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Oct 2, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
Mohandas Gandhi wanted Union Jack as part of Indian flag. He said "But what is wrong with having the Union Jack in a corner of our flag?.. we must also take note of the virtues of the British...If I had the power that I once had I would have taken the people to task for it." In 1921, Mohandas Gandhi in his article 'The National Flag' advocated that the green color of Islam should be put above the color representing Hindus; because "strong" Hindus should act as a shield of "weak" Muslims.
Jun 16, 2020 41 tweets 6 min read
Persecution of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh (May 2020). Data compiled by World Hindu Federation (BD).

Loot - 12
Murder -4
Land grab - 435 acres
Temples attacked - 10
Families displaced - 43
Families exiled - 10
Abduction - 4
Rape + attempts - 5+8
Conversions - 3

Thread... 01 May: The local Muslims attacked on a Hindu family for the allegation of breaking the branches of a small tree. All the members of the family were seriously injured at Lakhipara village of Kotalipara upazila, Gopalganj.
May 5, 2020 18 tweets 3 min read
Instances of Hindu persecution in Bangladesh during April.
(compiled by World Hindu Federation, B'desh)
1. April 04
Raihan Mir Faruk, a land robber, has occupied the ancestral property of Narayan Sarkar in Puran Mahipur Union of Mahipur Police Station in Patuakhali District. April 06
Local land robber Ishaq Ali and his two sons Akmal Hossain and Ashraf Ali have seized 100 bighas of land belonging to 50 Hindu families in three villages of Chaugachha police station in Jessore district.
Sep 30, 2019 5 tweets 1 min read
Did you know?
Mohandas Gandhi called martyr Udham Singh Insane because he took revenge for Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Mohandas Gandhi said "The outrage has caused me deep pain. I regard it as an act of insanity...I hope this will not be allowed to affect political judgement" Mohandas Gandhi also protected Gen. Dyer.
In 1938, in an interview Gandhi said "The Jallianwala Bagh Congress Inquiry Committee, on my advice, had refused to ask for his [Gen. Dyer's] prosecution."
Aug 12, 2019 5 tweets 1 min read
In 1670s, when Mongols attacked Basgo-the capital of Ladakhi Buddhist king Delegs Namgyal, he had to ask for military aid from Muslim king Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb sent Fateh Khan with a large army. (1/5) Mughal army defeated the Mongols. When Buddhist king Delegs went to the tent of Fateh Khan to offer him thanks, he was handed over a list of conditions from Aurangzeb. (2/5)
Jul 23, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
In 1917, an agreement was signed between the British Indian government and Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya that no construction project over Ganga could be undertaken without the permission of the Hindu society. Britishers respected this agreement throughout their rule in India. The agreement was the result of a consistent Hindu movement opposing any construction activity over Ganga that would stop Her free flow. The movement was led by Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya who articulated the arguments on behalf of the Hindu society.