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  1. Dushmann

    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bulleh_Shah Bulleh Shah . . . https://www.dawn.com/news/1281479 . ^^ correction: in above article it says; 'After the death of Aurangzeb ..... One by one, the various provinces, feudatory states, both Hindu and Muslim, rose against a disintegrating...
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    KARACHI- World Bank to fund Yellow Line Bus Rapid Transit

    indirectly you are saying; 'before pashtuns became second majority' ???
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    Someone wrote this on wikipedia: "Abdali wrote in his letter to Peshwa on February 10, 1761: There is no reason to have animosity amongst us. Your son Vishwasrao and your brother Sadashivrao died in battle, was unfortunate. Bhau started the battle, so I had to fight back unwillingly. Yet I...
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    Slave-trade of Chitral in 19th century

    Just a random observation. These areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan on map look in geographical continuity with Gilgit Baltistan region of J&K. GB is an Indian territoryoccupied by Pakistan and now large number ot Pashtun tribals settled by Pakistan there too.
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    Slave-trade of Chitral in 19th century

    I don't understand much of the genetics nonsense jargon but this looks like a material for Aryan migration /out of India fights.......... . . . . OMG it already started! :woot:... Who cares about minor details like kidnapping and slavery on industrial scale; and reality of the (in words of...
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    Slave-trade of Chitral in 19th century

    Kho people Kalash people Nuristanis It seems all three are similar, separated by religion and modern national boundaries.
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    Slave-trade of Chitral in 19th century

    So was the ruler of Chitral a native Chitrali or Pashtun or Turk? Wikipedia has this: Who were the slavers of this slave market of Chitral? Their own tribal leaders or people of other tribes? . . Picture of supposedly present ceremonial Mehtr of Chitral royal family: Why is that guy in...
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    Slave-trade of Chitral in 19th century

    Interesting information. . What is the meaning of 'Kafirs' with 'blue eyes, red skin and lighter hair' mentioned in that screenshot of book? Were the people of Chitral not Muslim? Or the slaves sold were not local people ;but in that case why would they talk about beauty of women of Chitral...
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    https://lubpak.com/archives/306269 Ahmad Shah Durrani Abdali and Shah Waliullah: Pioneers of Takfirism and Shia Genocide in South Asia – by Abdul Nishapuri posted by Abdul Nishapuri | February 25, 2014
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    Many decades later, Yashwantrao of house Holkar apparently visited Punjab to meet new Maharaja of Punjab Ranjit Singh as part of a failed attempt to unite Indian kings against British (Image from wikipedia ; don't know whats written there) . Yashwantrao's letter to house of Bhosale of Nagpur...
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    Hassan Nisar in this video says Pakistani elites are fake elites. Whatever that means.
  12. Dushmann

    Why the creation of Pakistan does not negate my Indian identity

    This is continent of India: Yeah include those mountains formed by impact too.
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    Why the creation of Pakistan does not negate my Indian identity

    You think Pakistan is just 'not-India'? That still makes india an inseparable part of identity of Pakistan, even if with negative connotations. See? You just cannot separate India from the identity of Pakistan, whichever way you look at it. Peace or war between two nations is political issue...
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    Why the creation of Pakistan does not negate my Indian identity

    I think the author's viewpoint gives clue to the answer for the present identity crisis. If only Pakistan's name was 'North-West India' or 'Islamic Republic of India' or something else more logical, there wouldn't have been any major identity issues to begin with.
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    Why the creation of Pakistan does not negate my Indian identity

    Why the creation of Pakistan does not negate my Indian identity There is something about India as an idea which transcends modern-day political configurations. It is the idea of India as a huge mass of land which stretches from Balochistan to present day Bangladesh. This idea of India is...
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    From a random page on quora. Just someones personal opinion
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120715/spectrum/main3.htm Sunday, July 15, 2012 SOCIETY Raiding the raiders Sikhs warriors of the 18th century adopted guerrilla tactics. They offered tough resistance to the invading Afghan armies of Nadir Shah and Ahmed Shah Abdali by looting them and...
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/11.htm
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    ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion

    250 years on, Battle of Panipat revisitedhttp://www.rediff.com/news/column/250-years-on-battle-of-panipat-revisited/20110113.htm

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