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#EidMubarak Reminded of #MunshiPremchand's short story Eidgah today. Brilliantly evocative, powerful & even more relevant today. Eidgah appeared in Urdu in 'Chand' mag. in 1933 & has parallels with

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1/n #SadarPranam to Ishvara within you @r_bhaduri ji.Tulasīdāsa does mention of destruction of Ram Temple. You seem to be uneducated on the subject. Here are evidences from “Doha Shatak” by

Siddharth Misra

SUB-THREAD: Wajid Ali Shah . Defamed as a debauch and inefficient ruler, by British historian (& many Indian also). It is ironical that one who wrote

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1/9 Modern Shi’i Islam as we know it would not exist without South Asia. It all starts in #Lucknow in North India. From 1775-1856, the city was the capital of

#MangoTwitter. In the family village in Awadh belt there were Mango orchards. In my childhood 4.buckets with mangoes.would be placed on each corner of dining table and we got dig

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The world is crumbling around me.So here's a thread about the history of ghararas The gharara is a popular bridal dress for Muslim brides in the Hindi belt(UP, Bihar etc)

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#Thread JASSA SINGH ALHUWALIA-WHO SAVED MARATHA WOMEN FROM AFGHANS:Jan,1761, 3rd battle of Panipat happened. Marathas lost the battle to ahmad shah abdali, because abdali was supported by three allies in

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THE STORY OF KASHI VISHWANATH TEMPLEThe Kashi Vishwanath Temple (located in Varanasi, U.P) has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. The last structure was demolished in 1669 CE by the

Siddharth Misra

Thread: Awadh, Nawabs & Lucknow.'Ayodhya' was the original Ramaraj place. Modified as Awadh, & Lakshman laid the formation of Lucknow. नवाबों की नगरी लखनऊ=अलहदा तहज़ीब। जिन्होंने अवध को

Gorakhnath temple has a recorded history of atleast 800 years.The temple existed even before Nawab Asaf-Ud-Daulah was born in 18th century.How could the Nawab grant land for construction of a

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

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

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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#Thread on Kashi Vishwanath temple: built, destroyed, rebuild, demobilised, captured and claimedThe Kashi Vishwanath is among the 12 jyotirlinga, situated in kashi (Varanasi) is not only a sacred place but

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#Thread on Kashi Vishwanath temple: built, destroyed, rebuild, demobilised, captured and claimedThe Kashi Vishwanath is among the 12 jyotirlinga, situated in kashi (Varanasi) is not only a sacred place but

Thread on Indian diaspora population and other analysis in the nations of Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius and Trinidad & Tobago:--- o -- So, first off, the British empire after the