South Asian Studies
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Thread: Bengali state leaders and Prime Ministers of Pakistan Iskandar Ali Mirza (1899-1969) was first president of Pakistan๐ต๐ฐ He was born into a Bengali Nawab family in๐murshid...
Role of The Chalukyas in Bhosale Maratha empire Chalukya/ Salunkes The Shield of Deccan, The 1st line of defense & The backbone of Hinduism in south india that repulsed attack of...
Despite Mughal collapse, the Hindu Rajputs of Himachal were unable to retake Kangra from an isolated Muslim garrison that endured for decades. The Himachalis petitioned the Kanhai...
Ego We broke Modi's ego by not voting for BJP in Bengal, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. This is not the first time we have done this; similarly, we have br...
Lost Kingdoms of Northwest India (A Thread) https://t.co/OBULFwJu5X
#OperationPolo was the code name for the police action against the Princely State of Hyderabad in September 1948 by the newly Independent republic of India. https://t.co/EtgScxpCJj
Thread on Pakistan as a consumer rather than producer of Islam. Professor Murad notes โThe spiritual heart and scholarly origin of (elite Hanafi) Indian Islam is not in the Subcon...
How Hindus protected Sikh women: Maharaja Ranjit Singh's wife, Rani Jindan Kaur, had to send "Rakhi" to the Hindu ruler of Nepal and sought refuge in Nepal when the Sikh Empire co...
Thread: The Indian Century My latest post on Distant Shores is centered upon the rise of India, our approach to the relationship, and what I feel Ashley Tellisโ (increasingly inf...
#Mughals_vs_Marathas Collection of primary sources narrating the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao against Nawab Nasir Jung in 1740 AD. (1) Siyar-ul-mutakherin. โ A historical manuscript...
The grand invasion was actually a triple alliance b/w the Rohillas: Ghulam Qadir, Durranis:Taimur Shah and Rajputs:Vijay Singh, supported by the pro-Mughal loyalists led by Isma'il...
๐ฎAlthough, the list of blunders committed by Jawaharlal Nehru is very long but here are the 9 biggest blunders committed by him which cost India heavily and India is still paying t...
Belawadi Mallamma a brave Kannadiga queen, who almost defeated mighty Shivaji Maharaj, to whom even Aurangzeb with more than 5 lakh troops , couldnโt defeat in the war. https://t.c...
Today Congress made their worst blunder n exposed itself completely Former RAW Chief AS Dulat joined Bharat Jodo Yatra today AS Dulat has been a very controversial RAW officer n...
I'm going to regret this, but - given some absolutely bonkers commentary on the subject - a short thread on U.S.-Pakistan relations and implications for India. Essentially, it ap...
1/ MusIim historians had a habit of hiding defeat. Shamshad Ilyas (1342โ1358 of Ilyas Shahi dynasty) had a terrible defeat at the hands of King Jayaraja Deva in 1352 in Present 'N...
Lesser Known Fact: The 1857 war of independence is a famous event in Pakistan, though it saw little support here as compared to northern India. However, there was another uprisi...
300m Indians voted for the NDA alliance in the 2019 parliamentary elections. Modi's approval rating is 70%, and the BJP just won again in India's biggest state. But according to Sr...
Why India must not give free aid to Sri Lanka. 1. In 1971, the communist JVP with help from North Korea and China launched an armed revolt against the Sri Lankan govt. When the Sin...
As if they couldn't abduct at night! This is a total myth. Night weddings happen even in South India. In fact, some pre Islamic Hindu scriptures recommend such a Muhurta at nig...
โ๏ธWars of the Eastern Frontโ๏ธ Chapter 1. Geopolitical scenario; The Karranis succeded the Sur's in Bengal. Sulaiman Khan Karrani Succeeded TaJ Khan Karrani as a vassal sultan under...
A Strange Deal ๐ Ahmad Shah Durrani's son Taimur Shah, sent envoys to Maharaja Mahadji Shinde asking him to EXTEND the Maratha Empire upto Lahore while Durranis would control the...
We covered the 3 Hindu Sources of mainland Bengal of the Bangฤl Subah that refer to Maratga Conquests. There is one we left out, the Odiya text "Samara Taranga." It is a court-bal...
Thread with excerpts from โThe Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asokaโ by Robin Coningham and Ruth Young https://t.co/Ya3USD0RIH
