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سہگل حویلی
یعنی مشہور زمانہ لال حویلی
جہلم کے ہندو شہزادے اور مسلمان رقاصہ بدھن بائی کی محبت کی 100 سالہ پرانی وہ ادھوری داستان جس کی گواہی آج بھی اس کےمنقش درودیوار دیتےہیں۔
راولپنڈی (پاکستان) کے بوہڑ بازار میں واقع لال حویلی جہاں ایک زمانےمیں رقص وسرود اور ImageImageImage
رقاصاءوں کی خوبصورتی کی تعریف کرنے والوں کا تانتا بندھا کرتا تھا، ڈانس پارٹیاں ھوا کرتی تھیں آج سیاسی گہما گہمی ھے۔
قیام پاکستان سے پہلے جہلم کے ایک خوشحال گھرانے سےتعلق رکھنے والے ممتاز بیرسٹر دھن راج سہگل شادی کی ایک تقریب میں شرکت کیلئےسیالکوٹ گئے جہاں انہوں نے مشہور زمانہ اور Image
حسین رقاصہ بدھن بائی سے شادی کر لی۔
ہندو ھو اسے مہاتما بدھ کی گھنٹیاں نہ بھائیں کیسے ممکن ھے!
بدھن بائی کے گھنگھروءوں نے راج کا دل موہ لیا۔
اسی محبت کی کہانی نےلال حویلی کی بنیادڈالی۔ دھن راج بدھن کو اپنےساتھ راولپنڈی لے آیا اور بوہڑبازار میں ایک شاندار حویلی تعمیر کروائی جو سہگل Image
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Here's a proposal to solve the serious social and political problems in the #USA: #Partition.

Let's just use the 2020 Presidential Election Results as a basis.

Split the US to create two new countries, one for Blue America and one for Red America.

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The red states can be called URSA, or United Republican States of America, and the blue states can be called United States of Democratic America (USDA).

In blue states (USDA), #abortion would be a fundamental right; in red states (URSA), it would be illegal.

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#Evolution would be taught in USDA, #Creationism in URSA.

#Opencarry guns would be a fundamental right in URSA; the #SecondAmendment would be abolished in USDA; no private guns.

In URSA, there would be a flat tax rate of 10%.

In USDA, the #top1percent would pay 99% tax.

(3/)
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#Thread
THREAD on 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'& the Telangana (peasant)Armed rebellion
The centre is observing a year-long event to mark the annexation of the erstwhile #Hyderabad state to India on Sept 17 1948
The reality of it is more complex (1/n)
#HyderabadLiberationDay
The state of #Hyderabad was formally annexed on September 17, 1948, through a military offensive called Operation Polo, after negotiations between India and the Hyderabad state failed. The state's last Nizam was Osman Ali Khan, who decided to stay independent after #partition
At that time, communist-backed peasants were waging a full-scale armed rebellion against landlords in Telangana. It continued till 1951, until the CPI called it off. Osman Ali Khan, the world’s richest man then, was also monarch of the largest princely state under British India.
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#Punjab
#British
#History
وزیراعظم پنجاب ملک خضر حیات ٹوانہ
( قصبہ مظفرآباد, شاہ پور سرگودھا، پاکستان)
1900-1975
عہدبرطانیہ میں ریاست پنجاب کےآخری وزیراعظم
ملک خضرحیات شاہ پور کےنزدیک قصبہ مظفرآباد ( نزدسرگودھا) کی جاگیردار ٹوانہ فیملی میں 1900 میں پیداھوئے۔
آپ 1916 سے1923 تک ایک
آرمی مین رھے۔
آپ نے ہی پنجاب کی تقسیم کی شدید مخالفت کی اور محمد علی جناح کے سامنے کھڑے ھوئے۔
ملک خضر حیات تقسیم پنجاب کے اس لیے مخالف تھے کہ وہ نہیں چاہتے تھے کہ پنجاب مذہب کی بنیاد پر ٹوٹے کیونکہ وہ پنجاب کو ایک مکمل خطہ اور پنجابیوں کو الگ اور منفرد شناخت کا مالک سمجھتے تھے۔
خضرحیات ٹوانہ تاج برطانیہ کےبہت زبردست حامی تھے۔ ان کی اپنی الگ "Unionist Party" تھی۔
ملک صاحب کا دور اقتدارکچھ آسان نہ تھا کیونکہ جنگ عظیم اول (1914-1918) کے اثرات بھیانک تھے، دوسری جنگ عظیم کافی تباہی مچارہی تھی جس میں بہت سےپنجابی سپاہی حصہ لےرھےتھے اوربنگال کا قحط کسی آفت کی
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@tanjil_rashid_ @ZareerMasani @saliltripathi 1. #Partition1947 counterfactuals aren't counterintuitive. #Partition ended a zero sum game among the same stale set of interlocutors conducting a dialogue of the deaf #Simla, June '45 onwards. #CabinetMissionPlan's devolution did NOT solve #India's impasse.
@tanjil_rashid_ @ZareerMasani @saliltripathi 2. #Jinnah accepted the #CabinetMissionPlan for an embryonic #Pakistan was assured, and permitted to secede, come 1957, if the #confederation was not to the #MuslimLeague's liking. Routinely overlooked by #Nehru's #Indian and #Pakistani baiters.
@tanjil_rashid_ @ZareerMasani @saliltripathi 3. To iterate: #CabinetMissionPlan was a pilot project to be reviewed decadally. Just how was #India and #Nehru to embark on #economic #planning and consolidate a #democratic #union of disparate elements riven by #regionalism, #casteism and #sectarianism?
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This day 58 years ago on 27 May 1964 India was cast into a dark pall of gloom and shock when All India Radio (as #Doordarshan then was) announced the death of the first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. "The light is out" said The Times of India
In the 16 years or so as Prime Minister of a country that was born amidst the cauldron of a bloody #Partition, he succeeded in weaving a diverse nation of many languages, religions, groupings, political views and opinions into a functioning modern State
He was the ultimate modernist, technophile, scientifically-minded, internationalist leader any post-colonial country could have hoped for. Did he have flaws? Hell, yes! He was a human after all not a God, and thank goodness for that.
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The key points to note in this brilliant article by @dharmadispatch in @Openthemag are given in the pictures below. The biggest mystery for me is when you look at 1947 even though a #Nehru could have been sympathetic to the #Muslim cause given the #partition where was the need
to glorify the invaders, the most brutal barbaric rulers of the Mughal period & make them the heroes & representatives of Indian muslims? For someone who claimed to be secular & fighting for united India the #Nehru ecosystem could have found so many other heroes to represent the
Indian muslims. Accepting the extra sympathy for a community in the aftermath of partition #Nehru & his eco system by promoting barbaric figures as their heroes actually did the greatest disservice to the Indian muslims. Fissiparous elements drove the wedge deeper over time.
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1. We need expand the definition of Irishness - one million people living on this island were not born here but call it home, says @IRLPatricia in a discussion chaired in #Derry today by @SusanMcKay15 @IrelandsFuture
2. We need to have an approach to dialogue which allows every voice to be heard. But those who say it's divisive to have the #unity debate need to be gently but firmly reminded that closing down this debate is attempt silence legitimate political aspirations, says @IRLPatricia
@IRLPatricia 3. Many people are engaging in this constitutional conversation because they take the possibility of a "new Ireland" very seriously indeed - it has transformative potential says @cjhumanrights
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Today, I did something extremely meaningful and important for my family, something 75 years in the making, a respectful gesture of love, remembrance, and hope. I went to the Mughal-era Dara Shikoh library, located on the grounds of Ambedkar University, Kashmeri Gate, Delhi. 1/n
I went there to meet Ms. Mallika Ahluwalia, CEO of the @PartitionMuseum in Amritsar. She and her dedicated team have done a wonderful and much-needed job of honoring the memory of the tens of millions displaced or killed during #Partition, which includes my Indian family. 2/n
Ms. Ahluwalia and team now intend to establish a Partition Museum in Delhi, and are working with local authorities to refurbish the Dara Shikoh library to make it another shrine and memorial to the horrors of #Partition. A museum needs evocative links to the past, naturally. 3/n
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#nationalflagadoptionday: On this day in 1947, #nationalflag of India was adopted by Constituent Assembly; Real #History of #IndianFlag and significance of #Tricolour; How Flag evolved over decades:
#Thread #FlagAdoptionDay #NationalFlagDay #flagadoptionday2021
#Indian #Tricolor, designed by #pingalivenkayya, became India's official flag on July 21, 1947. Several designs were scraped before Tricolor accepted by people of country. Final design #IndianNationalFlagAdoptionDay, hoisted by #PrimeMinister Nehru on August 16, 1947 at Red Fort,
Had history of several decades preceding #Independence.
Indian Tricolour is matter of pride for country. Symbol of #Unity, #diversity, #Courage and patriotism. Representation of country, its spirit, power and majesty, comprises 4 colors - #saffron, white, #green and blue.
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1/#Partition 1921-During the negotiations Lloyd George's private sec. civil servant Tom Jones, made some stunning revelations in his private diaries. Known as "T.J" he was Deputy Secretary to four Prime Ministers, he was known as the "keeper of a thousand secrets" he revealed
2/..some interesting unpublished comments during his vital roles as go between‘ between Lloyd George and the leaders of the Irish delegation then and later published in three volumes as Whitehall Diary between 1969 & 1971.
He said Lloyd Georgre had put it to James Craig that
3/ ..after pushing for the partition of the Ireland, he told Craig ..."sir, you have cut the natural circuits of commercial activity" of the economic unit of that small island. (Jones would later be an Economic's professor at Queens, Belfast) warning of economic folly?
TJ & GBS👇
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THE LAST PRINCESS OF LAHORE - BAMBA DULEEP SINGH (1869 - 1957)

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Post partition, every morning a weak old woman would board the Model Town bus service headed to the city. The conductor never asked her for money or he would invite anger of the last Queen of Punjab.

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Princess Bamba Sutherland, the eldest daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh and grand-daughter of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was born on Sep 29, 1869, in London.

Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of Punjab was taken away to England by British after annexing Punjab.

2/n
Since he was still a child he was forcibly converted to Christianity and made to adopt British values in order to prevent him from ever thinking about regaining Punjab.

He was also kept away from his mother Maharani Jindan.
When he finally met his mother years later...

3/n
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1 - Why Raja Sahab Mahmudabad aka Nawab Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan (surrogate / adopted son of #Jinnah ) left Pakistan ? Explains Renowned Historian Mr Hassan Jafar Zaidi

#TwoNationTheory #Democracy #Pakistan #India via @sujagvideos
2 - Why Raja Sahab Mahmudabad aka Nawab Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan (surrogate / adopted son of #Jinnah ) left Pakistan ? Explains Renowned Historian Mr Hassan Jafar Zaidi

#TwoNationTheory #Democracy #Pakistan #India via @sujagvideos
To say that #Jinnah & #AIML wanted to make #Secular #Liberal #Pakistan not the Theocratic State is a Half Truth ! How would you explain #Islamic Speeches of Jinnah ? Reference: ia600504.us.archive.org/16/items/relig… ( cc @Dr_IshtiaqAhmad @omarali50 )

#TwoNationTheory #Islam #India #Partition ImageImageImage
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देशाला स्वातंत्र्य देण्यासाठी संपूर्ण आयुष्य खर्च केलेल्या व्यक्तीला मारणारा आज देशातल्या एका विशिष्ट वर्गासाठी नायक,देशभक्त ठरलाय.आजच्या थ्रेडमध्ये
१)#नथुराम_गोडसे
२)#गांधीजी व हत्या
३) वल्लभभाई पटेल व त्यांचा RSS विरोध
४)फाशीवेळीस गोडसेची परिस्थिती
#रिम #MahatmaGandhi Image
नथुराम विनायकराव गोडसे चा जन्म 19मे,1910 ला झाला.त्यांच्या जन्मावेळीस भारतात क्रांतिकारी चळवळी चालु झाल्या होत्या.थोड्या कालावधीने गांधीजीं चे भारतात आगमन झाले आणि त्यांनी 1920 ला 'असहकार आंदोलन' पुकारले.नथुरामचे वडील विनायक वामनराव गोडसे हे पोस्टल ऑफिसमध्ये कामाला होते.
त्यांच्या आईचे नाव लक्ष्मी.नथुराम चे 'नथुराम' नाव पडण्यामागे एक गोष्ट आहे.त्यांचे खरे नाव 'रामचंद्र' होते.पण नथुराम जन्माला यायच्यापुर्वी ३ मुले जन्माला आली आणि अल्पावधीतच मरण पावली.घरच्यांना वाटले की आपल्याला कोणतातरी शाप असावा त्यामुळे मुले दगावत आहेत..म्हणुन त्यांनी 'रामचंद्र' Image
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1 - History is different from farce: Dr Mubarak beta.dawn.com/news/310892/hi…

Ms @AfshanMasab explains , why & how ( Produced by @NativeMediaPk & Mr @kashifbaloch )

#History #TwoNationTheory #Partition #Islam #India #Pakistan
2 - Consciousness of Muslim Identity in South Asia Before 1947 irenees.net/bdf_fiche-anal… by Dr Mubarak Ali

Ms @AfshanMasab explains ( Produced by @NativeMediaPk & Mr @kashifbaloch )

#History #TwoNationTheory #Partition #Islam #India #Pakistan
3 - Different strokes dawn.com/news/1121347 Our flawed education system is deeply rooted in the history of the subcontinent ( Dr Mubarak Ali ) Ms @AfshanMasab explains ( Produced by @NativeMediaPk Mr @kashifbaloch )
#History #TwoNationTheory #Partition #Islam #India #Pakistan
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ستمبر 1948 میں ہندوستان کی سب سے امیر ریاست حیدر آباد دکن پر فوج کشی کر کے قبضہ کیا گیا تھا۔ تقسیم ہند کے وقت اس پر انڈیا نے کیسے قبضہ کیا اور اس کے ہندوستانی سیاست پر کیا اثرات مرتب ہوئے، اس پر سنیے تاریخ دان یعقوب بنگش کی گفتگو۔ 1/3 @BangashYK
#hyderabad1948 #Partition #Sujag
ستمبر 1948 میں ہندوستان کی سب سے امیر ریاست حیدر آباد دکن پر فوج کشی کر کے قبضہ کیا گیا تھا۔ تقسیم ہند کے وقت اس پر انڈیا نے کیسے قبضہ کیا اور اس کے ہندوستانی سیاست پر کیا اثرات مرتب ہوئے، اس پر سنیے تاریخ دان یعقوب بنگش کی گفتگو۔ 2/3 @BangashYK
#hyderabad1948 #Partition #Sujag
ستمبر 1948 میں ہندوستان کی سب سے امیر ریاست حیدر آباد دکن پر فوج کشی کر کے قبضہ کیا گیا تھا۔ تقسیم ہند کے وقت اس پر انڈیا نے کیسے قبضہ کیا اور اس کے ہندوستانی سیاست پر کیا اثرات مرتب ہوئے، اس پر سنیے تاریخ دان یعقوب بنگش کی گفتگو۔ 3/3 @BangashYK
#hyderabad1948 #Partition #Sujag
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Engineering a City #thread
Having spent my entire childhood in #Kochi (#Cochin ), it feels criminal to not know the story of how the city came to be the #metropolis it is today. Putting together a thread to trace the journey of the city which has been so endearingly mine (1)
Part 1: The #Malabar Mud-Banks
The story of Cochin is not just about how an engineering marvel can change social fabric, but also of many tenets of #British #Colonialism in India which is often taken for granted, passed off lazily as exploitation, missing nuance (2)
As with any coastal town, the cultural and economic history of Kochi is intertwined with maritime trade routes since the time of the Early Romans and Arabs. Thanks to the #biennale , most of us would now be familiar with the term #Muzuris (3)
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1-The #Muslim electorate massively voted for #Partition in 1945,

….drove most Hindus from West Pakistan in 1945

and the same more gradually in East Pakistan or Bangladesh,
2-….but kept #India as a joint account where Muslims were not only welcome but even enjoyed certain privileges

In the last and only de facto referendum, the last election before independence, 87% of the Muslim electorate voted against #India
3-and in favour of the Muslim League and its programme - the #Partition of India.

While the Hindus voted for a multicultural India,

…the Muslims voted against India and against multiculturalism.

That is a historical fact, and no amount of skullduggery can alter it.
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BJP's failure in winning 'intellectual' debate became most apparent in #CAA. Reason lies with party. I worked in this space 4 too long to kno how long term agendas are set. Why intellectualism is equated to #Left leaning among a section in #WestBangal & #India. 1/n
I have been consistent in saying that #CAA is a major correction to the historic neglect to human tragedies from sustained flight of #Hindu & other minority from #EastPakistan/#Bangladesh. It's unfinished job of #Partition. 2/n
#Secularism will be threatened only when #India wil institutionally discriminate between two sets of citizens, as it happened in #Pakistan & #Bangladesh not by virtue of giving citizenship 2 d discriminated/persecuted in this 2 countries born out of discriminatory principles. 3/n
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Day 18 of #ParliamentWinterSession

The #CitizenshipAmendmentBill listed for discussion, passage in #RajyaSabha today

But RS has had a stormy start of the day and is currently adjourned till 12pm due to protests by MPs- on states not being paid #GST compensation!

#SansadWatch
#RajyaSabha starts debate on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019

Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, TMC raises objection to discussion and wants it to be adjourned as intent of Bill is to provide protection to those fleeing from religious persecution, but same not mentioned in Bill at all.
But Chair states that he has perused the Bill and it is order and discussion starts

Amit Shah, Home Minister starts his speech on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019

It was expected that minorities in Pakistan and India will be protected, but same didnt happen

#SansadWatch
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1. Hi! I'm a doctoral candidate in English at EmoryU. I'm currently writing my thesis on the object-memory interactions in #Partition Literature of India. I'll be talking about how to use @humcommons to Teach. #HCTwitterConf19
@humcommons 2. Using DH to teach: My students maintained a blog where they wrote in multiple genres & worked on multimodal projects. See: shreejapatel.wordpress.com & #HCTwitterConf19
@humcommons 3. There was an excitement in class since there were no traditional research papers that most dreaded in this required course. They could experiment with their voice when writing for a more diverse audience. #HCTwitterConf19
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Tonight we will be hosting the UK’s inaugural #PartitionCommemoration event in Manchester. It has never been more relevant to educate people about the past than now. This graphic by @MendoncaPen captures the discussion we had in Parliament & the complexities of this subject (1/5)
#Partition was a defining moment not only in world history but British history. It has been called the holocaust for Indians, yet it is not acknowledged, spoken about or taught. We are hoping to change that with the campaign (2/5)
Tonight we launch the National Partition Commemoration Campaign. We have some fantastic speakers including @RahmanCllr @KailashChandOBE @willgupshup @ward_esme @786maq @Afzal4Gorton as well as young performers and Memories of Partition from @McrMuseum (3/5)
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