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Mirza Ghalib - Life and Tragedy (Thread) Mirza Asadullah Khan Beigh was born in Agra. The name Asadullah means lion of Allah and the title belongs to Imam Ali. Mirza's
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I first came across the term tawaif with films Pakeezah & Umrao Jaan. The beauty in the art, dance & music made me want to know more. This Urdu word
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Rao Tula RamAn Emperor of Rewari, HaryanaA Veteran Warrior against British Colonial Forces#Thread 1/23follow @Digangana9 Rao Tula Ram (9 Dec 1825 - 23 Sep 1863) in the well known Rao
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Tragic news from Old Delhi: the dome of the Masjid Mubarak Begum (aka the Rundi ki Masjid) just collapsed.... Mubarak Begum was wife of Sir David Ochterlony. She started off
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I am a Bhumihar, a landowner Brahmin race said to be gifted lands by Lord Parshuram after he defeated Kshatriyas and the lands fell vacant. We were categorized as a
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Ok let me start the thread on Indian kingdom history 1.Indian History can be classified into three periods – Ancient India, Medieval India and Modern India 2.Ancient India (Pre-historic
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H 21: REVOLT OF 1857:Revolt of 1857 is an important landmark in Indian History. If Battle of Plassey laid foundation for East Indian Company in India then 100 years later
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William D. Chappelle was @DaveChappelle’s great-grandfather. He was enslaved at birth in 1857 in South Carolina and went on to become educated and President of Allen University, a HBCU in
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As India celebrates it's 74th Independence day Tomorrow, let's revive some of the great freedom fighters who we haven't read in the history text Books, a thread for all unapologetic
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True. @Javedakhtarjadu 's ggf issued fatwa of Jihad from Jama Masjid against those who don't believe that Muhammad is final prophet. He was sure this is gateway to Jannat. And
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#GreatIndianWomenMy Threads:In order to preach principles of Dharma & Righteousness, there were many women saints, scholars, warriors, who shone as a beacon of courage under great odds.Rani TarabaiRishi GargiAbbakkadeviRani ChennammaOna
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"Scindhia's loyalty saved India for the British", said historian Innes. Scindhia's of Gwalior along with Begum of Bhopal, Salar Jung, Jung Bahadur HELPED British East India company in suppressing the
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A thread on how capitalism led to imperialism in the long nineteenth century, but not in the way that you think. 1/ 19th-century globalisation led to a long terms-of-trade boom
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Sure. Read Golwalkar's "We, or Our Nationhood Defined" (1939). In this book, Golwalkar clearly asks Hindus to fight British.Now, can you please pull up anything made by you to prove
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Mary Seacole (1805-81) was a pioneering Jamaican business woman & nurse, who set up the "British Hotel" during the Crimean War to care for soldiers. Florence Nightingale refused to let
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Some quotes from Marx's Grundrisse (Winter 1857-58; published in the 1930s).On technological change: It is sometimes said about machinery that it saves labor. However…the mere saving of labor is not
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