Born and initially educated in Bhopal, the Maulana lit the fire of India’s freedom across the world. He was a staunch anti-colonialist, Vice-President of the Ghadar movement, a strident defender of Hindu-Muslim unity and the Prime Minister of the Government of India in exile, set up in Afghanistan. Its President was Raja Mahendra Pratap. The […]
This is the #Malegaon fort in #Maharashtra. It witnessed not one but two different instances of Indian Muslims’ resistance against the British In 1818, during the third Anglo-Maratha war, Muslim soldiers of the Maratha army defiantly held the fort; even as Chatrapati & Peshwa surrendered 30 soldiers died & many more were injured during the […]
“Tell the Maulana not to worry about his son. What is destined to happen by Allah’s will, will happen. But he must not break before the Raja and seek mercy” Remembering a forgotten heroine of our freedom movement “Amma Bi” Asiya Khatoon Mewati. The brave woman said these words as she faced the world alone, […]
Yesterday AIMIM organized a full-day academic conference to remember Indian Muslims’ rich contribution to our freedom movement. Starting today, we will be sharing some stories of these great men and women till 14 August. 1. Maulana Alauddin, Turrebaaz Khan & the martyrs of 17 July 1857. On 17th July 1857, 5000-6000 freedom fighters of Hyderabad […]
HYDERABAD is now the sixth largest metropolitan city in India after Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru. GREATER HYDERABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (GHMC) is the third biggest municipal corporation after Greater Mumbai and Bengaluru. GHMC was formed in April 2007 with the merger of erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad and 12 adjoining municipalities. GHMC is spread […]
India will be poorer without its core secular values, AIMIM’s leader Asaduddin Owaisi says, rubbishing charges that he and his party as communal. “The sole factor that unites and keeps india strong is the pluralism and diversity of this great nation” the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief told Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). “The ethos […]