Power Sector - Just one example in which the NDA has massively outperformed the extremely inefficient UPA.

Piyush Goyal, ex Minister for Power

[27 September 2017] There is this constant propaganda that the NDA II is the exact same as UPA I and that literally nothing has changed on the ground. Is it really true? I will attempt to quickly look at performances in key sectors over the coming weeks and look at data to see which performed better. This week, let us very briefly look at the power sector.

One aspect that even the most virulent of critics agree upon is that the power situation has drastically improved, but they are quick to add that it has nothing to do with the NDA, nor was the earlier situation the fault of the UPA, is it really true?

Surplus states today are able to effectively sell their excess to deficient states and overall we have balance. Why was this not the case (to the same extent as it is today) during the UPA period? These "surplus" states themselves had severe deficiencies themselves as thermal plants were operating at less than 60% efficiency because they lacked coal.

Over the past two years this issue has been resolved and plants are back at full efficiency. In addition to this we have quadrupled our solar power generation in 2 years and this has also made more states power surplus.

Evidence is provided below -

The average efficiency in 2014-15 of thermal plants was 35%.

This is from 2014,

A senior National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) official told Mail Today: "Currently, six of our coal-based projects, including two that supply power to the national capital, are critically short of coal. The reserve coal available at these projects is just for one day or even less."  

A massive blackout of the kind last seen in the grid collapse of August 2012, when 600 million people were left without electricity, is now a possibility if nothing is done quickly.  Of the 100 power plants monitored by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), as many as 38 are left with only a week's worth of coal to burn, while 20 have as little as four or even zero days of coal stocks, sources say. 

In the northern region which comprises power stations at Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, six power stations have less than seven days of coal stock left, and three have less than four days of the fuel. There are a total of 26 power stations in the region. The situation is as dangerous in the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra and in the central states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. As many as 16 power plants in these states have less than a week's stock of coal, while 10 plants are left with less than four days of stock. 

This is just one such article, many abound if you simply Google "India coal shortage thermal plants"

BT, Mining.com, Livemint, Livemint 2, Livemint from 2010, Livemint from 2008, Reuters, Pennenergy and literally 100's more.

This mismanagement of the coal sector had two impacts,

• Crippling power shortages - as 60% of our power (as high as 80% in 2010) comes from thermal plants, with these plants operating at 35-40% efficiencies because they lacked coal meant rolling blackouts and crippling power shortages.

• Import Bill - In 2013-14, India was importing 220 MT of coal, it is now down to 190 MT in 2015-16. Trends are showing an 8% reduction in Q1 of FY 2017, extrapolated even at a 5% decline, we should be closing the year with imports of ~180 MT. What does this mean? Savings of Rs 20,000 crore a year (and climbing) just on the coal import bills. For some perspective, our MNREGA bill is around $ 38,000 crores a year. [Source](http://thetruepicture.in/bringing-coal-sector-track/),

The Turnaround -

As of 2015 there was a drastic turnaround in the coal sector.

Increased Coal Production - From 2010-13, the UPA managed an increase of 31 Metric tonnes of coal, from ~431 MT to 462 MT. Yet, from 2014-2016 it has gone up by 60 MT (close to double), and with the clean and transparent auction of coal blocks, 84 such blocks have been auctioned off, it is only natural that this figure will climb in the coming 2-3 years, once more of these blocks come online.

The result? All plants across the country now have stock for upto 30 days.

In addition to this, is the stupendous achievement in Solar - India has quadrupled solar power generation in just 2 years. What the UPA could not manage in 10 years, the NDA has far outstripped it in just two, this has also eased the power shortage drastically.

In addition to this the NDA has now sanctioned 10 Heavy Water reactors which will be online by 2022, which would double our nuclear power generation.

Mind you, this is purely in the realm of the executive, naysayers cannot use the excuse of "BJP stalled the parliament" as neither the judiciary (they did get involved later on, when they cancelled the dirty ,corrupt coal block allocations) nor the legislative are involved in running power plants and coal mines.

As to the oft asked question, how does the common benefit? Well, you and I have a better power scenario with way lesser power cuts right?

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TIL that Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan, the INA Colonel who survived the crash which killed Bose later joined Pakistan's government, and trained Mujahids to invade Kashmir to form PoK

Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan (source: Wikipedia)

[5 February 2018] This man's colorful career and life should be made into a movie. There are so many intriguing turns of events that it's hard to believe anything he did: he always made a U-turn with every step and decision.

1. He was born in a royal family which had served as Wazir or other capacities for the Chib Rajpoot Maharaja Pratap Singh. So that should make him loyal to his king and country, right? Wrong ...
2. He joined the British Indian Army, got training at Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun, and fought the Japanese in the SEA. His exact role and battles he fought aren't clear, but he served King and Crown from 1933-42 as an Armyman. So that makes him loyal to King of England, right? Wrong ...
3. In 1942 he defected to the INA while still in SEA, got deputed by the Japanese to help take charge of Indian POWs (possibly some people he was fighting with since there were many losses in the Brit-Jap SEA theater.) After WWII ended he was taken captive by the British and a famous trial was conducted in Red Fort, trying Rahman Khan among other INA officers. They were all found guilty and should have been either killed or imprisoned for life, and you can imagine the seriousness of a soldier defecting in the thick of a war, and conspiring against the Crown and King. Oddly their sentences were all remitted and they were all released. This made him a national hero for all Indians. So that makes him loyal to Bose's cause and a true patriot, right? Wrong ...
4. To the great joy of Jinnah, Rahman Khan joined the Government of Pakistan, and voluntarily raised a Mujahid army to invade Kashmir, this was what established PoK. There he died in Bhimber, where he was born.

Now comes the funny part, a mere speculation, but you guys will have convince me this is wrong. I find it very odd that a trained Armyman of royal blood and good upbringing will suddenly defect to the enemy, be next to the enemy leader in a crash, survive the crash, surrender back to the Army, and then be let off without so much as a slap on the wrist!

I am inclined to believe that Rahman Khan was actually a British spy and agent planted in INA under the confusion of battles, retreats, and defections bang in the middle of WWII. His ultimate aim was assassination of Bose, and this he carried off. The Red Fort trial was mere eyewash, and he was never punished as per the judgment.

In Pakistan, again, he showed his flair for the extraordinary by raising a sizable army on the double and successfully invading enemy territory.

The only thing that's unclear to me now is whether or not he had a part to play in the crash at the directions of his Brit handlers? Or was he part of the conspiracy to help Bose escape, leading to the collapse of INA and a peaceful end to the independence struggle?

I am not much of a conspiracy theorist and accept most official version of events. I also know and factor in Hanlon's Razor, but there's no case for stupidity to be made here.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Habib_ur_Rahman_Khan

The Justice Mukherjee commission too found Rahman Khan a slippery character:

http://www.mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/jmci-I-eng.pdf

Another significant fact that raises a serious doubt about the truth of Netaji’s death in the plane crash is furnished by the unusual conduct of Habibur Rahman. As evinced by his non-communication of the above news. If Netaji had really died in the Manner as alleged it was expected that he (Habibur Rahman) would as the only surviving Member of INA immediately report about it, more so when it related to the death of his Supreme Commander, to his superiors in the army and his colleagues in Bangkok, Singapore, Saigon and Tokyo. His such conspicuous silence cannot be explained in any way except that he was playing a very vital role along with the Japanese army authorities in formulation and execution of Netaji’s escape plan.

The Potsdam Declaration was made on July 26, 1945, and Netajji "killed" on Aug 18, 1945. It's possible that his life, and the existence of INA, was a pawn in the Jap-Allies negotiations.

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The Rajputs were horrible at war

Second Battle of Tarain: The last stand of Rajputs against Muhammadans.

[17 November 2017] This has been so oft repeated that in a Gobbeslian twist, it has become the de facto truth, but this stems from a shallow a priori analysis of history.

Take this oft shared write up, I will use this as a basis to debunk this calumny.

The exchange of Rajput Princesses into the Mughal Harems (as a barter against their lost privileges)

It starts of with a baseless assertion. Across history, marital alliances are very common. The only unique thing in India are cross religious marriages.

Women being married into even pagan (but powerful) dynasties was a trademark of Chinese / Byzantine diplomacy. Even if not pagan, what these civilizations considered barbarian.

There is nothing cowardly about this.

When Muslim rulers tried to invade the territories of India, be it the Delhi Sultans or the Mughals – the Rajputs, the fiery Indian warriors in spite of showing enormous valor, always ended up in the losing end. Whether it was the defeat of Prithvi Raj Chauhan against Mohammad Ghori in the battle of Tarain or the attacks of Akbar against Rana Pratap, the Rajputs were always crushed by the Muslim invaders

Absolute rubbish. Rajput tribes have been fighting Muslim invasions from the time of Bappa Rawal. While his exact name is in doubt, his historicity is not. From around 750 AD till 1707, the Rajputs have been fighting Muslim invaders and Muslim rulers. That is a 1000 bloody long years of resistance. Cherry picking a few battles and saying Rajputs suck at war is disingenuous to say the least. This is like taking Pearl Harbour, Chinese spring offensive in Korea, Battle of Ong Thanh in Vietnam and coming to the conclusion that the US sucks at war.

Take Prithiviraj Chauhan for instance (referred to here), the article does not mention that he won the first battle of Tarain handily and the famous Ghori (who even Nehru considers some military genius, so not some random Joe) almost lost his life.

The problem was structural, the Rajput armies (like many other nomadic, cavalry based armies) had a serious issue with siege techniques, and this is what made the difference. Ghori left a general named Zia-ud-din Tuglagi in the fort of Tabrindh, with some 3k men. The Rajputs who had no knowledge of siege techniques (even the early Mongols, the Huns or even the early Ottomans and a whole host of cavalry based armies lacked this, does it make them shit at war?) spent the better part of a year trying to reduce this fort, which gave Ghori enough time to regroup and attack again.

The second battle of Tarain, Ghori did showcase his genius by launching a spirited night attack, Rajputs back then did not fight at night and were caught off guard and by day break had suffered serious morale losses and men as well.

The second battle of Tarain was a clear case of superior tactics and much better C&C of the Ghorids carrying the day and this cannot be disputed.

The main issue was doctrinal though - Ghori had learnt from the first battle of Tarain and replaced his line infantry and heavy cavalry with light archer cavalry, and like in the battle of Carrahe, they stood at bow range and simply decimated Rajput lines with arrows.

Again, this was the first time any Indian army was facing these type of mobile archer cavalry driven units, so you can't really blame them for not being prepared now can you?

It is like if some foe armed with a long range laser gun arrived at your door step (the composite bow did give the Turks a spectacular tech edge) ,and then you get thulped, does it mean you suck at war?

As the rest of the article was garbage and not even worth debunking, let us do this troll.in one.

A thousand years ago, Rajput kings ruled much of North India.

Wrong, the Rajputs never commanded any presence outside of what is today Gujarat and Rajasthan. The key empires during the first Muslim invasions were the Chalukyans, Pala and Pratihara, these combined dominated pretty much all of the North + West + East with a little of the south Indian land mass.

Brits hardly count since the Rajputs were a spent force by the time Akbar was done with them.

Wut? Seriously, troll.in should be ashamed of writing garbage like this. If they were a spent force in 1550, who rebelled against Alamgir? And who ran the 30 year long bloody insurgency / rebellion? Akbar in fact recognised what his stupid, bigoted progeny did not - that it is better to co-opt the Rajputs by giving them territorial grants, right to farm land and revenue, inter marriage (which admittedly was only one way) than fight an endless war.

Let me repeat, despite having been "spent", the Rajputs somehow launched a bloody 30 year old war of resistance against Aurangazeb!

A fascinating account of this particular rebellion, I strongly suggest you read it, it is a good and well written (as opposed to the usual dry shit found in texbooks) historical account.

Prithviraj Chauhan was captured while bolting and executed after the second battle of Tarain in 1192 CE, 

This shit makes me unreasonably angry - so did Ghori, he literally ran for his life, so? So many many leaders and generals have faced defeat and cut and run for their lives, so what?

as did Rana Pratap after the battle of Haldighati in 1576

Pathetic! Troll.in refuses to or does not want to mention that Rana Pratap went on to run a successful guerrilla campaign and recovered almost all his lost territory except Chittor. Just like Caesar and his Gaulish auxiliaries, the bulk of the cavalry in Akbar's army was in itself Rajput, so Rajputs were brave capable warriors and shit warriors in the same battle?

Am going to take a break here, will come back with part 2, and instead of dissecting this shit tier article, I will do a brief piece on Rajput military tactics - no, it was not just a frontal charge as is commonly alleged.

Yes, in the first century of warfare with the Muslim states (post Ghori that is, not the period 700-1000 AD), Rajputs did resort to frontal charges and unsophisticated techniques, but they also evolved and adapted over time.

I am going to repeat myself, the Rajputs ran a 1000 bloody year campaign of resistance (both overt and covert) against the Muslim invaders and Muslim empires, that by itself should make them anything but failures.

Will add sources in part 2

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An Information War is on on Wikipedia & many Indians do not know about it. An Example - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale wiki page is being curated to look positive by unknown users

[28 January 2018] I don't know how many of you have noticed but information available in wikipedia is biased, more in favour of liberal ideology. For example - if you see the wiki page of Ranveer Sena, you will find details on mass killings done by the group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranvir_Sena

But if you check the page of its rival group CPIL-ML against which Ranveer Sena took up arms,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)

You will find they have done uprisings, their organisation structure is given. The mass killings done by CPI-ML as a reply to Ranveer Sena have no info available in Wikipedia.

This issue is to stay here for long time to come. You just can't have a way to find a hole in the liberal ecosystem to break the narrative. That being said look at the wiki page of - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarnail_Singh_Bhindranwale

The level of propaganda is at the top. Have a look at the few portion of the wiki page -

The first para says - 

he advocated against the consumption of liquor, drugs and laxness in religious practices, such as the cutting of Kesh by Sikh youth

As if he was a spiritual leader & most notably in his life he worked for reforms and religious purpose & has nothing to do with insurgency in Punjab, Taking whole Golden temple as hostage. The way impression about him is built as if he was noble leader.

Glorification of Bhindrawale -

Bhindranwale has been noted for strongly opposing prime minister Indira Gandhi for alleged policies against Punjab during Dharam Yudh Morcha (battle for righteousness). Later that year she ordered the attack on Golden Temple, Sikhism's most sacred Gurdwara, in Amritsar on the martyrdom anniversary of 5th Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev ji when the complex had pilgrims. Since his death, Bhindranwale has remained a controversial figure in Indian history. While the Sikhs' highest temporal authority Akal Takht describe him a great martyr of the Sikh Nation, who made supreme sacrifice for the sake of faith, the Indian government and rest of the Indians views him as an extremist.

What do you think? Do you feel any crucial info missing?

Bhindrawale took whole Golden Temple Hostage, his apologists lackeys and Khalistanis have taken his wiki page hostage

The audio and video archives of his speeches would reveal a very common saying of his- "Sikh ik vakhri qaum hai" (or, "Sikhism is a distinct nation") and he never was reported to have demanded a nation-state but Bhindranwale is widely perceived to be a supporter of the creation of a Sikh majority state of Khalistan.

This gives a feeling that He is perceived as separatists but in actual he was not. Many times in the page it is mentioned that he in actual never demanded separate state.

What kind of citations are given? No idea, total shit. It is free for all Khalistani propaganda all over. 

Refer to the below

On 13 April 1978, a group of Amritdhari Sikhs of Akhand Kirtani Jatha went to protest against Nirankaris. The resulting violence led to the death of thirteen Sikhs. The death of the Sikhs shocked the Sikh community. The Nirankari leader, Gurbachan Singh was afforded a police escort to the safety of his home in Delhi by the Punjab police. When a criminal case was filed against him, the Baba had his case transferred to neighbouring Haryana state, where he was acquitted the following year. The Punjab government Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal decided not to appeal the decision.

Seems like a propaganda which a local street vendor will talk to his pals. This is a long para with almost no citation, the citation which has been given at last is this -

Cynthia Keppley Mahmood, Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996, pp. 58–60; Gopal Singh, A History of the Sikh People, New Delhi, World Book Center, 1988, p. 739.

So you will talk to "militants" and put it in citation? What happened to legit news items of neutral sources? I am sure there are many books on Punjab insurgency,

When the Nirankari Baba was himself shot to death on 24 April 1980, the Baba's followers named Bhindranwale as a suspect, even though he was nowhere near the scene of the incident. Several of his associates and relatives were arrested. The FIR named nearly twenty people involved in the murder, most of whom had ties to Bhindranwale.[23] A member of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha, Ranjit Singh, surrendered and admitted to the assassination three years later, and was sentenced to serve thirteen years at the Tihar Jail in Delhi.

The citation is some book named life, faith and mission of Baba ji...

According to wiki page, which explains at length that Bhindrawale also had no involvement in Lala Jagat Narayan murder. He was released with a Hero's welcome. Sources are dubious again

Background to Operation Bluestar

Look at this propaganda piece

The law and order situation started to deteriorate. While the Akalis pressed on with their two-pronged strategy of negotiations and massive campaigns of civil disobedience directed at the Central Government, others were not so enamoured of nonviolence. Communists known as "Naxalites", armed Sikh groups – the "Babbar Khalsa" and "Dal Khalsa", and the police clashed, and sometimes worked hand in hand. A covert government group known as the Third Agency was also engaged in dividing and destabilising the Sikh movement through the use of undercover officers, paid informants and agents provocateurs

Source of this valued input is -

Gopal Singh, A History of the Sikh People, New Delhi, World Book Center, 1988, pp. 755–56; Zuhair Kashmiri and Brian McAndrew, Soft Target: How the Indian Intelligence Service Penetrated Canada, Toronto, James Lorimer and Company, 1989, pp. 93, 130; Singh (1999), p. 366-67, 373, 398.

Basically Indian agencies penetrated the Sikh groups in Canada to create trouble in Punjab. Mind blown...

So why did Bhindrawale go to Golden temple, he was invited. And here is some more glorification of Baba ji

In July 1982, Longowal invited Jarnail Singh Bindranwale to take up residence at the Golden Temple compound. He called Bhindrawale "our stave to beat the government."

Baba ji or Gang Leader?

In the chaos of Punjab, Bhindranwale developed a reputation as a man of principle who could settle people's problems about land, property or any other matter without needless formality or delay. The judgement would be accepted by both parties and carried out. This added to his popularity.

"All terrorists were known by name to the shopkeepers and the householders who live in the narrow alleys surrounding the Golden Temple... the Punjab police must have known who they were also, but they made no attempt to arrest them. By this time Bhindranwale and his men were above the law."

The above suggests that the situation in Golden temple was surely only due to Punjab Police.

In rush to push propaganda, Grammar is also ignored

However, Ranbhir Sandhu states that Bhindranwale presented himself, along with over 50 of his supporters, at the Deputy Commissioner's residence on the day he moved to the Darbar Sahib complex: therefore, his purpose in moving there was not hide from the law.

Baba ji was alive

People who maintain that he survived the operation include Dilbir Singh, the Public Relations Advisor at Guru Nanak Dev University.[43] He stated that Bhindranwale was injured on the right side of his temple. He stated, "a government doctor verified he was captured alive. He was tortured to death."[45][46] R.K. Bajaj, a correspondent for Surya magazine, claimed to have seen a photograph of Bhindranwale in custody.[47] This claim is strongly contested, especially by Bhindranwale's son who has now become a prominent figure within Sikh politics. Some within the Damdami Taksal claimed he is still alive and well. Thus he is supposed to come back and reactivate the fight for freedom from Indian oppression and finish the Dharam Yudh Morcha.[43][48]

So there are two theories-

1. Baba ji was alive after operation was over but he was tortured and killed ( No credible source, even the frontline article cited does not exist)
2. And behold, Baba ji is still alive and he will come back. (This blasted my mind)

This my friends is the official wiki page of Bhindrawale.

What is missing from the wiki page -

There is lot of content which should be there is missing from the wiki page. Some of those which I can list down by memory are here -

1. His links with ISI
2. His backdoor collaboration with Sanjay Gandhi & Congress
3. His involvement in killings of Sikh Police officers in Golden temple compound
4. His last meeting with journalists in Golden temple where he suggested that he will escape to Pakistan by crossing border which was not far away.
5. His feud with Other political leaders in Punjab. 

Why is this important for us - 

Bhindrawale was a separatists and he was responsible for the carnage at Golden temple. Is he a hero of Sikhism? May be ...but at the same time he was enemy of the state. The wiki page is not balanced, Young Sikh kids can be brainwashed by this info, even our kids will be confused over his actions. We can not allow that. This is important for the integrity of our country and our harmony with Sikh Brothers.

Who are putting this content in his page

No idea, I had a look at the wiki page history and the profiles of edits. There have been many edits this year. This page was not like this earlier, I am sure. Most of the edits is from unknown users where we have I guess IP address in place of user name. Clearly those who are editing the page, do not want to be identified. Many of the user profiles have edited only this page.

Page Revision History
General stats of editors and contributors

Major contributors have not done anything on this page recently.

However at the bottom of the page, there is a list of prominent contributors of current version of page (Section - Authorship)

Look at this user -

Guru Fatha Singh Khalsa

I am Guru Fatha Singh Khalsa. Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji gave me the honour of writing his biography back in 1983. My expertise is in his life and teachings and especially in the relation between original Sikh teachings and the practice of yoga, what Bhai Gurdas Ji called "Gursikh Yoga" and Yogiji taught as Sikh Dharma and Kundalini Yoga.

and

My wiki article on the 1984 Gallooghaaraa was deleted and reposted here: http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh_Holocaust_of_1980s

Clearly a Khalistani

Another user Shalimer is a contributer to some web Project Sikhism. It is sad that as a project they are portraying Bhindrawale as Hero

Others are IP addresses.

I hope that in coming days editing wiki pages becomes as easy as using Whatsapp. Our whatspp Unkills will take care of everything. technical know how of working wiki pages is not rocket science but should be known to as many people as possible. Till now it is a small community which with their biases are putting unbalanced details on wiki pages. And then we have these propagandists who have made Bhindrawale the greatest Sikh on 20th century on wiki page. (Not kidding, check the top box of general info. There is no citation or source though, lol)

Shame..

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TIL Cost of Bullet Train project is less than individual costs of 2G Scam and Coalgate Scam

[17 September 2017] Cost of Bullet Train project: 1.1 lakh crore rupees
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai%E2%80%93Ahmedabad_high-speed_rail_corridor#Cost

The project is estimated to cost ₹1.1 lakh crore (US$17 billion).[33] The cost includes interest during construction and import duties.[34] 

Cost of 2G Scam: 1.7 lakh crore rupees
Source: https://archive.is/PCBhg

The shortfall between the money collected and the money which the law mandated to be collected is estimated to be Rs.1,76,645 crore, as valued by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India based on 3G and BWA spectrum auction prices in 2010. 

Cost of Coalgat scam: Rs 10.7 lakh crore, "later toned this amount down to Rs 1.86 lakh crore"
Source: https://archive.is/SfcFR

A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India showed inefficient and possibly illegal allocation of coal blocks between 2004 and 2009. It estimated loss to the exchequer to the tune of Rs 10.7 lakh crore but it later toned this amount down to Rs 1.86 lakh crore in the final report.

Critical question: Is the amount of randirona on Reddit the same for all 3?

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TIL about Bahraich, 1033AD. [Holy Shit meter off the charts]

[22 April 2018] I honestly had never even seen this hinted at, before today.

The battle of Bahraich was fought between the Turkic invader Salar Masud Ghazi and a confederation of several Indian kings led by Raja Sukhdev in the 11th century.

The nephew of Mahmood Ghazi, known as Salar Masud Ghazi, invaded India with an army of more than 100,000 men in may 1031 AD. This time, the army was not a raiding party like that of Mahmud Ghazi who came with intention of raiding, looting and retreating with the loot to Afghanistan . They were backed by the imperial army and came here with the intention of permanent conquest in India.

King Anandpal Shahi tried to check this Ghazi advance towards heartland of India . He was helped by King of Sialkot , Rai Arjun. But, this alliance was overwhelmed by superiority of numbers of Turkic army. After defeating Anandpal Shahi and Rai Arjun, Masud advanced towards Malwa and Gujarat. King Mahipal Tomara tried to check their advance here but was defeated too.

After victories across North Indian plains, Masud Ghazi settled at Bahraich near Lucknow. He stayed here up to mid 1033. Meanwhile, 17 Kings of North India forged an alliance. This is the biggest confederation that have ever existed in India . They were Rai Raib, Rai Saib, Rai Arjun, Rai Bheekhan, Rai Kanak, Rai Kalyan, Rai Makaru, Rai Savaru, Rai Aran, Rai Birbal, Rai Jaypal, Rai Shreepal, Rai Harpal, Rai Hakru, Rai Prabhu, Rai Deo Narayan and Rai Narsinha. Raja Bhoj of Malwa also played an important role in this battle. The head of this confederation was Raja Sukhdev. It would be interesting to know how the alliance was forged and how was the game of chess played before the final showdown on 14th June.

In June 1033, as per Hindu traditions, Masud Ghazi was intimated by Rajput confederation that the land belonged to Rajputs and Hindus and Masud should evacuate these lands. Masud replied that all land belongs to Khuda and hence he would not retreat.

On 13th June, Morning, Rajput army of about 120,000 descended on Ghazi camp of Bahraich. Masud's army was completely besieged and encircled. The battle continued for hours. In the end, each and every man in Masood's camp was killed. No POW's were taken, no mercy was shown on the Turkic army. The location of this battle to be precise was near Chittaura Jheel, a lake about 8 KM away from modern Bahraich on Bahraich-Gond Road . The battle ended on 14th June with Victory of Raja Sukhdev and his Rajput alliance. On the evening of 14 June 1033 AD, Sunday Salar Masud was beheaded by Raja Sukhdev. The battle ended with Victory of Raja Sukhdev and his Rajput alliance.

The invasion was completely crushed and such resounding was this victory that none of the king from Northwest dared to invade India for 160 years..

That entire battle.. was done in ONE DAY.

Sindh fell in 712 AD. Delhi - 1196 AD. It took various categories of invaders from west half a millennium to consolidate the area from Sindh to North India- which shows the level of resistance put up.

There is a reason why Hinduism survives today.

From the Masud Ghazi wiki:

The Hindu chiefs of Bahraich were not completely subjugated, so Masud himself arrived in Bahraich in 1033 CE.[4] There he saw the ruins of a Hindu temple of the Sun God, near a sacred reservoir. He repeatedly expressed his desire to construct a mosque at the site "in order to neutralize the evil spell of the material sun with the power of the spiritual sun of Islam."[5] He wished to destroy the shrine and reside there.[4]

In fact, it was Masud who persuaded Mahmud to demolish the famous idol at the Hindu temple of Somnath, against the advice of Vizier Khwaja Hasan Maimandi.[1]

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Why assimilation of Muslims is difficult even if they follow social values of Hindus. Meet Salma the Muslim woman who runs Gaushala

[20 June 2018] She lives in Payal village of Ludhiana and since she loved Cows like most of us do, she went ahead and started Gaushala to take care of sick and old cows. Out of affection she named them after Hindu Gods and Goddesses also.

But here comes the difficult parts of being a Muslim woman who runs a gaushala

Gaushala runs on pensions of two senior citizens in family. No Hindu organisation is also helping them financially.

Nobody is marrying Salma. She has been rejected six times in arrange marriage scenario

Her family has been boycotted by Muslims and no one talks to them. Sikh and Hindu families are indifferent and complain of smell from her Gaushala

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/punjab-caring-for-cows-does-not-make-me-a-lesser-muslim-5221933/

http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/society/article/punjab-brave-woman-runs-muslim-gaushala-despite-being-socially-ostracised/242085

http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/states/muslim-women-salma-running-gaushala-in-punjab/410620

Original post by user ranjan_zehereela2014 on indianews.reddit.com.

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