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"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul": The First PM of India, Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956 took Freeman's oath "to be true to the Queen of England", and was given documents of the Freedom, contained in ornamental caskets
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At a special luncheon held at Mansion House afterward, Mr. Nehru paid tribute to the British Government, the Labour Opposition, and Lord and Lady Mountbatten
Pratapgad Fort in Mahabaleshwar was completed in 1656 under the orders of the Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji: This fortress played a key role in the battle that would ultimately give rise to the Maratha Empire
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It was a judicious move by Shivaji, as just three years later the renowned Adilshahi general Afzal Khan was marching on Pratapgad, intent on destroying the Marathas
Rani Chennamma of Keladi who fought bravely against Mughals and gave shelter to Shivaji’s son Rajaram, killed more than half of the forces of Aurangzeb's son Azamath Ara
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Azamath Ara had defeated many kings, but now the very thought of getting defeated in the hands of a woman troubled him, as defeat was for sure
Tonkham Borpatra Gohain: Ahom general who badly defeated Afghan forces killing Islamic commander Turbak Khan in 1533 CE, battle took place at Duimunisila along banks of mighty Bharali River
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The Ahom forces laid on them a series of guerilla attacks, which not only reduced the numbers of the enemy forces but also dampened their morale and spirits.
Renowned Archaeologist KK Mohammed confirms, '27 temples were demolished to build Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque near Qutub Minar in Delhi, hiding truth is a mistake': Remnants of temples, Lord Ganesha temple found
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Notably, the Delhi Tourism website clearly mentions that the 73-metre high Qutub Minar was built using the material obtained from 27 Hindu and Jain temples. The first Muslim ruler of Delhi, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, defeated the last Hindu ruler of Delhi Prithiviraj Chauhan
During Partition Hindu and Sikh refugees concentrated in Delhi to a humiliating and dehumanizing experience whereas Muslim were being provided with rations, funds, jobs and shelter: MK Pahwa try to assassinate Gandhi
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And wonder of wonders, instead of assisting Hindu and Sikh refugees, the Congress government deployed police violence, thrashing and beating down to bar them from “offending Muslim sensibilities” while Hindus and Sikhs by the millions suffered unprecedented genocide and slaughter
The perpetrator of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre General Reginald Dyer was forgiven by Mohandas Gandhi as an exercise of forgiveness or love to nurse Dyer back to life if he was suffering from a physical malady
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Mahatma Gandhi’s writings reveal how he found it was morally right to forgive Dyer for the heinous crimes he committed in Amritsar by killing innocent and unarmed people
Indira Gandhi’s bahu published intimate photos of Jagjivan Ram’s son in her magazine: This 'Saas-Bahu ki Saajish' mothered India’s first major political sex scandal which cost Jagjivan his political career
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Intimate photographs of Jagjivan Ram's son Suresh Ram in a compromising position with a 21-year-old Delhi University student were splashed over the centre spread of a magazine
Debunking the myth of "De Di humein Aazadi Bina Khadag Bina Dhal": Bharat’s founding story bestows upon it an extravagant national philosophy and long-lasting costs
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The British had dominated Bharat through a Machiavellian divide-and-rule strategy. Their exit came only after they had reduced one of the world’s wealthiest economies to one of its poorest
If only India’s partition chilling wound was not enough, Gandhi did his last protest again only to blackmail India into giving 55 crores to Pakistan, dragged Hindu, Sikh refugees seeking shelter in mosques to die in cold: And we call him Mahatma, not for
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Industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla had also tried to explain to Gandhi that the consequences of transferring money to Pakistan would not be good because belligerent Pakistan will use that money to buy weapons against India. But Gandhi did not budge