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Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje: An Indian Revolutionary in Iran

Saquib Salim “My history is very long, but from Constantinople, I arranged with the Turkish Government that Gadar troops should be allowed to land at Besra. Afterward, Kanshiram, Bertakullah, and many other Gadar people came to India or to Europe….. Afterwards, Sufi Amba Prasad and many Gadar companions joined us. Bertakullah and Mahendra Pratap went to Afghanistan, but Afghans did not join the war with them. We went to I...

Chinese Muslims also opposed Jinnah and demand of Pakistan

Saquib Salim “At a recent meeting in Chungking (Chongqing), Chinese Muslims decided to step into the League-Congress controversy in India. A written appeal, addressed to Mr. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, President of the Indian Muslim League, urging him to cooperate with the Indian National Congress, was drafted to be signed by General Omar Pai Chung-Hsi, China's No. 1 Mohammedan General and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army.&r...

Maj. Gen. E. Habibullah: The first commandant of NDA

Saquib Salim Recently, a small detail of the magnificent passing out parade of the National Defence Academy (N.D.A), Khadakwasla, for 339 officers, including 19 women, caught my eye. The function was held at Habibullah Hall of the Academy on 29 May. Who is Habibullah? Not many remember him. He is Major General Enaith Habibullah, who was the first Commandant of the NDA when it was established in 1954. Rear Admiral B. A. Samson,...

Maj. Gen. E. Habibullah: The first commandant of NDA

Saquib Salim Recently, a small detail of the magnificent passing out parade of the National Defence Academy (N.D.A), Khadakwasla, for 339 officers, including 19 women, caught my eye. The function was held at Habibullah Hall of the Academy on 29 May. Who is Habibullah? Not many remember him. He is Major General Enaith Habibullah, who was the first Commandant of the NDA when it was established in 1954. Rear Admiral B. A. Samson,...

Did Pakistan President Zardari head a terrorist attack?

Saquib Salim Have you heard that a politician, whose release from prison was sought by hijackers of a plane, became the President? The country is Pakistan, and the leader is its President, Asif Ali Zardari. Zardari, a feudal lord from Sindh, is the husband of Benazir Bhutto and the father of former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto. On March 26, 1991, Singapore Airlines Flight SQ-117 took off from Kuala Lumpur for Singapore. ...

Did Pakistan President Zardari head a terrorist attack?

Saquib Salim Have you heard that a politician, whose release from prison was sought by hijackers of a plane, became the President? The country is Pakistan, and the leader is its President, Asif Ali Zardari. Zardari, a feudal lord from Sindh, is the husband of Benazir Bhutto and the father of former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto. On March 26, 1991, Singapore Airlines Flight SQ-117 took off from Kuala Lumpur for Singapore. ...

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Purkazi leader Zaheer Farooqui shows the way to transforming India at grassroots

Saquib Salim Purkazi, a small town in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, would soon have its first higher secondary School, and students would no longer have to travel to neighbouring towns to pursue studies after the 10th class. This happened due to the generosity of Zaheer Farooqui, Chairperson of the Nagar Panchayat, who donated his land valued at 1.5 crore for the project. Farooqui, a peasant leader, and a lawyer, was...

Why did M. C. Chagla refuse to become the first Muslim Chief Justice of India

Saquib Salim “I remember when I went to the United States as Ambassador, I was asked at my first Press Conference whether I was a Muslim. I answered: "How is it any business of yours what my religion is? That is purely my personal affair. All that you have a right to know is that I am an Indian and proud to be an Indian. When I meet an American, I do not ask him, ‘Are you a Protestant or a Catholic or a Jew?’" ...

M. C. Chagla wanted India to be a true secular country

Saquib Salim “I remember when I went to the United States as Ambassador, I was asked at my first Press Conference whether I was a Muslim. I answered: "How is it any business of yours what my religion is? That is purely my personal affair. All that you have a right to know is that I am an Indian and proud to be an Indian. When I meet an American, I do not ask him, ‘Are you a Protestant or a Catholic or a Jew?’" ...

How an American student delayed Pakistan turning a nuclear power

Saquib Salim “The Pakistani outfit (ISI) is the laughing stock of the entire intelligence community. Judging by the amateurish way Ali Zai tried to get your design, I'd say he’s got to be a Paki. And if our investigation shows that he is a Paki, then you’re in no danger.” This is what George Daniels, an FBI officer, replied to John Aristotle Phillips when asked, “But aren’t the Pakistanis dangero...

Why Pakistan ups its ante against India after each IMF loan

Saquib Salim Recently after the terrorist attack on Hindu tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir (22 April, 2025) India retaliated by attacking the terrorist bases in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan on 7 May. The approach was similar, yet on a smaller scale, to that of the USA, Russia or Israel against the terrorism. The world has not forgotten the US invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq as a part of its war against terrorism. But, when...

Mr. Trump, It's terror and India-Pak rivalry is not 1,000 year old!

Saquib Salim Recently, US President Donald Trump claimed that Kashmir was the core issue behind Operation Sindoor by the Indian Army against the terrorist bases in Pakistan and is at least “a thousand years” old. Either the advisors of the President are misinforming him, or he is too ignorant about the history and geography of the Indian subcontinent. Whatever it is, the Western Powers have been repeating the same narrative for...

A Kashmiri Muslim countered Pak narrative in UNSC in 1965 war

Saquib Salim Since its formation in 1947, Pakistan has tried to portray India as a Hindu country where Muslims are second-class citizens. Each time Pakistan launched an armed attack against India, it was to 'help' the Indian Muslims. Not given to learning lessons, Pakistan looked the other way when the Indian Muslims countered its narrative. In the 1965 war, Pakistan attacked India "to help Muslims in general and Kashmiri ...

Heroism of civilian gallantry medal winners Mohd Ismail, Zuma Mohd

Saquib Salim The strength of the Indian Army on paper is around 0.1% of the Indian population. While making strategies against India her enemies consider these statistics. This seems logical since India, unlike Israel, has no compulsory military training program for civilians. However, lack of formal military training is no handicap to those who love their country, and join operations against its enemy. Here are stories of real-life he...

1965 Indo-Pak war: When brothers were pitted against each other on battlefield

Saquib Salim At the time of the partition of India, the army officers of the Indian Army were asked to choose between India and Pakistan in 1947. Among the Muslims, there were instances in families when one brother remained in India while their brothers opted for Pakistan. Sahibzada Yunus Khan and Sahibzada Yaqub Khan, both from the Royal Family of Rampur, had served in the Indian Army during the Second World War. After the War was ove...

Muslims always rebuffed Pak's war cry of 'Islam in danger' to attack India

Saquib Salim In 1965, as India was trying to recover after the Chinese invasion, Jawaharlal Nehru's death came as another setback to the newly independent nation. Nehru’s successor Lal Bahadur Shastri was focused on making India self-reliant in food production. At that time, General Ayub Khan-led Pakistan attacked India. Pakistan claimed the attack was meant to help their "Muslim brothers in India, especially Kashmir.&q...

Indians rebuff Pak's attempt to divide them through Pahalgam attack

Saquib Salim For centuries Indian civilization has been at the battle with the forces who want to destroy India. There is not an iota of doubt in the minds of the enemies of India that the strength of this civilization lies in its ‘unity in diversity’. They know that despite diverse languages, races, religions, castes, and classes all the Indians see themselves as one single unit. To subdue this ancient civilization they have t...

Pakistan's proxy war in Kashmir started with its birth

Saquib Salim The killing of 26 tourists by terrorists in Kashmir has shocked the nation. Fingers are being pointed towards Pakistan. One of the factors for this quick conclusion is the remarks of Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir a few days ago. He spoke against Hindus and India while addressing a handful of expatriates. The Pahalgam terror attack also revived the memories of the 1990s when Pakistan-sponsored terrorism accounted for thousand...

‘Hindu-Musulam ki jai’ slogan shook the British and led to Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Saquib Salim “Mussulmans and Hindus had united. I have been expecting this, there is a very big show coming….. I must leave your mother and Alice in this house, although there is the same danger from Jullundur city.” This is what General R. E. H. Dyer told his son on 11 April 1919 before leaving for Amritsar, where he would carry out the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre a day later. The statement makes it clear that his int...

Prof. Abdul Bari: the forgotten labour leader of India

Saquib Salim “I congratulate you for your having successfully organised so mony Unions in such a short time,”Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel wrote these words in a letter to Prof. Abdul Bari. A Slice Of History Prof. Abdul Bari was one of the tallest leaders of Congress from Bihar and the most popular leader of labourers and workers in India at the time of his assassination on 28 March 1947. S. K. Sen in his book, Working ...

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