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How Muslims treated non-Muslims in early Islam

Every discussion about the treatment of non-Muslims under Muslim rule tends to revolve around one subject — the Jizya, or the so-called “discriminatory” poll tax

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi: Saviour of 1931 Meston road riot survivors

A great supporter of India’s oppressed, Shankar was an unconventional journalist who entered a riot-ridden Kanpur to help people, instead of reporting the incident.

Mahad Satyagraha: After 94 years, do we have Equality, Dignity & Access?

Ninety-four years ago, to the date, Babasaheb Ambedkar walked to the public water tank/pond – Chavdar tale – with fellow satyagrahis (protesters) and drank water from a common property resource denied to the Dalit Untouchables on March 20, 1927

Twelfth of March: Gandhi and Grande

Today is the date of two significant anniversaries!

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court issues notice

Petition had been filed to remove the Gyanvapi mosque from the site of the Kashi-Vishwanath temple

Gyanvapi well becomes part of Kashi-Vishwanath temple

The area is home to a temple and a mosque that share a common wall, and is in the middle of a temple restoration litigation

131st Birth anniversary of Frontier Gandhi

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan--Who?

Why Gandhian message of ‘Swadeshi’ is still relevant today

In this yearning for alternative thinking, the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi have been a constant attraction and a source of thought for present day changes

The identity of assassins of Mahatma Gandhi as disclosed by Sardar Patel

Let us compare the RSS claim of innocence in Gandhiji's assassination with the views of the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel on the perpetrators of this crime.

Delhi’s pre-Mughal mosques wallow in neglect

Like the other structures, the mosques of the pre-Mughal era lie forlorn and in benign neglect with little to no upkeep

Tilak Manjhi: One of India’s first freedom fighters

Jharkhand communities remember the first martyr of India who led an army against the British in 1784.

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