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7 years ago, on January 18, 2016, I wrote:
“Bitterly cold day as I cross No Man's Land. Off to pay my respects at the Martyrs' Well in Ajnala where the bodies of native sepoys (who rebelled at the Mianmir Cantt in Lahore in 1857 & who were summarily executed at Ajnala) were 1/n
“Bitterly cold day as I cross No Man's Land. Off to pay my respects at the Martyrs' Well in Ajnala where the bodies of native sepoys (who rebelled at the Mianmir Cantt in Lahore in 1857 & who were summarily executed at Ajnala) were 1/n
disposed on a rainy day all those years ago.”
It was to be a memorable trip as some elderly Sikh gentlemen present at the site received very warmly a person who suddenly stepped out of the fog - and across the fog - spoke to them in Punjabi and respectfully asked to be guided 2/n
It was to be a memorable trip as some elderly Sikh gentlemen present at the site received very warmly a person who suddenly stepped out of the fog - and across the fog - spoke to them in Punjabi and respectfully asked to be guided 2/n
on the place & its history. Initially they were a bit taken aback. Yes I too revere them as you do I told them. Their valor & common cause unites us far above & beyond what divides us today.
The images of the place still haunt me. As was expected I barely managed to catch my 3/n
The images of the place still haunt me. As was expected I barely managed to catch my 3/n
#चंद्रशेखर_आझाद : मृत्यु-आक्षेप, संशयाचे धुके
#थ्रेड #Thread
२७ फेब्रुवारी १९३१ रोजी अलाहाबाद येथील सीआयडी पोलिस प्रमुख सर जे.आर.एच. नॉट-बॉवर यांना कोणीतरी माहिती दिली की आझाद आल्फ्रेड पार्कमध्ये आहेत आणि साथीदार सुखदेव राज यांच्याशी बोलत आहेत. टीप मिळाल्यावर, बोवरने अलाहाबाद
#थ्रेड #Thread
२७ फेब्रुवारी १९३१ रोजी अलाहाबाद येथील सीआयडी पोलिस प्रमुख सर जे.आर.एच. नॉट-बॉवर यांना कोणीतरी माहिती दिली की आझाद आल्फ्रेड पार्कमध्ये आहेत आणि साथीदार सुखदेव राज यांच्याशी बोलत आहेत. टीप मिळाल्यावर, बोवरने अलाहाबाद
पोलिसांसोबत उद्यानाला घेराव घातला. आझाद यांचे जुने सहकारी वीरभद्र तिवारी व यशपाल यांना फितुरीसाठी जबाबदार धरण्यात येते.बोवरने सलग अलाहाबाद,लखनौ,बरेली जिल्ह्यांचे कारभार केला व गुन्हे अन्वेषण विभागातही काम केले. 27 फेब्रुवारी 1931 रोजी चंद्रशेखर आझाद यांना पकडल्याबद्दल 1931
च्या बर्थडे ऑनर्समध्ये, किंग्ज पोलिस मेडल देऊन सन्मानित करण्यात आले.
क्रांतिकारी स्वातंत्र्यसैनिक चंद्रशेखर आझाद यांचे पुतणे, सुजित आझाद यांनी अलीकडेच असा दावा केला आहे की जवाहरलाल नेहरू यांनी ब्रिटिशांना त्यांच्या ठावठिकाणाविषयी विशिष्ट माहिती दिली होती ज्यामुळे आझादांना
क्रांतिकारी स्वातंत्र्यसैनिक चंद्रशेखर आझाद यांचे पुतणे, सुजित आझाद यांनी अलीकडेच असा दावा केला आहे की जवाहरलाल नेहरू यांनी ब्रिटिशांना त्यांच्या ठावठिकाणाविषयी विशिष्ट माहिती दिली होती ज्यामुळे आझादांना
Engineering a City #thread
Having spent my entire childhood in #Kochi (#Cochin ), it feels criminal to not know the story of how the city came to be the #metropolis it is today. Putting together a thread to trace the journey of the city which has been so endearingly mine (1)
Having spent my entire childhood in #Kochi (#Cochin ), it feels criminal to not know the story of how the city came to be the #metropolis it is today. Putting together a thread to trace the journey of the city which has been so endearingly mine (1)
Part 1: The #Malabar Mud-Banks
The story of Cochin is not just about how an engineering marvel can change social fabric, but also of many tenets of #British #Colonialism in India which is often taken for granted, passed off lazily as exploitation, missing nuance (2)
The story of Cochin is not just about how an engineering marvel can change social fabric, but also of many tenets of #British #Colonialism in India which is often taken for granted, passed off lazily as exploitation, missing nuance (2)
