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Manimugdha Sharma
quizzicalguy
It's a tad surprising to see Indians cheering Turkey's decision to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. I also see claims that the Ottoman Sultan and not the Mughal emperor
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William Dalrymple
DalrympleWill
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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Amit Singh Rajawat 🇮🇳🧡🚩
satya_AmitSingh
#Maharashtra is so devoted to Shivaji Maharaj. It's inspiring! Do the #Tamilians think the same way about Raja Raja Chola of the ~2000 year-old Chola dynasty or does the #East
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Darshana🇮🇳
We_The_Saffron
Our_PrideThe great Sambhaji Maharaja was the ruler who chose death over conversion.He was the eldest son of chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja. He knew more than 13 languages till the time he
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Asim Ali
AsimAli6
The main narrative of the RW today was presenting Modi as a Hindu King unveiling the foundation of 'Hindu Rashtra'-a 'modern day Shivaji'- after 'centuries of Muslim/British/secular rule'. The resemblance
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True Indology
TIinExile
LIES! Salabeg wasn't a Mμslim. He was offspring of Mughal Subedar Lalbeg. Lalbeg invaded Orissa and destroyed Jagannath temple On his way back, he abducted and rαped a Brahmin widow.
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Shan Singh Rababi
RababiShan
In 1705-1706 after the Battle of Chamkaur, Guru Gobind Singh sent a famous letter to the Mughal emperor in Persian verse, titled the 'Zaffarnameh', the epistle of victory. Guru Gobind
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Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری
yusufpore
1. Today marks the 362nd anniversary of the #BattleofSamogarh; one of the most decisive (and defining), land-battles fought in the #history of Asia. A seminal conflict of arms that decided
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Aneesh Gokhale
authorAneesh
Mixes up Narayanrao Peshwa who was assassinated with Madhavrao Peshwa who died of Tuberculosis. Declares the Marathas defeated in Bengal when infact they annexed Odisha and took 12 lakh chauth.
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धर्म
OnlyDharma1
As per Gregorian Calendar, Today is #MahaRanaPratapJayanti #Thread Maharana Pratap was Born to Queen Jaiwanta Bai and Rana Udai Singh, on May 9, 1540, in the Fort of Kumbhalgarh. After
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رها رفیعی گربه نیست
RahaRafii
So to point out some problematic elements that seem to be overshadowed by the multimedia format of this piece and the focus on visual analysis...ahttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/02/arts/design/shah-jahan-chitarman.html 1 - "
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Hafsa Khawaja
Hafsa_Khawaja
Recently studied about the urdubegis so thought I'd share something about them here. Thread ahead. #MughalHistory #SouthAsia The urdubegis were armed women who were tasked with guarding the Mughal zenana
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rraz
rraz4u
A thread on Veer Lachit Borphukan on the occasion of #VeerLachitDivas To understand the story of Lachit Borphukan’s triumph over the Mughals, it is important to get some context of
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Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳
Aabhas24
1/n #SadarPranam to Ishvara within you @iftikhargilani ji. I’m surprised @thewire_in that ur journalist @khanumarfa RTd it. Isn’t she aware that India’s share to global GDP is 8.073% currently &
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Shannon Chakraborty
SAChakrabooks
I just listened to a wonderful lecture with Elizabeth Lambourn on the medieval Indian Ocean world and there were some many beautiful images that I figured I'd track them down
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Samprati Modak
ModakSamprati
Yes It was 'Akbar the Great' who begged to an Indian Queen to spare his life. She was Kiran Devi Rathore, Wife of Prithviraj Rathorethe Raja of Bikaner.Today's Meena Bazar
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