Independence struggle began earlier than 1857: Wali Rahmani

By TwoCircles.net correspondent

Munger(Bihar): A seminar organized in Munger remembered the contributions of Bihar and Bengal during the independence movement. Maulana Wali Rahmani recalled now forgotten wars of independence dating earlier than 1857 to highlight the fact that 1857 was not the first war of independence.

A three day national Seminar on the 'Role of Bihar and Bengal in independence war and the contribution of Urdu Language and literature' was inaugurated by Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav Minister of State for Water Resources, Government of India. The three day seminar was jointly organized by Rahmani Foundation, Munger and National Council for promotion of Urdu Language, New Delhi.

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1857: first war of Independence?

By Maulana Muhammad Wali Rahmani

The arguments in favor of the popular perception about the war of 1857 do not hold ground in light of the historical facts hidden deliberately from the public eye. To say that the war of 1857 was the first Independence war because the Indian nation took part in it is not a strong point. Because, Tipu Sultan, Ali Wardi Khan and Sirajuddaula, though individuals, led an army against the British army and their people were behind them too. The number of casualties in the war between Sirajuddaula and the British army was much higher than that in the war of 1857.

Similarly, the argument that pre-1857 wars were led by nawabs and kings, and thus they were not popular wars is also weak in view of the historical facts.

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Court orders probe into Hussain's paintings

Submitted by aftababedin on Sun, 09/03/2006 - 03:58.

New Delhi, Sept 3 (ZEENEWS.COM) A city court today directed Delhi police to investigate a complaint filed against noted painter M F Hussain for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by painting "obscene pictures of Hindu Gods and Goddesses".

Acting on the status report of the case, metropolitan magistrate Vikas Dhull directed police to investigate the allegations levelled against the 91-year-old painter before taking any step to apprehend him.

"Investigate the matter as per law and based on evidence collected by investigating the matter, apprehend the accused (Hussain)," the magistrate said after perusing the status report filed by police stating that documents had been seized and authenticity of eight photographs was being verified.

A doctor of Apollo Hospital Ram Pratap Singh had filed a complaint accusing Hussain with hurting religious feelings by allegedly painting "nude or scantily clad pictures of Sita, Draupadi and Bharat Mata".

The doctor, in his complaint, said he was shocked to see an advertisement in a weekly magazine on February six this year depicting Bharat Mata in a "scantily-clad posture" and again an article in a national daily depicting Goddess Sita and Draupadi in "highly obscene" way.

The complaint has been filed under sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities based on religion, race, place of birth and language etc), 292 (sale of obscene books), 294 (obscene acts), 298 (uttering words to wound religious feelings) and 295-a (deliberate and malicious act to outrage religious feelings of any class) under Indian Penal Code.

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