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The Sanyasi Freedom Movement: Busting Myths and Revealing Truths
History Vignettes
The Sanyasi Freedom Movement: Busting Myths and Revealing Truths
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
This is the first part of a series examining the various myths about the so-called Fakir-Sanyasi Rebellion that occurred in the first half of the 19th century. The correct term for this brilliant hist ...
Whitewashing the Forced Conversions of Hindus to Islam in Medieval India: Here's What the Primary Records Say
History Vignettes
Whitewashing the Forced Conversions of Hindus to Islam in Medieval India: Here's What the Primary Records Say
By
Shankar Saran
5 min read
Debunking the whitewashing and distortions of Marxist History about the forced conversions of Hindus into Islam in the medieval Muslim period
Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Last Mughal who was also the Last Great Traitor
History Vignettes
Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Last Mughal who was also the Last Great Traitor
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
The story of how Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal, intrigued with the British to sabotage the First War of Indian Independence in 1857
The Military Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: An Introduction
History Vignettes
The Military Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: An Introduction
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
The first part of an expository series on the military history of India set in the backdrop of the geography of ancient and medieval India.
Jaitra Simha Rawal: The Forgotten Hindu Hero who Singlehandedly Saved South India for Half a Century
History Vignettes
Jaitra Simha Rawal: The Forgotten Hindu Hero who Singlehandedly Saved South India for Half a Century
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
Jaitra Simha Rawal was the fierce Hindu Hero who singlehandedly stopped the Delhi Sultanate's southward expansion and saved the Deccan and south India for about half a century.
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