Tag: Mughal

Meet Ajay Pratap Singh, advocate for restoring Hindu properties ‘usurped by Muslims’

Chemistry postgraduate-turned-lawyer Ajay Pratap Singh is dedicated to uncovering historical truths and restoring Hindu heritage, one site at a time

Prachin Hanuman Mandir, Connaught Place: From past legends to present reality

While Prachin Hanuman Mandir in the heart of the national capital in Delhi remains open until 11 PM, the optimal time to visit is just before dawn

Bihariji Temple with such power that drove Mughals away

Many in Buxar, for whom western Uttar Pradesh is far away, believe if one cannot visit Mathura and Vrindavan, a visit to Bihariji Temple suffices

Puja to continue in Gyanvapi cellar: HC

This sub-case began when a hereditary priest sought permission to enter the 'tahkhana' and resume the puja his grandfather used to do there

VHP moves court against naming lion pair Akbar and Sita in Bengal

The petition by the VHP at the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court demanded that animals in zoological parks not be named after deities

ज्ञानवापी ब्रिटिश प्रशासन, विदेशी विशेषज्ञों की नज़र में

ज्ञानवापी के चलते उत्तर भारत में हुए सांप्रदायिक दंगे, बिशप रेजिनल्ड हेबर के साक्ष्य, पुरातत्त्वविद एमए शेरिंग के तर्क, इतिहासकार एडविन ग्रीव्स के लेखन पर लेख

Taj Mahal: Barking Up The Wrong Oak

Since the late 1990s, revisionist PN Oak's repeatedly rubbished conspiracy theory on the Taj Mahal has been rearing its head time and again

हिन्दू कवयित्रियों पर चुप्पी, मुग़ल शहज़ादियों का महिमामंडन

मध्यकालीन हिन्दू स्त्रियों के विषय में सोचिये। क्या धुंधली सी भी सकारात्मक उभर कर आती है? हमारी इतिहास की किताबों ने ऐसा चित्रण किया ही नहीं

Akbar Didn’t Create Bangla Calendar, Hindus Did Before Christ

So clever was the Scroll article of 2015 that even after recognising the Surya Siddhanta, it attributed the Bengali calendar to Akbar in the headline

Haldighati: Beginning, Not End, Of Maharana Pratap

A closer look into why historians have not done justice to the larger impact of the Battle of Haldighati on its anniversary

Colonialism: How truthful is depiction of Mughals as Indians?

In historical studies, Asian colonialism is romanticised and celebrated as a representation of India while European colonialism is demonised

Reconstructing Ayodhya History To Decide Who Wins

In the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, the Muslim claim is weak because their faith in the Babri structure wavered much before it went down on 6 December 1992