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T. A. K. Shervani standing between Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

T. A. K. Shervani: a forgotten comrade of Jawaharlal Nehru

Prof Abdul Bari's son with Mahatma Gandhi on his funeral

Abdul Bari: a tall freedom fighter from Bihar remains unsung

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Ali Karim led the revolutionaries at Patna in 1857

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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...

Was Maulana Azad a token Muslim leader for Congress?

Saquib Salim “Maulana Abul Kalam Azad had distinguished himself as a rebel even before Gandhiji. In 1916, when the World War was going on, Gandhiji was a co-operator and proclaimed and preached loyalty to British rule. But the Maulana had even then proclaimed himself a rebel and was interned by the Government of India. It is a fact of signal significance that at the helm of the Congress which has refused Britain her co-operation i...

How Rassundari Devi became the first woman biographer of Bengal

Saquib Salim An illiterate woman, the mother of 12 children, cursed herself for not being able to read religious books. She belonged to a ‘cultured’ family and therefore not supposed to desire reading or writing. It was 19th century Bengal. The woman Rassundari Devi, born in 1810, became the first Bengali woman to write an autobiography. In her autobiography, Rassundari Devi writes that literate women were considered bad by...

Diwali of 1857 was a milestone in Indian freedom struggle

Saquib Salim “The discontented sepoys resolved, in many a secret council, to break out during the Diwali, to pillage Bombay, killing all who should oppose them, and then to march out of the island. Had this plan been carried out, it is nearly certain that the contagion would have spread all over the presidency, and have even reached Madras.” This is noted by Colonel G. B. Malleson in his book, History of The Indian Mutiny, 1857...

Diwali was celebrated by the Nationalists in 1857

Saquib Salim “The discontented sepoys resolved, in many a secret council, to break out during the Diwali, to pillage Bombay, killing all who should oppose them, and then to march out of the island. Had this plan been carried out, it is nearly certain that the contagion would have spread all over the presidency, and have even reached Madras.” This is noted by Colonel G. B. Malleson in his book, History of The Indian Mutiny, 1857...

Jaipal Singh Munda: Indian Hockey captain who championed fought for Adivasis

Saquib Salim Beginning with victory in the Amsterdam Olympics 1928, India dominated International Hockey for three decades. Most Indians know about the most famous goal scorer of this invincible team Dhyan Chand, but they may not remember the man behind cobbling the team and organising its entry into the Olympics at a time when India was a colony of the British and not an independent nation. He was Jaipal Singh Munda, an Adivasi (...

Aligarh's Tehzeeb stays with AMU alumnI all their life

Saquib Salim “The first and, in the cause of education, the most powerful argument in favour of a Mohammedan or Hindu University is, that it would make possible the creation of genuine University towns, with traditions of their own.” Agha Khan told this to his audience in 1902 while raising funds for the upgradation of M. A. O. College to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). We hardly appreciate the ‘t...

Was Sir Syed the father of the two-nation theory?

Saquib Salim Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), is often criticized as a proponent of the two-nation theory, which resulted in the formation of Pakistan. Dr. Shan Mohammad sums up the problem, “The Pakistani historians out of their admiration for Sir Syed hail him as "the first Pakistani" while the Indian historians out of their bias call him the father of two-nation theory an...

Was Sir Syed the father of the two-nation theory?

Saquib Salim Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), is often criticized as a proponent of the two-nation theory, which resulted in the formation of Pakistan. Dr. Shan Mohammad sums up the problem, “The Pakistani historians out of their admiration for Sir Syed hail him as "the first Pakistani" while the Indian historians out of their bias call him the father of two-nation theory a...

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