The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Maharashtra government about its reasons for restricting the birth anniversary celebrations of Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan. The petition, filed by AIMIM’s Pune city president Faiyaz Shaikh, said that initially the party sought permission to carry out a procession to commemorate the birth anniversaries of Tipu Sultan and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad along …
Vishwa Hindu Parishad has been claiming that the Jamia mosque was a Hanuman temple, which Tipu Sultan had destroyed to build a mosque in its place Amid heightened security arrangements, Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists staged a demonstration in Srirangapatna town of Mandya, Karnataka, demanding the Jamia mosque be returned to Hindus claiming that it was a Hanuman temple razed by …
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