, a little despondent and sick at heart about national affairs in general, (Gopal Krishna) Gokhale suddenly asked me, “What is your outlook for India? ‘One of hope’, I replied. ‘What is your vision of the immediate future?’ ‘Hindu-Muslim unity in less than five years,’ I told him with joyous conviction. ‘Child’, he said, with a ...

Ahmet T. Kuru explores why Muslims are underdeveloped - Book Review

Saquib Salim Ahmet T. Kuru raises the question: “Why are Muslim-majority countries less peaceful, less democratic, less developed?” at the outset of his thought-provoking book, Authoritarianism, Underdevelopment- A Global and Historical Comparison.To reach some answer to this, Kuru engages with two most prevalent explanations of this phenomenon; 1.) Several analysts have blamed Western colonialism for the rise of violence ...

Why was 26 January chosen as Republic Day?

Saquib Salim “The 26th of January has got a sanctity all its own in our national calendar, we might still have another day, and it might very aptly and in the fitness of things signify the advent of our complete freedom and republican status. We may christen it the “Republic Day”. The 26th January would still be regarded as “Independence Day”, the day on which we took the famous pledge of independence…....

Women who helped Netaji Subhas in the Great Escape

Saquib Salim ‘The Great Escape of Subhas Chandra Bose’, i.e., his escape from house arrest by the British Government in Kolkata (then Calcutta) to Berlin in 1941 is now part of folklore. Almost every Indian with a basic knowledge of the Indian Freedom Struggle knows that Bose escaped dressed as a Pathan and reached Berlin via Delhi, Peshawar, and Kabul. Historians have overlooked the role of women in many historical events ...

Women who helped Netaji Subhas in the Great Escape

Saquib Salim ‘The Great Escape of Subhas Chandra Bose’, i.e., his escape from house arrest by the British Government in Kolkata (then Calcutta) to Berlin in 1941 is now part of folklore. Almost every Indian with a basic knowledge of the Indian Freedom Struggle knows that Bose escaped dressed as a Pathan and reached Berlin via Delhi, Peshawar, and Kabul. Historians have overlooked the role of women in many historical events ...

ATV’s nuggets of history helped change perception of Hindu-Muslim equation

Saquib Salim That was the usual hot day of June 2022, when my phone rang. There was a lady on the other side enquiring, “Is this Mr. Saquib Salim who writes history-related articles for Awaz the Voice?” The caller was from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, which was going to organize a One Week Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on “We too were there: Recapitulating the Role of Women in India’s ...

Emperor Akbar’s connection to Mahakumbh at Prayagraj

Saquib Salim The 45-day Mahakumbh at Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), which is the largest congregation of humans on earth and which comes after 12 years, starts today. Apart from bathing at sangam (confluence of Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati), Pilgrims will also pray at Akshayavata (A sacred Banyan tree believed to be around even before Ramayana era) in Allahabad Fort. Akshayavata is located inside a fort built by Mughal Emperor Akbar ...

Did all Indian Muslims support the Khilafat Movement?

Saquib Salim The textbooks, scholars, official records, and social media posts give glorious accounts of the Khilafat Movement. This movement aimed at rallying Indians, especially Muslims, in support of the Turkish Caliphate during the First World War is claimed to be a mass agitation in which all Indian Muslims, and many Hindus, took an active part. This view of history has often helped the divisive forces. It has been alleged that th...

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Mazharul Haque: A forgotten freedom fighter from Bihar

Saquib Salim “I knew Maulana Mazharul Haq in London when he was studying for the bar, and when I met him at the Bombay Congress in 1915 - the year in which he was President of the Muslim League - he had renewed the acquaintance,” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), wrote this in his autobiography about Mazharul Haque, an eminent Indian Freedom Fighter who happened to be in England when Gandhi reached there. He founded ...

How Hakim Ajmal Khan saved Unani, Ayurveda systems

Saquib Salim “Whatever you wish to do for the country, nation, or religion, you have to face the opposition. The Tibbi Conference also seems to be involved in it. You are perhaps aware that the Tabibs and Vaids are desirous of functioning separately... but as you know the Conference aims at awakening both of them to work together... Both of you should, therefore, work together and work incessantly in this Conference which belongs to ...

Jesus is God manifest as human, like Buddha, Krishna: Vivekananda

Saquib Salim “In worshipping Christ, I would rather worship Him just as He desires; on the day of His birth, I would rather worship Him by fasting than by feasting — by praying. When these are thought of, these great ones, they manifest themselves in our souls, and they make us like unto them. Our whole nature changes, and we become like them.” - Swami Vivekananda Indian civilization has always been known for assimila...

Ahsan-ul-Haq: the first Indian Muslim Cricketer captained Aligarh

Saquib Salim “Although he has only been in England for two or three years, Mr. Ahsan-ul-Hak has become very well known as a cricketer, and it seems a very great pity that just as he has begun to feel his way in first-class cricket for Middlesex, his profession as a barrister (he was called to the Bar in June) should demand his presence in India. In about a month he will leave England, and he will probably get very little cricket, as ...

Ahsan-ul-Haq: the first Indian Muslim Cricketer captained Aligarh

Saquib Salim “Although he has only been in England for two or three years, Mr. Ahsan-ul-Hak has become very well known as a cricketer, and it seems a very great pity that just as he has begun to feel his way in first-class cricket for Middlesex, his profession as a barrister (he was called to the Bar in June) should demand his presence in India. In about a month he will leave England, and it is probable that he will get very little c...

Raja Mahendra Pratap and Mahatma Gandhi: A Patriotic Alliance

Saquib Salim “I beg you to adopt our program. It is the natural growth of your own ancient culture. It is the fulfillment of Mahatma Gandhi's great scheme of life. I say, realize yourself as Aryan, Arya which was once the source of all common culture on this earth. From Iran to Assam, including Afghanistan and Nepal let us have a sense of common unity. Then, fraternize with the rest of Asia.” This is Raja Mahendra Prata...

Indian leaders proved West’s fears of chaos after freedom wrong

Saquib Salim The most repeated argument from the colonial British Empire and its apologists against the people demanding freedom of India was that the Indians were not capable of ruling over a large country. When India gained independence on 15 August 1947, the West was more than eager to question the capability of Indians to run a government. But, a determined nation led by the likes of Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana ...

What makes Rani Lakshmibai a symbol of Indian womanhood 150 years after martyrdom

Saquib Salim Major General Hugh Rose, who led the English forces against Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi in his recommendation letter for English soldiers for the Victoria Cross for their bravery “of which one most important result was the death of the Ranee of Jhansi; who, although a lady, was the bravest and best military leader of the rebels.” More than 150 years have passed since then. Also, India had seen women warriors bef...

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Jawaharlal Nehru laid foundation of modern scientific research in India

Saquib Salim “I come here because honestly I feel that by my coming, I may not perhaps do much good to you — but I think that I do good to others, who are not here. That is to say that I make many other people in India, who may not be interested in science think of it, and that is I think a worthwhile task.” Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said this in his address to the 45th Indian Science Congress in Chennai on 6 January 19...

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