Since #KargilVijayDiwas is trending here are some names which you will not see in the Media or on Social media!! because they don't serve Propaganda and instead break many stereotypes.
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#KargilVijayDiwas 1. Captain Haneef Uddin Army Service Corps (RR) Delhi 2. Havildar Abdul Karim 12 JAK LI Jammu & Kashmir 3. Captain SZA Rizvi 12 Jat 4. Naik D.M. Khan - Jammu & Kashmir 5. Lance Naik Ahmed Ali 22 Grenadiers Uttar Pradesh
#KargilVijayDiwas 38. Havaldar Amruddin 22 Grenadiers 39. Naik S. N. Malik 40. Grenadiers Sepoy Nasir Ahmed
1/2 Muslims are less than 3% in Indian Army, but represented almost 10% of casualties in #KargilVijayDiwas. On this day lets Pledge to protect this hard-earned freedom of our country from every threat, inside or Outside.. At any cost necessary!
BTW The reason for this thread is to remind those who abuse Muslims day in and day out and belittle our efforts, contribution, and achievements, if you feel offended by this post, ILAJ KARWAO APNA!! Jai Hind #KargilVijayDiwas
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#Thread#OTD Sultan Abdülhamid Khan II was born, The reformist "founder of Modern Turkey" Sultan ruled & kept ailing #OttomanEmpire strong fr 33 yrs. One f the Global Icons of Muslim Ummah in Modern era, seen as one of the Caliphs who tried to return Caliphate to Islamic roots.
Among the #Ottoman sultans, #Abdülhamid used the title of #caliph the most. He encouraged Islamic Identity, telling Muslims living under European powers to unite into one polity. He attempted to expand Islam by sending religious teachers as far away as South Africa and Japan.
Sultan emphasized the Empire's "Islamic" character, reasserted his status as the Caliph, and called for #MuslimUnity behind the Caliphate. He succeeded briefly in reasserting Islamic power. This threatened several European Colonial Powers Like Austria, Russia, France, & Britain.
19Sept 634 AD, Khalid Bin Walid Conquered #Damascus from Byzantine Empire. The legendary General #KhalidBinWalid took one of the biggest risks of his life to get historic city which later rose as the Capital of #Umayyad Muslim #Caliphate & became known as Urus-al-Bilad.
Fall of Damascus & The Love Story.
On Aug 21, 634, Siege of Damascus began. Khalid RA's Army encircled the city even without proper siege machinery, denying it supplies until the Byzantines capitulated on 19Sept. Bt Did u know the Story is told with a Romantic angle in Urdu Lit.
Damishq had 6 gates So Accordingly, Khalid RA divided his army into 6 parts
Gate of Thomas: Shurahbil
Jabiya Gate: Abu Ubaidah
Gate of Faradis: Amr
Keisan Gate: Yazid Bin Sufyan
Small Gate: Yazid Bin Sufyan
Eastern Gate: Rafay bin Umayr
As usual, there was a chain of events. Ahmedabad witnessed its biggest ever RSS rally in December 1968, where the then chief MS Golwalkar spoke of the atrocities on Hindus in Pakistan during Partition.
On Janmashtami, September 4, a Muslim police officer searching for one Pandit Balkrishna, dispersed a Ramlila programme, toppled a table on which an arti and the Ramayan were kept, and allegedly kicked the scripture.
Quoting a govt special report, comm said: “On the night of 10-9-69, Balkrishna approached local Bharatiya Jan Sangh workers & thru them contacted Harishchandra Shankerlal Panchal it was decided to start Hindu Dharma Raksha Samiti.
#OTD#LongThread🧵
On 18th September 1969 Gujarati Muslims faced most deadly Anti-Muslim violence since the partition of India in 1947 & #1948HyderabadMassacre, ( & until 1989 Bhagalpur pogrom). 16 Dist in Gujarat were shaken by Communal Violence for Two months, Sept & Oct 1969.
On 18 Sept 1969, Muslims gathered in Jamalpur, Ahmedabad for an Urs festival. Whn 2 sadhus of nearby Jagannath temple tried to bring their cows back to the temple compound thru crowded streets, some Muslim women wer injured.
The cows also allegedly damaged some carts. It led to a clash & some Muslim youth attacked 2 sadhus, These injured sadhus came back with more men to retaliate, which made the issue bigger, resulting clashes & stone-pelting broke the temple windows.
#Thread#Long#1948HyderabadMassacre: An Unforgettable Day in Indian History, The Story of First #Genocide in Independent India where an estimated 200K ppl were murdered. & the deplorable quest to celebrate this Genocide as some achievement!!
The geographical map of Deccan state has changed over the years, It spread over a vast area of 86,000sq miles until 17 September 1948 when Indian forces deposed the Nizam ending his rule.
The bitter truths that come out of History's Critical study are a lesson for the present.
The eventual inclusion of the state of Hyderabad in India was a logical and natural matter for which there were many reasons. For example, on the map of India, the state of Hyderabad was at its very heart, surrounded by the borders of democratic independent India.
#Thread#OTD 16 Sept 1931 #Omar_al_Mukhtar was martyred by the Colonial Italian forces. His name is a shining metaphor for the history of freedom & freedom. born in Zanzour, a small village in Libya in 1862. His boundless sincerity & iron nerves made him a legendary rebel.
Basically a village school teacher of the Holy Quran. His early life revolved around home, mosque & school but he went on to lead one of the most important struggles against the colonialism in 20th century.
A key member of the Senussi movement, he's regarded as one of the Biggest Symbols of resistance in the Muslim world. Famous saying attributed to him “We are people that will not surrender, we win or we die.'' became a rallying cry for millions all around the world.