#freedomstruggle — Public Fediverse posts
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Gurjar queens, Vokkaliga warriors: How BJP is inventing history for a new Hindutva caste politics
Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.
#BJP #caste #CastePolitics #history #pseudohistory #FreedomStruggle #karnataka #TipuSultan #vokkaligas #gurjars #muslims #elections #hindutva #india
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BJP propagates fiction as history: 'Uri and Nanje Gowda killed Tipu Sultan'
Historians have long believed that Tipu was killed by the British during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1798-99. They call the BJP’s new version a sinister design.
#TipuSultan #history #IndianHistory #BritishRule #karnataka #FreedomStruggle #BJP #RSS #pseudohistory #propaganda #hindutva #india
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If Statues Could Speak: What Netaji and Sardar Patel Would Tell Narendra Modi
"I christened Gandhi ‘father of the nation’; people of your persuasion finished him off. Indeed, one of them who venerates his assassin sits in parliament as one of your elected party members."
#opinion #BadriRaina #history #Netaji #SubhasChandraBose #SardarPatel #MKGandhi #FreedomStruggle #INA #savarkar #godse #NarendraModi #modi #BJP #hindutva #india
https://thewire.in/politics/netaji-sardar-patel-statues-narendra-modi