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Scotland citizen visits SCR in search of his Great Grandfather’s workplace

Scotland citizen visits SCR in search of his Great Grandfather’s workplace

Hyderabad, Feb 16 (INN): Nicholas Graves, a native of Scotland, United Kingdom in search of his ancestral root visited South Central Railway on Monday. He met SCR General Manager P.K. Srivastava and requested to provide details of his ancestral root and wanted to visit the same. Way back in the year 1932, Nicholas Graves’ great grandfather named James Theadore worked ...

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Who Invited ‘Police Action’? Qasim Razvi or Nizam? – Part 2

Who Invited ‘Police Action’? Qasim Razvi or Nizam? – Part 2

By Shaik Ahmed Ali The death of Bahadur Yar Jung in 1944 created a vacuum in the Muslim leadership. However, it did not decrease the popularity of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen among Muslims. After his death, Abul Hasan Syed Ali became Majlis president and he was succeeded by Mazhar Ali Kamil. Two years later, in 1946, Moulvi Syed Qasim Razvi was elected ...

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Dr Muhammad Hamidullah – The Last Citizen of Hyderabad

Dr Muhammad Hamidullah – The Last Citizen of Hyderabad

(February 9, 1908 – December 17, 2002) Dr Muhammad Hamidullah was a Muhaddith, Faqih and a scholar of Islamic law. He was an academic author with over 450 books cited in WorldCat.org, the world’s largest bibliographic database. Dr Hamidullah was born, brought up and educated in Hyderabad. He hailed from a family of scholars. The youngest amongst three brothers and ...

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The Last Days Of Nizam’s Rule And Police Action – Part 1

The Last Days Of Nizam’s Rule And Police Action – Part 1

By Shaik Ahmed Ali  Hyderabad was the largest Indian princely state in terms of population. According to the estimates of 1941 census its population was around 16.34 million with Muslims accounting for nearly 12 %.  Its ruler, the 6th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan was the richest man in the world at that time. Hyderabad, not only had its own ...

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Only 4.24% MPs represent 15% Muslims of India

Only 4.24% MPs represent 15% Muslims of India

By Shaik Ahmed Ali As many as 16 General Elections were fought, lost and won. The Lok Sabha has seen over 8,500 new, old and repeated faces in the last six decades. Several new political parties were formed, existing parties faced splits and a few others merged themselves into another. New alliances were constituted and then broken. With the rise ...

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