HYDERABAD: The Golkonda Literary Festival, organised by Samachara Bharati, highlighted various aspects of the freedom struggle, particularly in the erstwhile Hyderabad state, while also invoking national pride. The Hindi edition of the literary festival, with the theme 'Swaraj 75 — Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad' at the Agarwal Shiksha Samiti, Pathargatti, remembered the sacrifices made by freedom fighters who were forgotten …
In 1817 the British agent in Travancore reported to his bosses an anxiety the royal house entertained about some of its subjects. Martanda Varma, heir to a political backwater in what is now Tamil Nadu’s Kanniyakumari district, had in the 18th century birthed Travancore in fire and blood: dozens of noble houses were destroyed, princely lines were toppled, and conquest …
Revati Laul then goes on to quote some obscure website to somehow show that Sikandar Butshikan was a just and tolerant ruler like Aurangzeb. Sikandar’s destruction of the famous Sun Temple at Martand is something that has been documented and taken note of in the official manual published by the Director General Archaeological Survey of India in 1993. On Page …
