Do you know why
#Charminar
was built?
It was built to commemorate the eradication of a
#plague
/
#pandemic
, that was prevalent at that time. Built in 1591 by Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah, the founder of
#Hyderabad
, also to commerate the 1000th year since
#Islam
came into existence.
‘मैं हिंदोस्तान हूं’
हिमालय मेरी सरहदों का निगहबान है
गंगा मेरी पवित्रता की सौगंध..
ज़ालिमों ने मुझे लूटा और मेहरबानों ने मुझे संवारा
नादानों ने मुझे जंजीरें पहना दीं और मेरे चाहने वालों ने उन्हें काट फेंका
“सारे जहां से अच्छा #हिंदुस्तान हमारा”
#Balayya
Rocks!
@NBK_Unofficial
The Story of Marginalisation
6 Muslim MLAs elected in
#Rajasthan
2 Muslim MLAs elected in
#MadhyaPradesh
7 Muslim MLAs elected in
#Telangana
A total of 15 Muslim MLAs elected in 638 constituencies across 4 states Or 2.3%
Not a single one elected in any ruling party.
@yusufpore
Parents of 2 brothers falsely accused in
#Bhainsa
communal clashes, died on the same day. AbdulAhad, died at 8:30am & AhmadiBegum died within hours. A day before they had seen their sons in shackles at local court & were in utter shock & dismay!
@iamrana
@imMAK02
@IndiasMuslims
Joan Baez- “500 Miles” (live 1965)
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Lord, I'm one, lord, I'm two, lord, I'm three, lord, I'm four
Lord, I'm 500 miles from my home
@DalrympleWill
@irfhabib
@ranjona
@tawairkh
"Name type of Jihad?"
4
#Muslim
friends helped a
#Hindu
youth Prince Gupta cremate his mother, who died of Covid in
#Jharkhand
’s Palamau district!
Saif Hussain, Jaffer, Asif & Shamshad from Muslim Nagar, rushed to nearby RajaHarishchandra Ghat!
@ranjona
On this day February 24, 1967
#Hyderabad
lost its last
#Nizam
, Asaf Jah VII, HEH Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, as per will he was buried in Masjid-e Judi, where his mother was buried.
He was once the richest man on this planet!
My tributes & prayers for him!
@iamrana
@ssharadmohhan
Can anyone of the 45 MPs (
#Tribal
) do similar thing in
#LokSabha
?
Watch Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the youngest female Member of
#NewZealand
Parliament celebrated the indigenous people in her maiden speech & performed traditional 'haka' or war cry.
@ranjona
@pbhushan1
#TipuSultan
's "Mechanical Clock Organ Tiger" now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
#Keats
writes in his poem "The Cap and Bells"
That little buzzing noise Comes from a plaything of the Emperor's choice, From a Man-Tiger-Organ, prettiest of his toys.
@iamrana
I don’t understand why some people are getting triggered by the word settlers…. 27 States & 8 UTs excluding
#Telangana
..
“Lulu Mall mere Chicha ka Nahi hai!”
Woh Bhi Malyali Group hai…
“Yahan Baat Sirf Badtameez aur Choron ki hai”
“Shoplifters, Thieves & Pathetic Scoundrels”
This
#Mughal
#amulet
inscribed with one of the most famous verses from the
#Quran
(2:255) “God there is no God but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not, neither sleep; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens & the earth..
#AyatulKursi
#TheThroneVerse
@iamrana
‘The
#QueenElizabeth
’s Necklace’
Received it as a wedding present in 1947 from HEH Nizam Osman Ali Khan ruler of
#Hyderabad
who instructed the firm of Cartier in London that she should select a wedding gift herself, & this platinum necklace set with approx 300 diamonds was chosen
#FIRMAN
OF Emperor Akbar Shah II
#Mughal
dated 1837 AD.
Persian manuscript on paper, black nasta'liq in clouds, seal impresion in the upper right surrounded by gold & polychrome illumination beneath a chhatri, dated 32nd year of reign. Size 96 x 51cm.
@iamrana
@katherineschof8
#DeathAnniversary
On February 24, 1967 Hyderabad lost its Seventh Nizam, Asaf Jah VII, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan. His grave is located at ‘Masjid-e-Judi’
Born on April 6, 1886, the HEH Mir
#OsmanAliKhan
ruled the princely state of
#Hyderabad
, from 1911 to 1948.
@DalrympleWill
The Baroda Pearl Canopy,
circa 1865-1870
The cloth embroidered with pearls, colored glass beads, diamonds, rubies,sapphires, emeralds set in silver & gold
Commissioned by Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad; thence by descent to Maharani Sita Devi
#Baroda
@ssharadmohhan
@iamrana
@JAJafri
Chhap tilak sab cheeni re mosay naina milaikay
Prem bhati ka madhva pilaikay
Matvali kar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay
You've taken away my looks, my identity, by just a glance
By making me drink the wine of love,
You've intoxicated me by just a glance;
@iamrana
@ssharadmohhan
'The Pearl Carpet of Baroda' commissioned by Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad, in 1860 & completed in 1865, meant to fulfill a vow he had made, to cover tomb of the Holy
#ProphetMuhammad
at
#Medina
Carpet is 2.64m/8' 8" in L× 1.73m/5' 8" W, made of combination of silk & deer hide.
1/n
Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur AsafJah VI of
#Hyderabad
The youngest
#AsafJahi
ruler was 2 years & 7 months old when installed by his co-regents Sir Salar Jung I & Shams-ul-Umra III.
Photograph by Samuel Bourne & Shepherd.
'A young boy Nizam VI attending Delhi Durbar 1877'
@iamrana
#AllamaIqbalDay
Maana keh Teri Deed kay Qabil Nahin Hoon Mein,
Tu Mera Shauq Dekh, Mera Intizar Dekh
माना कि तेरी दीद के काबिल नहीं हूँ मैं
तू मेरा शौक़ देख मेरा इंतज़ार देख
مانا کہ تیری دید کے قابل نہیں ہوں میں
تو میرا شوقِ دیک�� میرا انتظارِ دیکھ
@iamrana
@BaDastoor
@Soofinama
'Krishna & Rukmini'
Date: ca. 1780
#Garhwal
School
#Uttarakhand
India
Rukmini wrote a love letter to Krishna & begged him to steal her away & take her as his wife. On the morning of her wedding to the evil Shishupala, Krishna kidnaps her in front of her family & retinue!
@iamrana
रानी एक, शत्रु बहुतेरे, होने लगे वार-पर-वार
घायल होकर गिरी सिंहनी उसे वीर गति पानी थी
तेरा स्मारक तू ही होगी, तू खुद अमिट निशानी थी
बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी थी
खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो #झाँसी वाली रानी थी
सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान
#RaniLaxmiBai
#पुण्यतिथि
@priyankagandhi
The building for King Dasaratha's sacrifice by
#NurMuhammad
#Mughal
India 1594 AD.
In the centre ground
#Brahmins
studying ancient texts, manuscripts & writing implements around them, other figures on roof tops behind & above.
Sold in 2000 for GBP1,763,750
@iamrana
@ssharadmohhan
"Wild woman are an unexplainable spark of life, full of freedom & seeking awareness, If you have met one, hold on to her, she'll allow you into her chaos but she'll also show you her magic.”
"A woman plays a stringed instrument in the company of animals & birds"
1663AD
#Kashmir
Princess
#Niloufer
's contribution to Women & Children's Medical treatment in
#Hyderabad
is worth mentioning!
Niloufer Farhat Begum Sahiba, a princess of
#Ottoman
Empire, was married to
#MoazamJah
, 2nd son ofthe last
#Nizam
Judged as one of the 10 most beautiful women in the world
Prince Mukarram Jah Bahadur, Grandson of the last
#Nizam
of
#Hyderabad
Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan,
Circa 1965
Halftone print.
Here he poses with his private guards and other
#cars
all marked
'Hyderabad-1' in front of his private residence.
#Automobile
#Vintage
On Friday Rajab 8th, 932H April 20th 1526, the first battle of Panipat was fought, Emperor
#Babur
against Sultan Ibrahim Lodi.
Sultan Ibrahim lost & was killed though he had 100,000 foot soldiers, 80,000 horse & 1,500 elephants.
#Mughal
@iamrana
@yusufpore
@ssharadmohhan
“The Chairperson was reading from a pre-written script which contained most disgusting, invasive & private details of my personal life which have nothing to do with the hearing,”
@MahuaMoitra
VC:
@PTI_News
Using every trick to silent her voice…and might be disqualified too.
Khuda kare ki ye dastoor saazgaar aaye
Jo be qaraar hain ab tak, unhe qaraar aaye
Zameer saaf ho apna to ghair-mumkin hai
Kisi ke aaina e qalb par gubaar aaye
Dilon ki khot ho jiske khameer mein shaamil
Na aayi hai wo siyasat na saazgaar aaye
#MadhyaPradesh
@ranjona
@zoo_bear
Portrait of Maharani 'Indira' Devi (1892-1968) of Cooch Behar.
Artist: Alfred Jonniaux (1882-1974), after Philip de László.
Signed and dated 'A.JONNIAUX PARIS 1932' (lower left)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2019 for USD87,500
#IndiraDevi
#CoochBehar
@iamrana
@ssharadmohhan
@Ritiks