Sardar Patel

Essays

Somanatha Temple Restoration: How Nehruvian Secularism Failed to Stop Sardar Patel's Sacred Vow

Somanatha Temple Restoration: How Nehruvian Secularism Failed to Stop Sardar Patel's Sacred Vow

Tracing the antiquity, serial destructions, and modern resurrection of the historic Somanatha temple that outlasted invaders and defeated secular politics

Hyderabad was never an Independent State: History’s Verdict

Hyderabad was never an Independent State: History’s Verdict

Asaf Jah I's Will, the Nizam's Legal Position, and the Record of Misrule in Hyderabad

How Maoism Transformed Three Generations of Youth into Terrorists

How Maoism Transformed Three Generations of Youth into Terrorists

Maoism turned three generations of Indian youth into terrorists by brainwashing them on university campuses and through media

The Forgotten 1947 Siege of Delhi:  Scripted in Pakistan, Executed by Indian Muslims and Foiled by Sardar Patel

The Forgotten 1947 Siege of Delhi: Scripted in Pakistan, Executed by Indian Muslims and Foiled by Sardar Patel

This is the story of Pakistan's attempted capture of Delhi less than a month after India attained independence and how Sardar Patel foiled it

Nawab Nehru: The Weakling who Worshipped Dictators

Nawab Nehru: The Weakling who Worshipped Dictators

Throughout his life Nawab Nehru worshipped absolute dictators like Lenin, Stalin and Mao because deep down, he was riddled with a massive inferiority complex.

The Unstoppable Ascent of Kasim Razvi

The Unstoppable Ascent of Kasim Razvi

This episode narrates the unending intrigues of the Nizam Mir Osman Ali against merging Hyderabad into the Indian Union and how he gives unlimited power to Kasim Razvi.

Excerpts from Kasim Razvi’s Bigoted Speech in Hyderabad, Circa March 31, 1948

Excerpts from Kasim Razvi’s Bigoted Speech in Hyderabad, Circa March 31, 1948

Kasim Razvi's speech dated March 31, 1948 in Hyderabad was an open call to the Muslim community to launch a Jihad against the new Union Government of India.

How the Liberation of Hyderabad Aborted a Pakistan in the South

How the Liberation of Hyderabad Aborted a Pakistan in the South

The first episode of a new series analysing the historical importance of the liberation of Hyderabad

Podcast #80: The Plight of Hindus Under the Nizam of Hyderabad

Podcast #80: The Plight of Hindus Under the Nizam of Hyderabad

A Podcast on the appalling condition of Hindus under the successive regimes of the Nizams of Hyderabad with special focus on Mir Osman Ali

The Plight of Hindus Under the Nizam's Regime

The Plight of Hindus Under the Nizam's Regime

K.M. Munshi provides a detailed and disturbing account of the pathetic plight of the majority Hindus under the oppressive rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad. This story finds little or no mention in mainstream histories of the Nizamite Hyderabad and deserves to be told and retold.

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