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How Delhi, once ruled by Tomars, became the capital for Khiljis, Mughals and British

It is commonly believed that Delhi was destroyed and rebuilt seven times over a span of 1,000 years. The journey began with Lal Kot, established around 1140 CE, and continued through the foundation of New Delhi, which remains the capital of India today. Historical records mention Anangpal as a Tomar king ruling the region, with his capital near present-day Qutub …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

A vivid portrait of Delhi | Review of Madhulika Liddle’s An Unholy Drought, the second in the Delhi Quartet series

The Hindu

The Mughal ruler Humayun has just died after tripping on the steps of his library. Thus begins Madhulika Liddle‘s An Unholy Drought, the second book in her Delhi Quartet series, four novels that will span 800 years of the capital’s history, from the creation of the Delhi Sultanate to Partition. Taking off from the characters introduced in the first book …

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1 month ago

Fatehpur Sikri ft. Hyundai Exter - Heritage Drive

India Today

India is the land of rich cultural heritage and preserving that opulent history that has spanned over millennia. None other than the ‘city of victory’ or Fatehpur Sikri. In 1585, the Mughals shifted the capital to Lahore, but Fatehpur Sikri remained a city that was frequented by prominent emperors. The 200-odd kilometre drive from our office in Noida felt like …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court to hear plea against Sambhal mosque survey order today

Hindustan Times

The management committee of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal has moved the Supreme Court against a local court's recent order to survey the mosque. According to the cause list of November 29 uploaded on the apex court's website, a bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna is scheduled to hear the plea. "The hot haste in which …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

United we stand, divided we fall, says Yogi citing Bangladesh

Hindustan Times

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath cited the situation in Bangladesh as an example to stress the importance of unity among Indians to achieve the goal of a “Viksit Bharat”. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the statue of ‘Rashtraveer’ Durgadas Rathore at a prominent crossing in Agra “There is nothing more important than the nation, and to strengthen it, we must …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Documentary on Ahom warrior Bir Lachit Borphukan on the anvil

The Hindu

State-run broadcaster Prasar Bharati in collaboration with the Assam government’s Cultural Affairs department has proposed to develop a documentary series based on the life of Bir Lachit Borphukan. In this regard, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Assam government and Prasar Bharati on Monday in Guwahati in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Doordarshan …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tales from the crypt: An exclusive preview of Delhi’s new Mughal museum

Hindustan Times

Nestled in a corner of the pristine Sunder Nursery, across the road from Humayun’s Tomb in central Delhi, a series of red sandstone ramps gently heads to the grassy ground beneath. “The Humayun Museum will serve as a gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Humayun’s Tomb,” says Ratish Nanda, the CEO of Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which …

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6 months ago

Delhiwale: Portrait of a painter

Hindustan Times

Its construction began in May 1639, it was completed almost a decade later in April 1648– Delhi’s Lal Qila, the seat of the Mughals. Manoj has been commissioned by an art academy to paint the entire stretch of the outer wall of an underpass near Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan with Delhi’s Unesco world heritage monuments. “I started the Lal …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Bihar News: Another Bridge Collapses In Chhapra, Movement Of Dozens Of Villages Affected | ABP News

ABP News

In Bihar, the process of heavy rain at some places and light rain at other places is continuing these days. RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav attacked both PM Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday over the bridge collapse. Lalu Prasad Yadav wrote on X, "Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar will blame the Mughals, the British and …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Mallikarjun Kharge targets PM Modi, RSS in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: In a scathing speech in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Leader of Opposition in the Upper House and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of fostering communal politics and blamed the government for various administrative lapses including the most recent irregularities in the conduct of examinations and alleged paper …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress leaders slam PM’s remarks in Punjab rallies, ask him to address real issues

Hindustan Times

Congress leaders MP Shashi Tharoor and Alka Lamba on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up issues like Partition, 1984 massacre, possession of gurdwara in Kartarpur Sahib during his rallies in Punjab and said that BJP is running away from addressing real issues facing the country. Congress MP Sashi Tharoor During his three rallies in Punjab, …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

'Just like Mughals': PM Narendra Modi takes 'mutton in Sawan' jibe at Rahul Gandhi, Lalu Yadav

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked INDIA bloc allies Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Yadav for allegedly eating mutton during the holy month of Sawan last year, claiming they don't care about the sentiments of the majority of the country. PM Modi, without naming the two leaders, compared them with the Mughals and accused them of attempting to …

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9 months ago

When is Gudi Padwa 2024? Date, History, Significance, Rituals, Shubh Muhurat, and Celebration

News 18

Gudi Padwa is a Hindu festival observed in Maharashtra, Goa, and certain areas of the Konkan region. Gudi Padwa 2024: Date, Timing and Shubh Muhurat This year, the Gudi Padwa festival is being celebrated today on April 9. Gudi Padwa 2024: History and Significance The festival of Gudi Padwa is considered important since it is believed that Lord Brahma created …

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9 months, 1 week ago

BJP candidate Rupala faces wrath of Kshatriyas over his remarks

The Hindu

The Kshatriya community continued its protests against the BJP candidate from Rajkot, Parshottam Rupala, for his controversial remarks against its members. Aam Aadmi Party leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja urged the community not to compromise with the Union Minister who had lowered the image of the community by making “cheap remarks”. State Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil also lambasted the Union Minister and …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP resorting to “hooliganism”; this will harm country: AAP leader Sandeep Pathak

The Hindu

The Aam Aadmi Party MLAs are getting calls asking them to leave the party or face consequences, party national general secretary Sandeep Pathak claimed on March 28, ahead of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's remand hearing by a court in New Delhi. Replying to Mr. Pathak's post on X, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor challenged him to tell the name …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu on Books | Alpa Shah’s probe into Bhima Koregaon, the Mughals’ only woman historian, Higashino’s world and more

The Hindu

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. In her latest book, The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India, Alpa Shah tells the life stories of the BK-16, lawyers, professors, journalists, artists and activists, who were raided and arrested, “without credible evidence and without trial as Maoist terrorists.” During her investigation, Shah found that …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Review of Ruby Lal’s Vagabond Princess — The Great Adventures of Gulbadan: The Mughals’ memory keeper

The Hindu

Most people tend to have cliched ideas about the role of women in the Mughal empire. Historian Ruby Lal’s book, Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan, is an account of Gulbadan Banu Begum, literally ‘Rosebody’, Babur’s daughter and an exceptional but under-appreciated figure. Gulbadan wrote a historical memoir of the Mughals when she was in her sixties, ‘Ahval-i Humayun …

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10 months ago

PM Modi unveils statue of Lachit Borphukan, addresses public meeting in Assam's Jorhat | VIDEO

India TV News

PM Modi in Assam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled the magnificent statue of Lachit Borphukan, the famous General of the Royal Army of the Ahom Kingdom of Assam who defeated the Mughals. Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of projects under Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North Eastern Region scheme including the Medical College and Hospital at Sivasagar and …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Pawan Kalyan’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu’s promo to be out soon; makers dismiss rumours of film being shelved

Hindustan Times

Director Krish’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu, starring Pawan Kalyan, Nidhhi Agerwal and Bobby Deol in the lead roles, has been in production since 2020. Pawan Kalyan in a still from Hari Hara Veera Mallu Their statement “Here's an Update to all the Power Fans & Cinema Lovers! They also released a note that read, “To all the Power Star fans …

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11 months, 1 week ago

'Mughals, British didn't...': Agra court to hear petition against Shah Jahan's 'urs' at Taj Mahal

Hindustan Times

Agra: The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a right-wing organisation, has filed a plea in an Agra court against 'urs' at the Taj Mahal. ABHM spokesperson Sanjay Jat claimed neither the Mughals nor the British allow urs inside the Taj Mahal compound. The ASI replied that neither Mughals, nor the British government or the Government of India have allowed 'Urs' celebration …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Ayodhya: How Hindus were massacred after the construction of Ram Chabootra on Janmabhoomi

Op India

The Pran Pratishtha of Ram Mandir took place at Lord Ram’s birthplace in Ayodhya on 22nd January this year. These comprise the sacrifices made by King Devi Bakhsh Singh of Gonda and King Jaydatt Singh of Bhiti as well as the jihad waged by Maulana Amir Ali and the unprecedented riots that occurred in Ayodhya around 1850. King Devi Bakhsh …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Video: PM mops temple premises in Nashik, makes appeal ahead of Ram Mandir event

India Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in 'Swachhata Abhiyan' on Friday at the Kalaram temple in Maharashtra's Nashik before inaugurating the 21.8-kilometre Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, India's longest sea bridge. #WATCH | PM Modi took part in 'Swachhata Abhiyan' today at the Kalaram temple in Maharashtra's Nashik The PM had also appealed to everyone to carry out Swachhata activities at temples …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ram temple inauguration does not give BJP an edge in LS polls: Siddaramaiah

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday observed that the inauguration of Ram Temple at disputed structure at Ayodhya scheduled on January 22, 2024, at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not give Bharatiya Janata Party an edge in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls of 2024. In Mysuru, he told reporters that India is a country of “unity in …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Jali’ as a symbol of syncretic India | New book by Navina Najat Haidar traces the evolution of this intricate lattice work

The Hindu

In a famous passage in the Koran, as the Prophet Muhammad flees to Medina to escape his enemies, he takes refuge in a cave in Jabal Thawr. American art collector and scholar Stuart Cary Welch used to cite this incident as the origin story of the jali, the intricate lattice work decor commonly associated with mosques, palaces and cenotaphs. Crites’ …

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How Delhi, once ruled by Tomars, became the capital for Khiljis, Mughals and British

A vivid portrait of Delhi | Review of Madhulika Liddle’s An Unholy Drought, the second in the Delhi Quartet series

Fatehpur Sikri ft. Hyundai Exter - Heritage Drive

Supreme Court to hear plea against Sambhal mosque survey order today

United we stand, divided we fall, says Yogi citing Bangladesh

Documentary on Ahom warrior Bir Lachit Borphukan on the anvil

Tales from the crypt: An exclusive preview of Delhi’s new Mughal museum

Delhiwale: Portrait of a painter

Bihar News: Another Bridge Collapses In Chhapra, Movement Of Dozens Of Villages Affected | ABP News

Mallikarjun Kharge targets PM Modi, RSS in Rajya Sabha

Congress leaders slam PM’s remarks in Punjab rallies, ask him to address real issues

'Just like Mughals': PM Narendra Modi takes 'mutton in Sawan' jibe at Rahul Gandhi, Lalu Yadav

When is Gudi Padwa 2024? Date, History, Significance, Rituals, Shubh Muhurat, and Celebration

BJP candidate Rupala faces wrath of Kshatriyas over his remarks

BJP resorting to “hooliganism”; this will harm country: AAP leader Sandeep Pathak

The Hindu on Books | Alpa Shah’s probe into Bhima Koregaon, the Mughals’ only woman historian, Higashino’s world and more

Review of Ruby Lal’s Vagabond Princess — The Great Adventures of Gulbadan: The Mughals’ memory keeper

PM Modi unveils statue of Lachit Borphukan, addresses public meeting in Assam's Jorhat | VIDEO

Pawan Kalyan’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu’s promo to be out soon; makers dismiss rumours of film being shelved

'Mughals, British didn't...': Agra court to hear petition against Shah Jahan's 'urs' at Taj Mahal

Ayodhya: How Hindus were massacred after the construction of Ram Chabootra on Janmabhoomi

Video: PM mops temple premises in Nashik, makes appeal ahead of Ram Mandir event

Ram temple inauguration does not give BJP an edge in LS polls: Siddaramaiah

‘Jali’ as a symbol of syncretic India | New book by Navina Najat Haidar traces the evolution of this intricate lattice work