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Proposal to rename over 50 localities in Varanasi named after Mughals to be discussed in Municipal Corporation meeting

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2025

This comes days after Jagatguru Rambhadracharya came to Varanasi and supported changing the names of Muslim localities.

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Swara Bhasker expresses ‘regret’ after backlash over comments on Chhaava but offers convoluted arguments to justify disparaging remarks on the sacrifices of Hindus

Amit Kelkar - 21 February, 2025

Former actor Swara Bhasker was in a damage control mode after her comments on Chhaava triggered massive online backlash.

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Chhaava triggers old debate: As Islamists boast about alleged Mughal ‘victory’ over Marathas, here is how descendants of Aurangzeb live today

Rukma Rathore - 21 February, 2025

In 2021 and 2024, Sultana Begum made claims to the Red Fort but the Delhi High Court rejected her arguments both times.

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Delhi HC rejects plea by descendant of Bahadur Shah Zafar-II seeking possession of Red Fort and compensation since 1857

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2024

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by a Mughal descendent seeking possession of Red Fort

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With the inauguration of Statue of Valour by PM Modi, Lachit Borphukan finally gets the much-deserved honour after he was cancelled by ‘historians’

Chandan Panda - 20 March, 2024

Narendra Modi unveiled the Statue of Valour as a bronze monument measuring 125 ft high in memory of the distinguished Ahom military general Lachit Borphukan on 9th March

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Ayodhya: How a critically injured Devi Deen Pandey single-handedly killed 700 soldiers of Mir Baqi’s Mughal army to save Ram Janmabhoomi

राहुल पाण्डेय - 31 January, 2024

Devideen Pandey killed 700 Mughal soldiers before sacrificing his life for the cause of Ram Janmbhoomi in Ayodhya.

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30000 men slaughtered in 6 hours: When Nadir Shah of Iran wreaked havoc in Delhi, and Mughals had to give away Afghanistan

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 26 May, 2022

Nadir Shah's army decimated the Mughals force and carried out a fierce massacre in Delhi. Nadir Shah took away the Peacock Throne and the Kohinoor diamond.

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