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@cbkwgl
Oct 29, 2021 • 22 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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See. Another state, same story. The British increase the taxes drastically and it's the king of Nilagiri who takes the beating because of that. Image
Let me try to make this a thread. Whenever I come across my old stuff, I will plug it here.
Vishwanath Shahdeo, the Zamindar of Barkagarh joined the War of Independence in 1857 because the missionaries converted tribals and instigated them to forcibly take over his lands. Image
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The role of land settlement in fomenting unrest. Did this alienation between the ruler and the ruled paved way for missionary activity?
But, what is not told here is, there is no king in Keonjhar in 1915. Image
Guess Keonjhar needs to be looked more closely - not just Keonjhar but every kingdom where there was a regency. Image
On Ravenshaw of Ravenshaw College fame. Guess the college should be named Ratna Naik College or Rani Bishnupriya College? Image
Further more on Keonjhar settlement Image
How consistently the British used the minority of kings to increase their profits!! Bamra this time. ImageImage
Land Settlement in Nayagarh Image
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity - Hanlon's Razor
On Sambalpur Fort Image
Can the same reason be attributed to Bamanghati mess? Image
Baud Kandhamal rebellion Image
Well, Ravenshaw doesn't turn out to be as great as he is projected to be...he was the one who presided over the 1866 famine which forced the British not to plan for a repeat. Image
"embodied a valued tradition of Indian culture and civilization" Image
Bikaner. The king has no authority to change the decisions made during his regency. Image
Another minority regency ruling. Image
Jaora this time. King sacked a minister, the British retaliated by imposing an advisory council on him and the advices the council gave, the kingdom soon slipped into arrears and had to go for loans!! Image
And how do you clear off the debts? Insult Talukdars, get offended by the offended Talukdars and impose fines on them. Image
Experiments, eh? Image
We are happy to allow the king to do whatever he wants till he doesn't cross the line. What are the lines? Image
Pudukkottai again. The legal position of an Indian king. Image

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Jan 11
The Story of the Ahoms
A Mong Mao prince Sukhapha was appointed as the heir apparent in absence of succession and when the king Pao Meo Pung. Pao Meo Pung got a son after nineteen years, to avoid a conflict, Sukhapha left the kingdom in 1215 and crossed the Paktai Mountains. He and his followers were generally migrants and not invaders, and though they had to force their way through, they eventually settled in Kamarupa, which eventually came to be known as Assam after them.Image
The traditional dating of the kingdom’s foundation is given as 1228. They called their kingdom Mong Dun Shun Kham – the Casket of Gold. Sukhapha moved from place to place till he finally settled in Charaideo which would emerge as the ritual capital of the Ahoms even after they shifted the capital city from there. He would divide the administration into two parts, each headed by one of the Dangaria – Burhagohain and Borgohain. The Ahoms stayed as vassals of Mong Mao till Mong Kwang succeeded it.
The Ahom estate started to expand even from the time of Sukhapa’s son Suteupha who clashed with the Kacharis, Mong Kwang and Kamata being the earliest campaigns. Sukhrangpha would see a rebellion from his brother and his brother Sutupha would start the long drawn war with the Sutiya Empire. Though Ahoms won the war by 1376, Sutupha was murdered by the Sutiyas who was invited for peace talks. This led to an interregnum and Tyao Khamti, a son of Sutupha was made the ruler after four years.
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Ambedkar is a really tricky topic. He was born with a silver spoon - his family was the traditional palanquin bearers of the village temple in his place and he spent most of his childhood in a cantonment where his father was a teacher - what persecution are we talking here?
Now, as like many of the aspiring class of that India including a bulk of Indian freedom fighters, he went to England to study and returned back exactly how the main names like Jinnahbhai or Gandhi or Sardar Patel returned back. But, unlike the rest, he had another baggage with
him - caste. Many worked for the British and many openly sided them because it would hurt their career. How do you suppose great Congress leaders like Tej Bahadur Sapru made their money? Now, Ambedkar was the first legislator from his caste and people looked towards him as
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Jun 2, 2024
Let me propose a slightly different theory over Brahmin hatred in India. We understand that they being the guardians of Hinduism had to face the ire of Buddhists and Jain's during their days of ascendancy but then these cults were just corrective actions on Hinduism.
Their retreat was chaotic and still had local support. On the other hand, Rashtrakutas are one of the first kingdoms in India who expanded that massively and rapidly. This introduced a level of low level churning in the government. To establish control in the kingdom
and to ensure the resurgence of Hinduism, Rashtrakutas planted Brahmins and Agraharas all over the kingdom. This was less of a counterweight to those two decaying cults but more as a direct challenge to the local nobility. Image
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Mar 11, 2024
Another of Nehru's stupidities. When the Islamic Jinnahate of Pakistan was being formed, Kalat was dead against joining it. Ahmed Yar Khan in fact went to the extent of influencing the formation of independent Balochistan and Pashtunistan. What did Nehru do? Nothing.
Pakistan had the support of Kalat's Prime Minister Aslam Khan and Foreign Minister Douglas Fell but even after Jinnah appeared in Quetta in person, he wasn't able to achieve anything. Ahmed Yar Khan was supposed to meet Jinnah with the accession treaty but he feigned illness and
didn't bother to sign. Aslam Khan resigned in desperation. But, why was Jinnah in Quetta in person? What was the need? A month before, not just Kalat, but the whole of Balochistan had actually declared independence - in fact, Bizenjo, the head of Kalat National Party said,
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Nov 26, 2023
Want to know how the concept of propaganda and narrative works? Try to find about the Dhulap family online. You will find literally nothing. Because according to the mainstream narrative, they are pirates. Reality? They headed Maratha Navy and oversaw both Salsette and Kolaba.
How is Sarjerao Dhulap related to Harji Dhulap? Are Krishnaji, Janoji and Rudraji brothers? Who succeeded Anandrao? Who ruled Vijaydurg in 1818? In fact, Brits said Vijaydurg fell in 1812 but somewhere else they wrote, they were chased away even in 1818 just before the war!!
Except these, there are only a handful of facts
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Superficially, yes. But, its much more nuanced than that. Singh Sabha, Arya Samaj, Congress - all came at the same time. All of them directly or indirectly did the same thing - dilute Hinduism. Let's focus on Congress. Congress was created as a
vehicle that Indians don't go the wrong way. If you look at the earliest crop of Congress leaders, almost all of them are bible inspired Hindi social reformers. Ranade used bible to teach his wife English, Chandavarkar was excommunicated 15 years after he returned, Gokhale,
WC Banerjee and others, dig deeper, you will see much over how they tried to hollow out Hinduism. Along with this Social Reform, Congress had another agenda - create a hardcore pro-British intelligentsia which will percolate into the masses and mess up the minds.
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