Bit controversial for myopic twitter but Akbar, Shahjahan & Aurangzeb (along with others of course) were one of the greatest military strategists ever in sub continent. Their campaigns agaist Hindu kingdoms are hyped but in truth, most of them were against muslim kingdoms of
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India. In military history & studies, they hold a great position to understand the land & the people. Their battle plans were highly efficient & war machinery was in place. For practice (like War exercise now) they used to organise hunts. Akbar had a stable of 700 Indian
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Cheetahs (now extinct). The hunt of wild animals kept their elite battalions in shape. The practice of hunt was taken from Mongols.
Another great personality above them was Maharaja Ranjit Singh & his able commanders.
British, Marathas in south & east, Afghans in west,
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Ranjit singh kept a great control of his forces & kept them battle ready. The foreigner officers in his army kept him aware of technological developments in Europe. Had he ruled from Delhi, British had no chance to expand in North of the Vindhyachals. Sikh Empire was a thing
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that no one saw coming but Ranjit & his able warriors made it real. A large muslim population in his empire gladly chose him as ruler over other muslim nobles. It was muslim majority Lahore who invited Ranjit singh to rule. Says a lot about his abilities as a military ruler.
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We Rajasthanis sit silently and create no nuisance in peace of India. 1. Our language is not recognised by Constitution. That means 4-5 crore people are away from legal aid, govt offices and mentally feel less educated.
2. Our Northern states do not give us our water.
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3. Madhya Pradesh goes to court when we want to create a dam on Chambal river for drinking water supply of 13 districts.
4. Our resources are stolen by mining Mafia every day.
5. Our southern state Gujarat is not giving us a canal route to Arabian Sea.
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All these things affect me and my people of Rajasthan. Yet, we never stand and challenge Indian union like that stupid Amritpal.
You all in other states do not even care about our problems. Yet we say Padharo Mhare Desh. Lacs of Bihari students study here.
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Arjun got a job of night watchman at a famous school. 6 PM to 6 AM, it was an easy job. He found out that he was the only guard at a school this big. It was unusual, but perhaps cameras and busy locality is enough deterrent for thieves, he thought.
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Arjun made first round of school as night engulfed the city. Buildings like schools are clanking at day but as silent as a morgue in night. Arjun was closing the lights behind him after ensuring everything was all right. Classrooms, alleys, auditoriums, and the playground.
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Then he went to guard’s room and browsed youtube while having his dinner. Night was getting darker, he was not habitual of staying awake at nights. It was his first day after all! He dozed off. Around 2 AM, he woke up by the noise. Loud noise coming from the school.
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Do you know about Justice Radha Binod Pal or have watched miniseries Tokyo Trial on Netflix? It’s one of the less spoken works of Irrfan Khan.
What exactly was Tokyo Trial?
Let me give you some background first.
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After the World War 2 ended, Allied powers decided to legally punish Nazi officers and organisations as war criminals. They set a joint Military Tribunal and started trials called Nuremberg Trials. The verdicts and arbitrariness of the Nuremberg trials became controversial.
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So, when Japan surrendered, Allied nations again set a military tribunal to punish Japanese war criminals. There were many hidden reasons for this “Tokyo trial”.
1. To give legitimacy to controversial Nuremberg trial. 2. Act like just powers to punish crime legally.
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Allama Iqbal, arguably among the greatest poet of modern times wrote Shikwa in 1909. The poem was hated by muslims and a blasphemy case was registered on him.
But, there are parts in poems which are anti hindu in letter.
In this, he wants everyone in India to become muslim.
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In this line, there is a historical reference to destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni. It is said that he was offered money to spare the Shiva idol but he destroyed it with a hammer.
When top writer of Urdu was doing this, cannot even talk about others.
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But then, Iqbal is also the maker of the famous revolutionary song “Saare jahaan se achcha, Hindostan hamara.”
He made sure that he corrupted even that with religious overtone. Later version of Saare Jahaan se achcha, starts with these lines.
It is a common question. So, let me tell you why is the problem and ignorance towards Urdu.
1. In mid 19th century, Mughal Empire ended and all of its bureaucracy, employees started Urdu movement. In that, they wanted Urdu as official language.
2. Then Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and others turned Urdu into a religious identity of Muslims. All muslim organisations supported it.
3. Simultaneously, Hindi movement was going on. Urdu supporters called Urdu as sophisticated language and Hindi the vulgar form.
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4. Then came Muslim League in picture which again pushed for Urdu identity of Muslims.
5. In 2 nation theory, the language difference was emphasised. The use of Urdu by muslims was shown as symbol of different muslim nation. Obviously, it created a wedge in society.
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