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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

Redefining Peshwai in Contemporary India: Elgaar Parishad, Shanivarwada, Pune

Report from Ground Zero  “The new Brahmanical forces are not...

200 Years Ago, Mahar Dalits in the East India Cos Defeated Peshwas: Battle of Koregaon

The Koregaon celebration by Dalits questions the dominant and...

“Borders only become borders when cartographies come into existence” – Professor Romila Thapar

Notes from the open-house organised by “History for Peace”...

For Mirza Ghalib, Banaras was a Place of Natural Beauty & Spirituality

Mirza Ghalib, the poet who wrote in Persian and...

How Dyal Singh College Became Vande Mataram College!

All hell was let loose on the evening of November...

Sacrifices of Mother & Young Sons of Guru Gobind Singh Very Relevant Today

 Image Courtesy: PinterestThis week marks 312th anniversary of the martyrdom...

#IamChristian #IamMuslim #IamHindu #IamSikh #IamParsi…

#IamChristian#IamMuslim#IamHindu#IamSikh#IamParsi, Jain, Buddhist,Jewish...And in the wise words of Rehman Bhai,...

O Bahre ओ बहरे – Take your Good Days Back by The Banned

O Behre" is dedicated to the so called "Good...

History Repeating Itself? Post-2014 India’s eerie resemblance with India of 1938-46

History rarely repeats itself. Nevertheless, if we are to...

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