There is a significant gap in our understanding of Indian history and the efforts of several heroic individuals in shaping it. We would greatly benefit from renewed attention and research into these topics. By exploring and documenting the lives and contributions of these important figures, we can gain a better understanding of the past and its impact on the present. Let us prioritize the preservation and sharing of this critical knowledge to ensure that it is not lost or forgotten.
Bappa Rawal was one of the most powerful and famous rulers of the Mewar Dynasty. Although a surviving member of the Guhilot clan, Prince Kalbhoj (his actual name) who came from Atri clan did not continue the family name of seven generations when he came to the throne; instead, he established the Mewar Dynasty, naming […]
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Puli Thevar or Pooli Devar (1715 to 1768; the name Puli in Tamil means a Tiger) was a local chieftain of Hindu Marava community also known as poligar in English or in local parlance Palayakaarar. He was a devotee of Lord Shiva and ruled an area called Nel katum sevval (the place that pays rice
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Princess Surya Devi was the elder daughter of Raja Dahir of Sindh (663AD-712AD) (present-day Pakistan). Caliph Al Waheed of the Ummayad dynasty ordered an attack on Sindh. There are different versions of the reasons behind the attack. The main reason was probably the looting of a ship loaded with pilgrims going to Mecca Hajj from
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Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Attorney General of India K Parasaran, who successfully fought the Ayodhya land dispute case for the Hindu parties, has been named as the first trustee of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust which was approved by the Union Cabinet Wednesday. The 92-year-old will also host the trust’s registered office
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Stones dislodged from the so-called Qutub Minar have Hindu images on one side with Arabic lettering on the other. Those stones have now been removed from the Museum. They clearly show that Muslim invaders used to remove the stone-dressing of Hindu buildings, turn the stones inside out to hide the image facial, and inscribe Arabic lettering on
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Though there are many Mahavakyas, four of them, one from each of the four #Vedas, are often mentioned as “the Mahavakyas”.According to the Vedanta tradition, the subject matter and the essence of all Upanishads are the same, and all the Upanishadic Mahavakyas express this one universal message in the form of terse and concise statements. In later
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Kanada (कणाद), also known as Kashyapa, Ulūka, Kananda, and Kanabhuk, was an ancient Indian natural scientist and philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian physics. Estimated to have lived sometime between the 6th century to 2nd century BCE, little is known about his life. His traditional name
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The earliest known usage of the name Hindu Kush occurs on a map published about 1000 AD. The Hindu Kush was known in Vedic #Sanskrit as upariśyena, and in Avestan as upāirisaēna (from Proto-Iranian *upārisaina- ‘covered with juniper’). In the time of #Alexander the Great, the mountain range was referred to as the Caucasus Indicus (as opposed to the
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Battle of Haldighati : Maharana Pratap was one of the first kings to acknowledge #Bharatvarsh and should have been remembered as India’s first freedom fighter. But this never happened because post-independence our education system systematically deleted, hid, or undermined the legends of Maharana Pratap Singh, Shri Guru Gobind Singh, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Bappa Rawal, and many more.
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Throughout history, there has been only handful of people admired as the #Emperors who had earned the true love of their citizens across generations. King Raja Raja Chola I is one such rarest of rulers in South India who is still remembered even after thousand years of his reign. The regions along the bank of River #Cauvery is the
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