Nov 12, 2021
Kamrupa, today, is a district in Assam. Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji invaded Kamrupa in 1206 CE. He attacked with a huge army of 12,000 horsemen
Assam King Prithu who badly defeated Bakhtiyar Khilji, destroyer of Nalanda University in Battle of Kamrup in 1206 CE
The antiquity of Assam dates back to several thousand years. Assam finds mention as ‘Pragjyotishpur’ in the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas and other ancient Indian scriptures. Later, the kingdom was named ‘Kamrupa’, which also finds mention in several scriptures. Nidhanpur and Doobi inscriptions talk about the kings of the dynasty of Naraka, Bhagadatta and Vajradatta and their descendants, who ruled for 3000 years. The Allahabad inscription of Samudragupta mentions Kamrupa as a frontier territory.
Nov 12, 2021
An unknown name in Indian History but whose tale of valor is unmatched in the annals of our history books
Taimur was attacked and defeated by 20 year old Rampyari Gurjar and her army of 40,000 women
We have all learned and studied about the shrewd and vicious conqueror Timur Lang (Taimur) who ruled from Samarkand city in (Modern day Uzbekistan) his capital and conquered West Asia, India and Central Asia, in our history books. However, our history books do not mention the courageous, fearless, and warrior girl Rampyari Gurjar Chauhan who was just 20 years old when she with other warriors suppressed the Timur’s army and saved their country from a ruthless conqueror.
Nov 12, 2021
The first instance of Lushai conflict with the British took place in the year 1826 when a group of woodcutters from Sylhet (in present-day Bangladesh) who entered the region were attacked, because they refused to pay the safety tax to the Lal in whose territory they had cut down the trees
How Britishers were challenged by 83 year old Ropuiliani in Mizoram in 1892-’93
The Swadhinata Sangram of Bharat saw the mass participation of women on an unprecedented scale, but unfortunately, several of them remain invisible, unknown and unsung in the heap of our history textbooks that have been written in post-Independent India. Such is the story of Ropuiliani of the Lushai Hills (present-day Mizoram). It goes back to the time when the British were establishing their authority through either territorial annexation or forcible military occupation of one province after the other. It needs to be mentioned here that Mizoram was officially known as Lushai Hills until 19...
Nov 11, 2021
NCPCR revealed how the NGOs that do not have FCRA registration are sponsored by NGOs that do have FCRA registration to receive foreign donations
Harsh Mander’s ‘Centre for Equity Studies’ and many other NGO's have been receiving funds from suspicious sources: NCPCR informs SC
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has said that many children shelter homes in the country are running illegally and receiving funds from certain suspicious foreign organisations. NCPCR said this in its reply affidavit filed on November 6, in a case on several petitions challenging to the provisions of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA),
Nov 11, 2021
NCPCR pulls up UNICEF India, CBFC and West Bengal Govt over screening of films on same-sex relations in schools
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote a letter to the West Bengal government on November 10, Wednesday, in addition to shooting off letters to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and UNICEF India, seeking information about eight short films on same-sex relationships scheduled to be screened at schools in West Bengal.
Nov 11, 2021
Maa Annapurna returns to India after 107 years of exile in Canada: Murti will be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi
An 18th-century idol of Maa Annapurna, which was stolen from Varanasi more than 100 years ago and later found in a museum in Canada, will be installed at the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi on November 15. The idol was handed over to India recently, and today the Uttar Pradesh government started a four-day Mata Annapurna Devi Yatra from Delhi to take the rare idol to Varanasi.
Nov 11, 2021
Bhoot pishach nikat nahin aave, Mahabir jab naam sunave: Bajrang Dal to donate loudspeakers for Hanuman Chalisa recital to minority Hindus
Bajrang Dal in Gujarat, especially Surat, has decided to donate loudspeakers to all those places where Hindus are in minority so as to facilitate recitals of Hanuman Chalisa. Bajrang Dal has taken it upon itself to start a nationwide movement on recital of Hanuman Chalisa twice a day.
Nov 11, 2021
Attacking the Congress, Sarma also said that most of the problems the country has been facing are because of only "one family"
Sidhi baat, no bakwaas: ‘India belongs to Hindus, Hindus from anywhere in world can come here when they feel unsafe’
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that India belongs to Hindu and Hindus anywhere in the world, if they feel they are unsafe, can come and live in India.
Nov 11, 2021
As a tribute to one of its tallest leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Uttar Pradesh government had renamed the iconic Mughalsarai railway station to Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in the year 2018
Mysterious death of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, whose growing popularity was a threat to Congress
September 25th marks the 105th birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. The erstwhile president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh was found dead on February 11, 1968. This body was discovered on the tracks near the Mughalsarai Junction. It has been 53-years since. Still, to this date, there are no answers to who killed the man who was fondly addressed as Panditji. The mysterious death of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay still intrigues the nation.