Stupidest article I read today

Portuguese version of “Islam was not always imposed, just look at Taj Mahal” Well not quite, for as Pliny The Elder says in the 1st Century AD

“In no year does India drain our empire of less than five hundred and fifty million sesterces, giving back her own wares in exchange, which are sold to us at fully hundred times their prime cost”

While environmental concerns should be addressed, buddhi jeevis should not be allowed to hijack India's Inland Water Transport and destroy it.

We are already behind the whole world. Canada and United States

St Lawrence seaway. Runs for 600 km and raises ships 170m via a series of locks between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Superior.

This week in 1869

The Suez Canal was opened to traffic. For a route that shaved 3000 miles off the distance to India and provided a short cut that brought a months long voyage to weeks, the main opposition to it came from... Great Britain !

Leftist loonies are now fighting over who puts out the most lunatic article viz TKM

This is one of the winners I think 😂😜 New Delhi annexed an Indian state which has sent MPs to Parliament 🤡🤡🤡

The HMS Trincomalee

Built in 1817 at the Bombay Docks by the Wadias it is the oldest British Navy warship that can still float. The reason being that Indian Teakwood has far better properties than English Oakwood when immersed in saltwater.

That combined with ship building skills of the Parsis.

Hence, India built ships were invariably superior.

Pic ref : BBC

Example 1

Algeria - 98.2% Muslim

google.com/amp/s/www.inde… Example 2

Tunisia - 99% Muslim

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Flag of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company.

Established in 1919 by Walchand Hirachand Doshi.

#Swastika Walchand Hirachand started from the small town of Solapur (in 1920 it was definitely a small town) and became one of India's foremost industrialists.

Unfortunately our intellectual class looks down upon Industrialists and Wealth makers.

Why recapturing Sinhagad in Feb 1670 was important in the grander scale of things.

A flutter of a butterfly creates a storm halfway around the globe. After losing 23 forts to Aurangzeb , Shivaji laid low. Spent his time rebuilding. Also spent a year escaping from Agra and reaching Rajgad.

Sinhagad was one of the most important forts lost. In fact it retained its importance as Pune's guard fort right up to 1818.

Not only is Abide with me a Christian Hymn, it is a Christian Funeral Hymn.

Yup, we were humming a funeral tune for approx 70 years during " Beating the Retreat "

And yeah, it's called " Sacred Song" This is the American Navy. Note the occasion.

The Indian Army has something known as Repugnant Battle Honours.

Honours won by various Regiments fighting for the British Empire against Indian powers.

Example Assaye (1803) Many of our Regiments trace themselves back two hundred years or more. The battles at Assaye, Laswari, killing of Tipu etc were done by Regiments full of Indians.

But it is important to note that the Regiments do not mark these battles.

Let us learn bit more about this Shaikh Umar Avlia, an Arab who is believed to have travelled to Lohagad from Mecca.

With him came Bawa Malang of nearby Malanggad and Shaikh Salla who went to Pune.

All this in probably the 14th century. Shaikh Umar found that on Lohagad there lived a Hindu ascetic, whom he grabbed by the feet and tossed clear of the hill to the nearby Visapur fort.

Shaikh Salla's tombs meanwhile (there were two) are believed to have been built over Narayaneshwar and Punyashwar temples in Pune

Same ship , same company and same rank.

British moral compass ended up providing British sailors with double the wages.

This is about 1940. " One British sailor is equal to two Indian sailors "

- Sir Geoffrey Corbet (Indian Civil Service)

What 1857 chapter ?

Must be regurgating the myth of Scindia betrayed Rani Laxmibai.

https://twitter.com/timesofindia/status/1475772261428781057

Ref : Recollection of Campaign to Malwa and Central India under Sir Hugh Rose

Author : Asst Surgeon Sylvester

A contemporary source

Whenever there has been an Aurangzeb, a Chhatrapati Shivaji has risen. Meaning :

A revival of Sarnath would be a welcome step. Buddhist monasteries at Sarnath flourished alongside Hindu Benares.

This so called historian, always dwelling in the forest of ignorance with regards to Maratha history has provided us another example.

Chhatrapati Shivaji can belong to any caste, he would still be mleccha kshay dikshit and his greatness undimmed. Still coming to the question at hand

Here is Shahji Raje before the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji.

Tipu attacked the Maratha town of Nargund , imprisoned the ruler , forcibly converted Hindus and committed atrocities on the female population.

That was the trigger for first Maratha attack on Tipu around 1785. From a biography by YN Deodhar

For some reason, Battles of the Maratha Empire is not showing up on Amazon's search.

The book charts the rise and fall of the Maratha Empire through a series of important battles and campaigns.

Here is the link :

amazon.in/Battles-Marath… Battles of the Maratha Empire is well into its second edition , it has over twenty maps and contemporary letters to go with the text.

Praise for the book :

First attack on Somnath was by an Arab - Junaid Ibn Al Marri in 725 AD.

It was rebuilt by Nagabhatta II in 815 AD.

https://twitter.com/thewire_in/status/1455803182546923525

Whole article is a bunch of jokes.

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Aswaklanta temple, Assam.

Current structure built by Shiva Singha in 1720 AD.

Believed to be the place where Shri Krishna halted when he arrived to battle with Narkasur.

Aswa Klanta = Horse Halt. Another theory - Cavalry assembled for helping Abhimanyu halted here.

(Seems a long shot)

Book's new edition doing quite well.

Thank you everyone for the support and encouragement 😊

My first effort at writing (initially published in 2012)

Available for Rs 180 (30% discount) Available on Amazon India