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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…
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Maulana Kaiful Hasan Qadri is one of the contemporary Islamic Scholars and poets, who have been blessed by the unique intuition and vision of serving the eternal Book of Revelation – The Holy Quran. He has embarked on a journey of completing the translation of the Quran by Aala Hazrat, Ahmad Raza Khan Fazil-e-Barelvi Raziallahu…
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The followers of Islam in northern Malabar refer to Ponnani, a small beach town situated in the Malappuram district, as the Mecca of Malabar. The town has a large number of mosques; some of them are more than five centuries old. Ponnani was the venue for a notable assembly of professionals and well-learned people from…
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Location -: Farrukh Nagar, District-Gurgaon Situation -: Situated in Purani Anaj Mandi at Farrukh Nagar Under protection of -: Haryana Government Period -: 1733 AD The Shish Mahal was the residential palace of Faujdar Khan, the governor appointed by Emperor Farrukh Siyar, the great grandson of emperor Aurangzeb. The palace was built by Khan in 1733 AD. The Diwan-e-Aam…
