How the BJP is using the history of the Razakars to further anti-Muslim prejudice. Identifying that the violence against Muslims was a consequence of the “inevitable repercussions of the atrocities committed on Hindus only a few days before by the Razakars,” the report stated that in its “conservative estimate… at least 27 thousand to 40 thousand people lose their lives …
The tricolour was officially hoisted across the subcontinent to celebrate Independence on August 15, 1947. Tricolour hoisted As part of this struggle, a few people led by Baurao Patil, associated with Dayananda Saraswati’s Arya Samaj, hoisted the tricolour at his village Honnalli and neighbouring Halagorta in Bidar district. Within a few days, Patil and his associates retaliated, targeting Isamuddin, who …
