The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar, Punjab, India. General Reginald Dyer was in charge of the British troops that opened fire on a peaceful gathering of Indian nationalists who had assembled in Jallianwala Bagh. The gathering was held to protest against the arrest and deportation of two popular Indian nationalist …
The Khilafat Movement was launched in 1919 by Indian Muslims in response to the British government’s decision to abolish the Ottoman Caliphate after World War I. On April 13, 1919, a meeting of prominent Muslim leaders was held in Delhi to discuss the situation in Turkey and the future of the Caliphate. On May 23, …
The Muslim League was formed in response to the partition of Bengal in 1905, which had angered many Muslims in India. The idea for the Muslim League was first proposed by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a prominent Muslim leader and founder of the Aligarh Muslim University. The party was officially founded on December 30, 1906, …
The Indian National Congress is one of the oldest and largest political parties in India, founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, and others. The Congress played a crucial role in the Indian independence movement, and many of its leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, were instrumental in shaping modern …
Real name of Sir syed Ahmad Khan is Taqvi bin Muttaqvi. He was born 17 Oct 1817 in Delhi. He was died 27 March 1897 in Aligarh. 1839 EIC company joined as a naib Munshi. 1841 Judicial Exams passed and appointed sub judge in Up. 1842 transferred in Agra. 1846 promoted as a chief judge …
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Gandhi was born into a Hindu family of the merchant caste, and his father served as the chief minister of Porbandar. After completing his early education in India, Gandhi went to London in 1888 to study law …
Allama Iqbal was born on November 9, 1877, in Sialkot, British India. His father, Sheikh Noor Muhammad, was a tailor and a devout Muslim. Iqbal received his early education in Sialkot and went on to attend Government College Lahore. In 1899, Iqbal received a BA degree from the University of Punjab, and in 1905, he …
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876, in Karachi, British India (now in Pakistan). He belonged to a Muslim family of Gujarati origin. His father, Jinnahbhai Poonja, was a prosperous merchant, and his mother, Mithibai, was a devoutly religious woman. Jinnah received his early education in Karachi and later went to Bombay …
The rebellion began on May 10, 1857, in the town of Meerut, in present-day Uttar Pradesh. The immediate cause of the rebellion was a rumor that the cartridges of the newly introduced Enfield rifle were greased with pig and cow fat, which were offensive to both Hindu and Muslim soldiers in the British Indian army. …
The Bengal region has a long history dating back to ancient times, with evidence of human habitation dating back to the Paleolithic era. The Mauryan Empire, led by the emperor Ashoka, ruled over Bengal in the 3rd century BCE. The Gupta Empire also had a significant influence on Bengal in the 4th and 5th centuries …
