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In 1960, Jawaharlal Nehru had just flown into #Gaza to meet Indian troops, stationed there with the UN. Israeli didn’t like it. On his return, 2 Israeli fighter jets followed the plane. They did few manoeuvres to show their utmost dislike of Indian premier’s visit to #Palestine .

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Taj Mohammad, father of @iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan, contested as an independent against Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1957 from Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency. Interestingly, Amir Khan hails from the family of Maulana Azad. #MaulanaAzad #AamirKhan #shahrukhkhan #AmirKhan #SRK

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A video of Jawaharlal Nehru playing cricket with other MPs. #Cricket #Nehru #battingforgood @seemay @BCCI @INCIndia @RamaNewDelhi @iamrana @sherryontopp @ShashiTharoor @Ram_Guha @bhogleharsha @KirtiAzadMP @espn @loksabhatv @gbhimani @ICC

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Faqir of Ipi, Mirza Ali Khan, raised an army to fight British, tried to stop partition & after 1947 waged war against Pakistan & asked Nehru to help his militia with arms to liberate Kashmir from Pakistan He was an ally of Netaji Subhas Bose #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay

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May 1946: Indian female students wearing face-covering burqas as they wend their way to class at Aligarh Muslim University. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White #storiesofaligarh #AMU #Aligarh #AligarhMuslimUniversity #Female

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Members of Progressive Writers Association in Mumbai, 1946. From the left: Sultana Jafri, Ismat Chughtai, Vishwamitra Adil, Ali Sardar Jafri, Krishan Chander, Mahendranath, Mumtaz Husain, Rajinder Singh Bedi & (in the front) Sahir Ludianvi & Habib Tanvir. @iamrana @rasheedkidwai

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Shah Rukh Khan awarded the 'Sword of Honour' in class 12 for his overall performance and sportsmanship at St. Columba's School in New Delhi. #History #India #ShahrukhKhan #TheKingKhan Via : Indian Historical Moments

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WIPRO was founded by Mohammad Hasham Premji, father of Azim Premji as Western Indian Products Ltd. Popularly called the Rice King of Burma, Premji was invited by Jinnah to join Pakistan as its 1st finance minister, an offer he turned down to remain in India. @iamrana

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1987: Police massacred Muslims in Meerut first at a canal and day after at Maliana village. People in Maliana were fired indiscriminately and many were burnt alive. Congress governments at the center and state oversaw the massacres. #Hashimpura

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Rare Footage of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad #HeritageTimes #MaulanaAbulKalamAzad #MaulanaAzad #AbulKalamAzad

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Maulvi Muhammad Baqir, owner of Delhi Urdu Akhbar, was shot dead on 16th September, 1857 for writing Nationalist articles. He was the first journalist to lay his life during the independence movement. Maulvi Mohammad Baqir holds the honour of becoming the first journalist to

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Sisters of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Abru Begum & Fatima Arzu Begum, were 2 of the earliest feminist educationist of India & played important role in establishing Aligarh Women's College, Women's Conference, no. of schools, hospitals & colleges. They wrote & edited several books.

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Rare Picture Series:📸💫 Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood superstar, has taken back his stardom with two recent blockbuster: #Pathan and #jawan Though a lot of stories has been told about Khan, his movies and his family legacy, here is a rare picture of him that most of you

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ln the year 1965 the then Prime Minister of lndia late shri Lal Bahadur Shastri wrote a letter to late Maulana Tarzi Mashriqui cabinet Minister MP in "URDU" appreciating his services for the country !! Via : Khizar Khan @BhopalHeritage

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Not many are aware that legendary singer Mohd Rafi gave azan in #Makkah while on #Haj pilgrimage in 1973. Footage Markazi Jamia Masjid — the oldest mosque in Rawalpindi (1928) #Azan

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#SherAliAfridi only man to kill a British Viceroy in India. He assassinated Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India on 8 February 1872. It has been a long wait for this patriot to find a place in history. #AzaadiKiNishaniyan

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Abdul Habib Yusuf Marfani was a wealthy Gujarati businessman settled in Rangoon. Speeches of #Netaji woke up the nationalist in himself. He started donating two to three lakh rupees at a time regularly till 9 July 1944, when Netaji called for funds at a public…

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The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace. ~Mahatma Gandhi #MahatmaGandhi #Mahatma_Gandhi #MKGandhi

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1932, Jamnalal Bajaj in Dhulia Jail. He was arrested during Civil Disobedience Movement and accorded A class but he lived with other freedom fighters in C class. #RahulBajaj

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The 1st released film song of Mohd. Rafi was a patriotic song from1944, the song written by D. N Madhok & composed by Naushad praised Azad Hind Fauj of Netaji @anujdhar @ProfKapilKumar @ShahidRafi03 @jaavedjaaferi @AkashvaniAIR @bombaywallah

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Dr Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, brother of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, in whose honour "Khan Market" got its name. #KhanMarket came into being in 1951, when #Refugees from NWFP came to settle in Delhi after the partition. @iamrana @Shehzad_Ind @JairajSinghR @irfhabib @RanaAyyub

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Swords of Tipu Sultan in the Museum of England #TipuSultan #TipuSultanIndiasHero #Mysore #TigerofMysore #England #Museum #Swords

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#BhagatSingh ' hand-written letter from jail in #Urdu to his younger brother Kultar Singh on March 3, 1931. #ShaheedBhagatSingh

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On 23 April 1930, Khudai Khidmatgar protestors led by Moulana Abdur Rahim Popalzai protested against Imperialists at Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar. British Troops Fired on Peaceful Freedom Fighters, 400 Killed. #QissaKhwaniMassacre

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Maha Vir Chakra Brigadier Mohammad Usman is the only Indian army officer till date who was offered a state funeral & on whom the enemy army had put a bounty, Rs. 50,000, for capturing him alive or dead. @Gen_VKSingh @atahasnain53 @rwac48 @adgpi @anujdhar @sushant_says @iamrana

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#Netaji #SubhashChandraBose with #AbidHasanSafrani during their journey to Japan from Germany in 1943. Abid was Netaji’s trusted aide, an INA Major, and later, one of independent India’s earliest diplomats. Abid was the man who would gave this iconic phrase #JaiHind .

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Taj Mohammad, father of @iamsrk , contested as an independent against Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1957 from Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency. Interestingly, Amir Khan hails from the family of Maulana Azad. See - #MaulanaAzad #maulanaabulkalamazad @nheptulla

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Somewhere in 1945, at the dead of the night, the British intelligence intercepted a suspicious-looking seagoing trawler near the coast of Mumbai. A team of police raided the trawler but could find only kitchen utensils and gunny bags. The trawler was travelling from Yangon in

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In 1960, Jawaharlal Nehru had just flown into #Gaza to meet Indian troops, stationed there with the UN. Israeli didn’t like it. On his return, 2 Israeli fighter jets followed the plane. They did few manoeuvres to show their utmost dislike of Indian premier’s visit to #Palestine .

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Captain Shah Nawaz Khan and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Patna, March 23, 1947.

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Najmul Hasan, a Reuters journalist from Delhi, was killed during Iran Iraq war in 1983 while embedded with Iranian Army. Previously, he reported on anti Muslim violence in Assam. He was ceremated in Delhi & a fellowship was setup at Oxford in his memory. @Reuters @ReutersIndia

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Irfan Habib, famous historian from AMU, is son of another historian/ politician Mohd. Habib. His grandfather Abbas Tayyabji was a comrade of Mahatma Gandhi & mother worked closely with Kasturba. Abbas was nephew of Badruddin Tayyabji, the first Muslim Congress President.

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First president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad with great Indian freedom fighter, Maulana Hifz ur Rahma Seoharwi and Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani. #MaulanaHusainAhmadMadani #MaulanaHussainAhmadMadani #DrRajendraPrasad #RajendraPrasad #SilkLetterMovement

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Colonel Shaukat Ali Malik holds the distinction of hosting the first national flag on free Indian territory. On 14 April 1944, Malik, the commander of Bahadur Group of Azad Hind Fauj, hoisted the national tricolour at Moirang in Manipur. A civilian government was set…

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1968 movie, Ankhen shows ex INA soldiers running a group which fights against the foreign forces. Nazir Hussain plays Major Diwan Chand of Azad Hind Fauj. Interestingly, he was a real life INA soldier. Watch this opening scene of the movie where characters talk about the pleadge

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How many people remember that the former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav had acted in 2005 film named after him Padmashree Lalu Prasad Yadav directed by Mahesh Manjrekar where @SunielVShetty played Lalu, @manjrekarmahesh was Prasad & @iamjohnylever played Yadav? @laluprasadrjd had

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Tribute to #MalcolmX (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) on #MalcolmXDay , who was a fierce African American human rights crusader with an international agenda. On May 19, 1925 he born. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

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If I tell you that the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer, Rajasthan, played a role in the war against China when India was invaded in 1962, will you believe it? In October 1962, the Chinese Army invaded India which had gained freedom 15 years ago. Such national crises

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Famous lyricist Javed Akhtar (L) is son of Jan Nisar Akhtar (M), an illustrious progressive Urdu poet who also wrote for films. At the right is Javed's younger brother Salman Akhtar, a very well known psychoanalyst based in USA. @Javedakhtarjadu @FarOutAkhtar @iamrana @Ishq_Urdu

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Mohammad Nissar (1910-1963), considered as the fastest bowler to ever play for India, bowled the first bowl & took the first test wicket for India. With his 7th delivery he bowled Sutcliffe & claimed five wickets. @sardesairajdeep @bhogleharsha @ImZaheer @TheRealPCB @BCCI

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Captain Vikram Batra, PVC ( Martyrdom - 7th July 1999, Kargil) लिख चुकी है विधि तुम्हारी वीरता के पुण्य लेखे विजय के उदघोष, गीता के कथन तुमको नमन है (- कुमार विश्वास) @DrKumarVishwas #KumarVishwas #CaptainVikramBatra #Captain #VikramBatra

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Irfan Habib, famous historian from AMU, is son of another historian/ politician Mohd. Habib. His grandfather Abbas Tayyabji was a comrade of Mahatma Gandhi & mother worked closely with Kasturba. Abbas was nephew of Badruddin Tayyabji, the first Muslim Congress President.

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Barkatullah Khan, when sworned in as CM of Rajasthan in 1971, was the first Muslim CM of any Indian state. He led Congress to victory in 1972 elections increasing tally from 89 to 145 seats. A friend of Feroze Gandhi he used to call Indira Gandhi 'Bhabhiji'. @INCIndia

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Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Usman Ali Khan, granted, in 1939, Rupees One Lakh to Banaras Hindu University. In comparison he donated 1,25,000 to Shantiniketan of Tagore & 50,000 to Aligarh Muslim University. He also donated handsome amounts to Lady Harding Medical College. @iamrana

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Azad Hind Sarkar (The Government of Free India) and its armed forces, Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) formed and led by #Netaji #SubhasChandraBose presented a model of India envisaged by our freedom fighters. It was an India where Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and…

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5 May, 1818, Birth of Karl Marx, German philosopher who developed social theory of Communism thus providing inspiration to number of social movements across the world. His writings still inspires a large number of social scientists. #KarlMarx #communism @quizzicalguy @iamrana

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Tomb of Sher Shah Suri painted by William Hodges in 1786 at Sasaram, Bihar. He ruled India for 5 years before dying in a gunpowder explosion at Kalinjar in Madhya Pradesh. #Shershaah

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Urdu Daily Shahbaz of 9th October, 1945, notes that #NetajiSubhasChandraBose stopped Japan from attacking India & saved Indian diaspora in South-East Asia. It praises role of Azad Hind Fauj as savior of Indians #Netaji125 @anujdhar @ProfKapilKumar @MissionNetaji @MinOfCultureGoI

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On 18 August, 1951 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the then education minister of India, inaugrated the first IIT at erstwhile Hijli detention camp building in Kharagpur. #heritage #history #education #education_minister #photograph @iamrana @DalrympleWill @INCIndia @IITKgp

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The name of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is etched on every Indian nationalist heart. He formed ‘Azad Hind Sarkar’, a working provisional government of India in exile that commanded Azad Hind Fauj, an army that fought against the British Army during the Second World War (WWII) to

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Listen to famous revolutionary poem, Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna, in the voice of Salman Ghani as we bring exclusive footage of nationalist newspaper archives of Zamindar, Ansari, Imarat, , Millat, Watan, Hamdard, Shahbaz, Naqib, Inquilab, Al-Jamiat, Hurriyat etc shot by @MdUmarAshraf

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Oldest Eidgah of Delhi - The Eidgah in Hauz Khas village in South Delhi was built in 1404 by Mallu Khan (the virtual ruler during the reign of Mahmud Tughlaq (1392 to 1412 CE). A plaque at one end of the wall recalls the horrors of the ransacking of Delhi by Timur. #Delhi #Eidgah

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#SyedMohammadHadi was one of the most gifted pioneering athletes of India. He not only represented India in cricket & tennis, but was also proficient in field hockey, soccer, table tennis, chess, and polo. He was nicknamed #RainbowHadi because of his expertise in these 7 sports.

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4 May, 1799, British forces with help of traitors inside Srirangapatna broke through the city & killed Tipu Sultan at Hoally Gateway. A watercolor sketch by Thomas Sydenham ( 1799). #TipuSultan #Mysore @quizzicalguy @irfhabib @iamrana @AudreyTruschke @INCKarnataka @anniezaidi

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On 8 February 1872, Lord Mayo, the then Viceroy of India, reached the Andaman settlement for inspection. The same afternoon, he went to visit Mount Harriet, where an Indian, Sher Ali, was waiting for him with a kitchen knife. He caught Mayo and his security unaware and stabbed..

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Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed published the First Student's Handbook on Operative Dentistry in 1928. In 1949, he donated his First Dental College of India to the West Bengal government.

Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed : “Father of modern dentistry” of India.

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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose performing Sradh (memorial services) of his father in January, 1935. He was in European exile when his father died, couldn't see him in last moments & after performing ritual was again sent back. #netaji125 @anujdhar @ProfKapilKumar @MissionNetaji

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Famous Urdu poet, Sahir Ludhianvi, sipping tea as another great poet of Punjabi, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, lies on the floor in this photograph from 1972. Cigarettes & ash-tray can also be spotted. @AzmiShabana @manojmuntashir @rasheedkidwai @iamrana @Javedakhtarjadu @RakhshandaJalil

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Both “Quit India” and “Simon Go Back” slogans were coined by a lesser-known hero of India’s struggle for freedom, "Yusuf Meher Ali" (Youngest Mayor in the history of Bombay’s municipal corporation). #QuitIndia #YusufMeherAli #SimonGoBack #QuitIndiaMovement #QuitIndiaMovementDay

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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (R) with Jai Prakash Narayan (M) & Yusuf Meher Ali (L) in an iconic photograph. During 2nd World War, Netaji waged war with Azad Hind Fauj, Ali gave slogan Quit India while Narayan was part of secret group formed by Netaji & famously broke jail

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Not many are aware that legendary singer Mohd Rafi gave azan in #Makkah while on #Haj pilgrimage in 1973. #Azan #RamadanMubarak #Ramzan #ramadankareem @AdityaMenon22 @iamrana @RanaAyyub @tawairkh @khanumarfa

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#ShahRukhKhan 1st appeared in a 1989 National Award Wining film titled, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones. The film was written by Arundhati Roy, she also played a role. @iamsrk essayed role of an armchair intellectual college student called 'Senior' #HappyBirthdaySRK

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Sadat Hasan Manto wrote his first short story Tamasha with Jallianwala Bagh Massacre as its theme. Revolutionary movement had a deep impact on him & he kept photo of Bhagat Singh in his room which he called Red Room. #manto @journalistreyaz @iamrana @Ishq_Urdu @irfhabib

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Major Shangara Singh Mann of Azad Hind Fauj being decorated with Sardar-e-Jung and Vir-e-Hind by Subhas Chandra Bose in Rangoon. #Netaji #SubhashChandraBose @anujdhar @atahasnain53

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An autograph of the last Mughal emperor 'His Majesty Bahadur Shah Zafar' in formal Urdu calligraphy dated 20 April, 1844. #Mughal #emperor #history #the_heritage_times

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Maulana Azad in 1946 : "Eighty percent of the Indian people live in villages where Hindus and Moslems get along well together the only trouble is among the twenty percent living in the cities. This is basically an economic conflict, not religious." #Secularism

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Tipu Sultan was killed on 4 May, 1799 by an army led by Wellesley. He successfully led army against Napoleon & served as British PM too. Still, colonial historians wants us to believe that East India Company & not the British colonized India. #TipuSultan @iamrana @quizzicalguy

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10 May, 1857: around 2000 Indian sepoys of British army revolted at Meerut contentment & along with civilians marched on to Delhi raising slogans, 'Din Din' (Religion Religion). Bahadur Shah was proclaimed the emperor next day by them. First war of Indian Independence arrived.

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A Very Rare photograph of Captain Sam Manekshaw, A Young Indian Army Officer In The North West Frontier Province Of Undivided India. Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, PV, PB, MC (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), popularly known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the (1/2)

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An ad of Rooh Afza in India from 1960s. Aaj lagta hai mujhse matlab hai Aaj lahja hai uska Rooh Afza #RoohAfza #RamadanMubarak #ramadankareem #Ramadan #Ramazan

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Personal Diary of Shaheed #AshfaqullahKhan written in prison. Great revolutionary poet and freedom fighter born on 22 October in ShahJahanPur. He was awarded death sentence in Kakori train robbery case along with #RamprasadBismil . Martyred in Faizabad Jail on 19 December 1927.

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Sisters of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Abru Begum & Fatima Arzu Begum, were 2 of the earliest feminist educationist of India & played important role in establishing Aligarh Women's College, Women's Conference, no. of schools, hospitals & colleges. They wrote & edited several books.

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A copy of one of the pamphlets thrown by Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt at Central Assembly after exploding smoke bombs on 8 April, 1929. The pamphlet was signed by the Commander in Chief, Balraj - a pseudonym of Chandarshekhar Azad. @anujdhar @ProfKapilKumar @irfhabib

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‘The Travels of Dean Mahomet’ written by Sheikh Deen Muhammad of Patna & published in 1794 is the first English book by an Indian. See More - #Patna #Bihar #Book #Indian #Books #shampoo #indiancoffeehouse

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#MaulanaHussainAhmadMadani who opposed the separatist ideology of the #AllIndiaMuslimLeague . #MaulanaHusainAhmadMadani #SilkLetterMovement #ReshmiRumalTehrik #DarulUloomDeoband #MuslimLeague

Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani who opposed the separatist ideology of the All India Muslim League.

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Sisters of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Abru Begum & Fatima Arzu Begum, were 2 of the earliest feminist educationist of India & played important role in establishing Aligarh Women's College, Women's Conference, no. of schools, hospitals & colleges. They wrote & edited several books.

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In 1935 a Sikh mob demolished the Shahid Gunj Masjid, Lahore, claiming that it was originally a Gurudwara. It was turned into a Gurudwara & interestingly in Pakistan, despite the protests by Muslims, it remains Gurudwara. @iamrana @irfhabib @HamidMirPAK @RanaAyyub @iumlofficial

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Jawaharlal Nehru addressing an election rally at Gurgaon in 1957, where Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the candidate. He won the election securing more than 66% votes.

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18 year old Khudiram Bose hanged for fighting for freedom of his motherland.

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Daily Milap, an Urdu newspaper from Lahore, printed the photographs of Bhagat Singh & his comrades a day before Bhagat Singh's execution, defying the British government. Ranbir Singh, another HSRA member procured these photographs to get published in Milap. #heritage

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Maulvi Muhammad Baqir was the 1st Indian Journalist to lay down his life for reporting. The editor of Urdu Akhbar reported during 1857 in Delhi. Major Hudson shot him dead after the British forces captured Delhi in September, 1857. Pic: Museum at Red Fort @jameelyusuf @iamrana

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Watch a video of namazis offering namaz at under construction mosque at Jamshedpur in 1949 The budget was estimated to be 4 lakh rupees at the time

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The abandoned Masjid of Hauz Khas, Delhi - Masjid Makhdoom Sabzwari #Masjid #Hauzkhas #Tughlaq #Khilji #Lodhi #Mosque #History #Heritage

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#Nehru & #Patel , in this old video can be seen together sharing a few light moments at the lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan in a ceremony hosted by Mountbatten in 1947. @INCIndia @ahmedpatel @iamrana @seemay @priyankagandhi @paranjoygt @AisiTaisiDemo @sulaimanmkhan

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Very few appreciate that #Babur actually displaced another #Muslim Lodhi dynasty from Delhi & not any #Hindu . Also, it was Afghan Pathans like Sher Shah Suri, Jaunpur etc who challenged Mughals. Mughals killed more Afghans than any other single race/community. @iamrana

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Ghulam Ahmed, the first Muslim to captain Indian cricket team post independence, was uncle of Pakistani test captain Asif Iqbal & great uncle of Indian Tennis player Sania Mirza. Ahmed is considered the first great off spinner from India. @MirzaSania @realshoaibmalik

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The name #RoohAfza was adopted from the book Masnavi Gulzar-e-naseem written by Pandit Daya Shankar Naseem Lakhnavi. RoohAfza was a character in the book. Pic: cover of the #book . #URDU #Hamdard @iamrana @DalrympleWill @UsamaQureshy @RoohAfzaIndia @DalrympleWill

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#BrigadierMohammadUsman , MVC (15 July 1912 – 3 July 1948) was the highest ranking officer of the #IndianArmy killed in the Indo-Pak War of 1947. As a Muslim, Usman became a symbol of India's "inclusive secularism". "Nowshera ka Sher" Usman was awarded by the #MahaVirChakra .

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In 1928, #GamaPehlwan defeated Stanley Zbyszko, a famous wrestler from Poland, in Patiala in front of 40,000 people within 42 seconds. The stadium was especially built for the match witnessed by Nawabs, Rajas & English Governors from across India

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On 29 January 1932, Maulana Shaukat Ali & Dr. Ambedkar returned to Mumbai after attending Second Round Table Conference in London. #AmbedkarJayanti #BhimJayanti #BhimraoAmbedkar #MaulanaShaukatAli #BabasahebAmbedkar

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11 May 1857: Indian Sepoys who revolted at Meerut reached Red Fort in Delhi & proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar as the emperor of Hindustan. In the coming months Indians- Rani Jhansi, Tantiya Tope, Azimullah, Begum Hazrat & others fought under the flag of Mughal emperor. @iamrana

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When #RajaMahendraPratapSingh reached Kabul & met Amir Habibullah, the king of Afghanistan, in 1915. The king employed Hindu cooks to cook separate dinner for Raja but Raja denied eating a separate meal & shared with Afghan king. #Aligarh @atiyaz @iamrana @IndoIslamicPage

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#Bihari #script of writing #Quran developed in India in 14th century and thrived till 19th century. The script spreads forward in a thick horizontal line, while the lower strokes remained short. In pic : A pre #Mughal era Bihari Quran. #History #heritage #calligraphy

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‘I have only one birth. If I had another thousand births, I would voluntarily submit them all to Subhas Chandra Bose to achieve his aim’ : Colonel Mehaboob Ahmad #INA #AzadHindFauj #IndianNationalArmy #azadikaamritmahotsav #Netaji #subhashchandrabose

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The Sangi Masjid, a historic mosque located on the banks of the Gandak River in Hajipur city of Bihar. As this mosque is completely built of stone, hence it is also known as Patthar ki Masjid (stone mosque). Sangi Jama Masjid was built in 1587 AD by Makhasush Khan, the immediate