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Mayal Khairabadi is one of the popular writers of Urdu Language. He is considered one of the famous man of letters in the twentieth century. He has influenced an entire era by his writings. Even today, his books have a record of popularity among the people. His numerous books are published in many editions every…
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Jama Masjid in Agra is opposite the Agra Fort and overlooking the Agra Fort Railway Station. The Jama Masjid is also popularly known as the Jami Masjid or “Friday Mosque”. It is one of the largest mosques in India. History: The Mosque was built by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in the honor of his eldest daughter, Jahanara Begum Sahiba in…
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C. Abdul Hakeem College is a government aided private college for arts and science located in Melvisharam Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest colleges in Ranipet District affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University. The National Assessment and Accredition Council has conferred A grade. Currently it offers 31 Courses at Under-Graduate level, 6 Courses at Post-Graduate level…
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Nawab C. Abdul Hakeem was the torchbearer of education in Tamil Nadu. A native of Melvisharam, Nawab C. Abdul Hakeem was born in 1863 and rendered his valuable services in the field of business, trade and philanthropy. Rightly called the Prince of Traders, he set up a tannery in 1907 and emerged as a prosperous…
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Past the monsoon puddles and rows of ramshackle houses, sits an old two-storied decrepit building. Inside, old men bend over a table where albums of photographs, many barely surviving the ravages of time, are scattered. They pick up a black-and-white group photo and try to identify themselves. Young, dreamy-eyed boys fed on the heavy gruel…
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Khairabad Awadh as it name suggests is an important historical and heritage Qasba in Sitapur District Uttar Pradesh. It lies only 8 km away from Sitapur on National Highway 24 at the distance of 80 km from Lucknow. It has its own Municipal Board. One of the pioneers of the freedom struggle of 1857, Allama…
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Known for its culture, literature and Islamic Mysticism, Qasba Rudauli in Faizabad District is not far away from the centers of Awadh region. Having won railway station, it is 91 km from Lucknow. Some say this town got its name after a ruler namely Rudra Mull and other give their opinion that it was named…
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MUFTI MOHAMMAD ANWAR KHAN After achieving his goals in his studies of the religious books of his time, Maulana Raipuri dedicated himself to the task of learning Greek medicine. Once he had successfully acquired the depth and breadth of the medicinal sciences, he opened a clinic in Afzal Garh, a small town in the district…
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My name is Nishrin Hussain. I was born in a small town called Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, India, my maternal grandparents’ hometown. My grandfather was a farmer in a nearby village called Rustampur. My paternal grandfather was a doctor from Burhanpur who moved with his family to Ahmedabad. This is the town my mother Zakiya Jafri…
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Furfura Sharif is a village in Jangipara community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hoogly District of West Bengal. As the name suggests, there is the tombs of Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique (1846-1939), a prominent Islamic Mystic and his five sons, popularly known as the Panch Huzur Keblah. He was a social and religious reformer, who…
