Category: Islamic Rule in India

Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part III

Please read this post in continuation of Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part II and Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part I. This post contains further references and evidence supporting the presence of a ShriRam Mandir...

Correcting “History” – one bit at a time

Yesterday morning, while reading Jamiat has undone its past good work by Javed Ansari, I got stuck at the very first sentence: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind is one of countless organisations that claim to represent...

Quote of the Week

From a speech by Janab R.M. Sayani on the occasion of his Presidential Address at the 12th Session of the Indian National Congress in 1896. Source: History and Culture of the Indian People, edited...

Why do we have an Aurangzeb Road in Delhi?

My wife asked this question yesterday while we were discussing history. I pondered for a moment but could not come up with a good answer. I also realised that I was not aware of...

Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part II

Readers would remember that in Part – I of this series, I had promised to share some notes on this issue and a summary of historical/ archaeological evidence. In this Part (Part – II),...