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Lal Ishtehar : The Virulent Proclamation Of Hindu Hatred

"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...

WHO WAS TIPU SULTAN : HERO OR TYRANT ?

Who was Tipu Sultan, where was he born and other information is something NCERT books baby feed us, so lets come straight to the point. Tipu Sultan of Mysore spent most of his  life in Kerala, waging wars of territorial annexation and Islamic conversions. Therefore, the true character of Tipu Sultan can be best judged from his activities in Kerala. There is enough evidence, available in many authentic records of his military operations in Kerala, to justify that Tipu Sultan was a fanatic tyrant who was responsible for the destruction of hundreds of Hindu temples, large-scale forcible conversion of the Hindus, and perpetration of unimaginable brutalities on the Hindu population in Kerala. All the available records such as Malabar Manual of William Logan,Historical Sketches of Col. Wilks, Voyage to East Indies of Fra Bartolomaeo, histories of Kerala written by K.P. Padmanabha Menon and Sardar K.M. Panicker, official reports of the English Company, and the re...