The Dharma Chronicle

Uniform civil code is an attempt to reform personal laws and to bring a common law for all, one law should be there which is applicable to all, which would be different from public law and would deal with marriage, divorce, maintenance and adoption. The need of this code is to secure justice and equality for all the citizens of India. As this code is applicable to the citizen of India irrespective of caste, religion and gender means all citizen of India are treated equally. The Indian Constitution in Article 44 requires the State to strive to secure for its citizens a Uniform Civil Code(UCC) throughout India, but till now, no action has been taken in this regard. The Hindu personal laws were codified in the year 1956. However, there has been no attempt to frame a Uniform Civil Code applicable to all citizens of the country. Despite exhortations of this Court in the case of Shah Bano in 1985, the government has done nothing to bring the...

Modi government would soon be banning  the Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI). There has been a demand to place a ban on these organizations for the past several years.  Many politicians, after speaking belligerently in favour of the proposal,  have lost  steam thereafter. Everytime some serious incidents occur, the government has been biding time by claiming that the ban proposal is under serious consideration with the work of pooling together documents in progress and so on. Once the incidents get erased from public memory, the government too loses interest. Indians after seeing trends like #IndiaWithPFI : pic.twitter.com/cl4WlWfMTE — श्रद्धा | Shraddha 🇮🇳 (@SsoulImmortal) April 16, 2022 The PFI is already outlawed in numerous states, but the government intends to ban it through a centralised notification.  Both the Enforcement Directorate and the National Inves...

Did you know that Qutub Minar was actually Dhruv Stambh or Vishnu Dhwaj that existed even before the times of Raja Vikramaditya? It had Arabic motifs and scripts retro-installed by Qutubuddin  Aibak between 1191 – 1210 AD, followed by his successors Iltutmish, Alauddin etc till 1315 AD. If we look at Qutub Minar from top angle, it has a lotus of 24 petals. Lotus certainly is not an Islamic symbol, but it is ancient Vedic symbol. Adjoining Mehrauli (Sanskrit word  Mihira-awali) township is where the well known astronomer Varaha-Mihira of Vikramaditya’s court lived along with his helpers, mathematicians and technicians. Mihir alias Varah Mihir  was the renowned mathematician, astronomer, and scientist in Vikramaditya’s court who was the  author of the famous book ‘Vrihatsamhitayam’ . There is an estimation that this observatory was set up during 4th Century A.D to 6th Century A.D. They used the Vishnu Stambh...

"Lord" Curzon in his attempt to supress the protests against the British rule, extended support to Islamic fanatic, Khwaja Salimullah, the Nawab of Dhaka. In February 1904, Curzon had already seduced Salimullah to support the Partition of Bengal. Curzon’s government gave him a loan of ₹ 14 Lakhs at an extremely low interest rate in return for his support at quelling the protests against the Partition of Bengal. Salimullah began with his action-plan to provoke Hindu hatred in the Muslim community. He recruited a fanatic named Ibrahim Khan, who authored and published a anti-Hindu proclamation called LAL ISHTEHAR which was  an open incitement of the Muslims against the Hindus. Lal Ishtehar  read – “ Ye Muslims Arise , Awake ! Do not read in the same schools with Hindus. Do not buy anything from a Hindu shop. Do not touch any article manufactured by Hindu hands. Do not give any employment to a Hindu. Do not accept any degrading office unde...

In 17th  century, when Aurangzeb ascended the throne, he commanded Mir Jumla, Mughal General at Dhaka to capture Assam. In 1661 AD Mir Jumla led a huge army and captured their capital Garghaon by defeating them. Ahom king Jayadhwaj Singha was forced to agree for a humiliating treaty, which compelled the Ahom to give Mughals territory from Guwahati to Manas river along with large amount of money.  The successor, King Chakradhwaj Singha, who had vowed to recover the lost territories, appointed Lachit Borphukan as the new Commander-in-Chief. In November 1667, Ahom army under Lachit Borphukan launched an attack and successfully crushed Mughals to recapture Guwahati.  When Aurangzeb received the news of defeat at the hands of Ahom in December 1667, he sent his strong army to take back Guwahati. His Army reached Rangamati in February 1669. Lachit Borphukan and his army had anticipated a counter strike from Mughal. His army had started reinforcing ...

Naiki Devi (also known as Naika Devi) was a Great Indian warrior queen , born to Paramardin, who was the Chief of Kadamba (Goa). Naika Devi was married to king Ajayapala of Gujarat who ascended the throne of Gujarat in 1171 CE. King Ajayapala died in 1175 and ruled for only 4 years. After his death his elder son Mularaja 2 became his successor. The new king was a minor, so his mother Naiki Devi ascended the throne and effectively ruled as his regent or de facto ruler. After becoming queen Naiki Devi immediately looked after the administration and military affairs of the kingdom. During this time Mohammad Ghori captured Multan and had already established Ghurid empire over Afghanistan. With base at Multan, ambitious Ghori decided to invade India for wealth. Motivated by the stories of raids conducted by Moh Ghazni several years before he marched with a huge army to Uch, the southern part of Pakistan’s Punjab province. It is also believed tha...

. The Kashmir valley developed from the Satisar lake, the lake of Mata Sati, wife of Lord Shiva. The valley of Kashmir was created due to the prayers of Kashyap Muni, Lord Brahma’s grandson (the God responsible for creation). Kashyapa Muni was one of the Saptarishis, the seven primordial sages recorded in the Vedas. Kashyap Muni was the author of systematic work: Kashyap Samhita, sometimes spelt Braddha Jivakiya Tantra is, a renowned reference book on Ayurveda, particularly in the domains of Ayurvedic Pediatrics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics. Geologists agree that this terrain emerged from a lake, as evidenced by lacustrine deposits. As Kashyap muni discovered what today is known as Kashmir, it was named Kashyapmar (meaning lake of Kashyap muni). Over time, it became Kashmar and then Kashmir. Australian political scientist and researcher confirms it. Nilamata Puran also mentions about the origins of Kashmir. Pandit Kalhan, a Kashmiri historian f...