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On Today’s Day in #Sikh #History
on 9th of March 1846

#Treaty was Signed Between
The #BritishGovernment and
The State of Lahore(#SikhEmpire) 1846
The ending of the first #AngloSikhWar resulted in the Treaty of #Lahore
(9th March 1846), #Sikhs were made to surrender the valuable region (the Jullundur Doab) between the Beas River and Sutlej River.
The #LahoreDurbar was also required to pay an indemnity of 15 million rupees. Because it could not readily raise this sum, it ceded Kashmir,Hazarah & all the forts,territories,rights & interests in the hill countries situated btwn the Rivers Beas &Indus to the
#EastIndiaCompany.
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#Slavery in India
1. The destruction of temples in India due to Islamic conquests is well known but little known is the fact about Indian slavery. Islamic conquest of Indian land often resulted in capture of large number of people and their enslavement. Men and women ....cont..2 Image
2. so captured had to work as #slaves for their masters who were high officials of the invading army or the ruling class. Slave girls were forced for sex or prostitution . When Muslim soldiers forcefully slept with girls,the girl’s community refused to accept her and she ..cont3
3. would be left with no choice other than converting to Islam. Moreover forceful #conversion of slaves was a regular feature in Delhi Sultanate(1206-1555)and Mughal empire(from 1526). During Islamic rule, slaves were of two types-military and labourer and they were....cont..4..
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#Thread on

NEPAL - SIKH War

The #NepalSikhWar was a large scale military conflict in 1809 between the forces of
The #KingdomofNepal under
Amar Singh Thapa and
The #SikhEmpire under
General Dewan Mokham Chand of
Maharajah Ranjit Singh Ji

Pic 1 Dewan M Chand
Pic 2 AS Thapa
Nepal-Sikh War
Date:March 1809 – August 1809
Location:#KangraFort
Result: #Sikh victory
•Nepalese retreat to the Arki Fort

in Pic Kangra Fort

by Charles Stewart Hardinge
leaders
#SikhEmpire
Maharaja RanjitSingh*
MokhamChand
#KingdomofNepal
Amar Singh Thapa
Bahadur Shah
Bhimsen Thapa*
Nain Singh Thapa
—Strength
10,000 Sikh imperialists of
The #SikhKhalsaArmy
16,000 #Gurkha warriors
—losses
1,000 #Sikh soldiers killed
12,000 #Gurkha soldiers killed
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The population of #SikhEmpire during the time of Ranjit Singh’s rule was estimated to be around 12 million people.
There were
8.4 million Muslims,
2.88 million Hindus and 722,000 Sikhs.
#Islam (70%)
#Hinduism (24%)
#Sikhism (6%)
Total Area in 1839 was
520,000 km2 (200,000 sq mi) Sikh Kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji
Capital was
#Gujranwala (1799–1802)
#Lahore LahoreFort(1802–1849)

Court language
#Persian
Spoken #languages in #SikhKingdom #SikhEmpire

Punjabi (dynastic)Punjabi dialects (Saraiki, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari),Kangri,Dogri,
Pashto,Kashmiri,Gojri
KundalShahi,Balti,Shina,Wakhi,
Burushaski,Khowar,Domaki,Ladakhi,Purgi,Bhadarwahi,Shina,Bateri,
Kohistani,Kalash
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سعد خٹک صاحب نے عام آدمی پارٹی کا اعلان کردیا ! اب دودھ اور شہد کی نہریں بہنا شروع ہو جائینگی ۔ کسی کو یاد ہے کہ مرزا اسلم بیگ نے بھی ریٹائر ہونے کے بعد ایک جماعت Friends کا اعلان کیا تھا وہ کیا ہوئی ؟

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پاکستان بنانے والے سارے کے سارے حضرات جاگیردار و بالادست اشرافیہ کے نمائندے تھے سردار ، ملک خوانین چوہدری وڈیرے ، مزاروں اور قبروں کے متولی تھے سجادہ نشین تھے اور یہی لوگ انگریزوں کے حلف یافتہ بھی تھے اور اسی طبقے نے روس کیخلاف امریکی جہاد بھی لڑا ۔ سعد بیٹے آنکھیں کھول لو
سعد خٹک صاحب سمجھ رہے ہیں کہ سیاست میں لیڈرشپ کرانا ایسا ہی ہے جیسے کاکول اور اسٹاف کالج کوئٹہ کے میس میں تالی بجا کر ناشتہ یا کھانا منگانا ہے جبکہ سیاست ایک ارتقائی عمل ہے کالج ، یونیورسٹی سے لیڈرشپ کا ارتقاء ہوتا ہے ورنہ جس زبردستی کے نتیجے میں پی ٹی آئی جیسی شے سرزد ہوتی ہے
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پاکستانی اکثر یہ کہتے پائے جاتے ہیں کہ انہوں نے انگریزوں کیخلاف جنگ آزادی لڑی اور قربانیاں دیں جبکہ دوقومی نظریے اور نظریۂ پاکستان کے بانی سرسید احمد خان نے انگریزوں سے مسلمانوں کی وفاداری پر ۳ جلدوں میں یہ کتاب لکھی

• An Account Of The Loyal

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اہلحدیثوں کے شیخ الکل میاں نذیر حسین محدث دہلوی تو ملکہ وکٹوریہ سے وفاداری کا حلف اٹھائے ہوئے تھے (بحوالہ : الحیات بعد الممات) اور ۱۹۱۱ میں تمام فرقوں کے مولوی بمع دیوبند ، شبلی نعمانی اور اہلحدیث مولوی محمد حسین بٹالوی نے تاج برطانیہ کے لیئے اللہ میاں سے دعا مانگی اور سرسید 😂👇 ImageImageImageImage
اگر اوپر دیئے حوالے سے تسلی و تشفی نہیں ہورہی ہو تو ضیاء الدین لاہوری صاحب کی تحقیقی تصنیف “ ۱۸۵۷ کے چند اہم کردار “ کا مطالعہ فرمائیں تاکہ طبیعت بالکل صاف ہوجائے

بشکریہ : ریختہ :

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Did you know? Rani Veli Nachiyar was considered the first woman of Tamil origin to challenge the British Empire and was credited with building the first human bomb and forming an all women’s army in early 1780. #Warrior #History #IncredibleIndia 🇮🇳 🙏🚩
Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first #Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in #India. She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai “brave woman". 🌺🙏
Velu Nachiyar was the #princess of Ramanathapuram and the only child of King Chellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and Queen. Sakandhimuthathal of the Ramnad kingdom. She was trained in many methods of combat, including war match weapons usage and #martialarts 🚩🙏🌺
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#EPWConversations

Our #RepublicDay #TwitterTakeover with @glorious_gluten has begun!

For the next hour, she will be discussing the relationship between the #police, #State and the #law.

Join the conversation and send us your questions in the comments section.
On #26January, 2021, the Indian republic completes 71 years since its formation; against the background of a global pandemic that has starkly exposed its fault lines. | @glorious_gluten
The 299 member #ConstituentAssembly was unique for there were 15 women (including a #Dalit woman Dakshini Velayudhan) who were voted to be a part of the
Committee and make their contribution to the building of the republic. #RepublicDay | @glorious_gluten
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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)
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)
As with any coastal town, the cultural and economic history of Kochi is intertwined with maritime trade routes since the time of the Early Romans and Arabs. Thanks to the #biennale , most of us would now be familiar with the term #Muzuris (3)
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To legitimise ones claim on the #Mughal throne, Khutba had to be read in ones name in the Friday prayers and a Sikka (Coin) had to be struck. Heres a thread of the coins struck in the name of Mughal Emperors with their names highlighted.
Sher-o-Khurshid on a medallion of Jahangir
1. Zahir-ud-din Muhammad #Babur (1526-1530CE)
Known coins: Silver Shahrukhis in his name and Anonymous Copper issues
Known Mints: Agra, Badakshan, Jaunpur, Kabul, Lahore
Coins displayed: #Siver Shahrukhi of #Agra.
@ssharadmohhan @India_Atelier @Bagh_eBabur @iamrana @gypsy_heart6
2. Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (1530-1540/ 1555-1556CE)
Known coins: Gold Mithqals, Silver Shahrukhis and Silver Rupees in his name and Anonymous Copper issues
Known Mints: 11
Coins displayed: #Siver Shahrukhi of #Lahore
@ssharadmohhan @India_Atelier @iamrana @gypsy_heart6
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Erik's new #Pro6 FSG/China "mercenaries for tuna"gas jam with his midget crusader cut out should work out real well for the people of #Mozambique . dw.com/pt-002/empresa…
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