On August 24, after it was reported that the names of individuals involved in the Moplah massacre of 1921, would be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has come to their rescue. In a tweet on Monday, he claimed, ” Communalising history is a deplorable project pursued narrow political ends, but rewriting …
Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji and Ali Musaliar, the leaders responsible for the Moplah Massacre of Hindus, will be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle, The Hindu has reported. A three member panel that reviewed the fifth volume recommended the deletion as it came to the conclusion that the massacre was a fundamentalist movement bent on religious conversion …
