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Lachit Borphukan : A great ‘unknown’ Son of Sanatan Dharma

Lachit Borphukan : A great ‘unknown’ Son of Sanatan Dharma

Lachit Borphukan : A great 'unknown' Son of Sanatan Dharma [...]

June 10, 2012 Rajesh Patel Archives, History 3

Shivaji Maharaj the Great Hindu human rights activist

Shivaji Maharaj the Great Hindu human rights activist

“Ramdas is not complete without Shivaji. To maintain justice and prevent the strong from despoiling, and the weak from being oppressed, is the function for which the Kshatriya was created”...Sri Aurobindo The present generation of Hindus owe much to Shivaji.This short article is a tribute to the great King, whose life has had a profound [...]

May 25, 2012 Rajesh Patel History 7

Takshashila: The world’s first known university

Takshashila: The world’s first known university

The site initially began to develop as a loosely connected group of buildings where learned persons resided, worked and taught. Over the years, additional buildings were added; rulers made donations and more scholars migrated there. Gradually a large campus developed, which became a celebrated seat of learning in the ancient world. Not only Indians but [...]

May 24, 2012 Rajesh Patel History 2

Remembering the Ugandan Indian Exodus

Remembering the Ugandan Indian Exodus

Most 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants who are born and brought up in a country could never imagine being expelled from it, and one would hope that such an event would never happen. Yet Ugandan Indians had been settled in the country for an even longer time. They were uprooted almost overnight, their homes, businesses [...]

May 13, 2012 Rajesh Patel Archives, History 0

Sri Aurobindo : India’s Greatest Mystical Visionary

Sri Aurobindo : India’s Greatest Mystical Visionary

Sri Aurobindo was one of the greatest philosophers, revolutionary ,mystics and visionaries of modern history. He was a major leader in India's freedom movement. Later in life he became a sage and scholar. His teachings have attracted many people from all around the world. The ashram that he founded is still thriving today, and centres [...]

May 8, 2012 Rajesh Patel Archives, History 7

Hindu Survival and Buddhist Disappearance During Medieval India

Hindu Survival and Buddhist Disappearance During Medieval India

No less a person than Mahatma Gandhi once estimated that nearly a quarter of Hindus had converted to Islam over the past on thousand years. How true is this statement ? [...]

March 28, 2012 HHR Archives, History 2

The Nazi abuse of Hinduism

The Nazi abuse of Hinduism

The swastika is an ancient symbol associated with good luck, used regularly in places such as Hindu weddings, Jain iconography, and Buddhist temples. It is associated as a symbol of good luck and with the solar deity Surya. [...]

January 5, 2012 HHR Analysis/Insights, History 0

Hindus in Pakistan: What the history books won’t tell you

Hindus in Pakistan: What the history books won’t tell you

– There is a lack of awareness across the world about the very existence of a significant yet dwindling Hindu community in Pakistan. Presently it is estimated that Hindus make up 2% of Pakistan’s population. This is at least five times the number of Hindus in Britain. – Before the end of colonial rule in [...]

May 6, 2011 Rajesh Patel Archives, History, Pakistan 1

Leaving India to Finally Rediscover Hinduism In London

Leaving India to Finally Rediscover Hinduism In London

My father worked in the Ministry of External Affairs and as such he was transferred out of India to Indonesia, the world's largest Islamic country. I went to an international school, where there was a very limited curriculum about India or Hinduism. [...]

September 17, 2006 Rudra Analysis/Insights, Archives, History, News updates, Spirituality/Culture, World Focus 0

Hindus, the last of the Pagans?

Hindus, the last of the Pagans?

What is called paganism, heathenism, and polytheism is in fact the Natural religion of humanity. In areas where it has survived the onslaught of anti-human ideologies with their ego gods, it has retained its self-respecting name. In Japan it is Shinto, in Taiwan Confucianism And Taoism, and in India as Hinduism. [...]

January 5, 2000 HHR Global Hindus, History, Indigenous/Pagan Voice 2
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