FACT-CHECKING "TRUE INDOLOGY"

Three weeks ago, this factual tweet on a famous Mughal gold coin featuring Rama & Sita, minted 50 years into Akbar's reign, went viral. It also received its fair share of criticism.

In this thread, I investigate & fact-check this censure. Let's go!

https://twitter.com/futterwackening/status/1305868628877807617

One criticism — made repeatedly — argued that:

1. It was not Akbar who had issued this Rama-Sita coin, but his Rajput general Man Singh of Amber.
2. Man Singh managed Akbar's affairs as regent during his illness.
3. The claims above were made by a researcher named Nisar Ahmad.

Today, 50 years ago, PM #IndiraGandhi, also India's first woman Finance Minister, nationalized 14 of the country's largest private banks.

Journalist Inder Malhotra wrote of that momentous day in 1969: "[Many] who had never seen the interior of a bank...danced in the streets." This was K Shankar Pillai's cartoon of #IndiraGandhi the week after #BankNationalization. Indira holds in her hands the keys to the 14 nationalized banks along with the FM's briefcase.