Satish Shah Puns

Does Satish Shah have kids? Just finished SvS take 2, and he’s so great at portraying a fun grandfather. Can only imagine him being the same in real life, since he said Indravadhan is him in real life!

Satish Shah is celebrating his birthday today. He was born on June 25, 1951, in Mandvi Kutch, Gujarat. He started his career in 1970. The actor has acted in several Marathi films and television serials besides Hindi.

I just came across his old interview (published in 2016). Excerpt from the interview -

Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai was so popular, but still there hasn’t been any talk about a sequel or season 2. Why is that?

Let me tell you something, we did the serial as a weekly. However, at that time it was not publicised much. By the time people got to know that it’s a good serial and started watching it, it was taken off air due to lack of TRPs! It was the first failure of my career on TV. I felt bad. Later, the show was re-run as a daily. That’s when people got hooked on it.

The irony is Sarabhai was a big flop when it was released the first time, otherwise it would have been still running. And that was one show for which I had compromised on my remuneration, too.

Was the character of Indravadhan Sarabhai close to you?

Producer JD Majethia and writer Aatish Kapadia had come to my house to narrate the script. When they left I told my wife (Madhu), they have just described to me what I am in real life! That’s how similar Indravadhan was to me. Whether it is the humour, wit or one-liners, he says exactly what I would in a situation. I am also at heart a South Bombay guy (Kemps Corner) because I was born and brought up there.

Tell us about your cool chemistry with Ratna Pathak Shah who played your wife in Filmi Chakkar and Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai?

Ratnaji’s mother and my father’s younger sister were best friends. Her mother got married in my aunt’s house. At that time we were not into acting, but we knew each other. When we met professionally, we just hit it off and have a great comfort level. Her husband (Naseeruddin Shah) is my best friend and my wife is her best friend. Hum dono screen par aate the toh really husband-wife ki tarah the. That is chemistry.

What was the best thing about doing this show?

The best thing about Sarabhai was all the characters were important — adrak, mirchi, nimbu milake ganne ka juice gahazab ka hota hai — and all of us gelled well together. We used to eagerly wait to go on the sets. That’s why even after a decade, we all meet once in two-three months at somebody’s place.

I am an easy going person. I don’t have airs about me being a senior artiste. I make the other person comfortable, so that he can

Details of Consultations by the Committee for Draft National Education Policy(July 2017 onwards)

The following is an inventory of various organizations, autonomous bodies, institutions, ministries, eminent persons and individuals with whom the Committee or any member has met and interacted.

I. Ministries / Institutions / Associations / Organizations

1. Aga Khan Foundation
2. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
3. Akshay Patra Foundation
4. All India Council for Technical Education
5. All India Management Association
6. All India Secondary Teachers Association
7. Anjuman-I-Islam
8. Associated Chambers of Commerce of India
9. Association of Healthcare Providers India, Bengaluru
10. Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi
11. Azim Premji University
12. Bharath Shikshana Mandal
13. Bharatiya Shiksha Shodh Sansthan, Lucknow
14. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India
15. Center for Contemporary Studies – Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
16. Confederation of Indian Industry
17. Consortium of Christian Minority Higher Education Institutions
18. Darul Uloom Deoband
19. Department of Higher Education, MHRD
20. Department of Legal Affairs, New Delhi
21. Department of School Education and Literacy, MHRD
22. Education Promotion Society of India, New Delhi
23. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
24. Indian Academy of Sciences
25. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
26. Indian Council of Historical Research
27. Indian Council of Philosophical Research
28. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
29. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
30. Indian National Academy of Engineering
31. Indian National Science Academy
32. Indian Society for Training and Development
33. Institute of Chinese Studies
34. International Conference on Harmonisation
35. International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru
36. Librarians from leading Institutions, Bengaluru
37. Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society, Pune
38. Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
39. Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi
40. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi
41. Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi
42. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, New Delhi
43. Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi
44. Muslim Educational Society
45. National Academy of Sciences
46. National Assessment and Accreditation Council, New Delhi
47. National Association of Software and Services Companies
48. National Council of

##GROUP A - ROUND 2

Match 20: Gujarat vs Odisha at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, BKC, Mumbai

Odisha won the toss and chose to field

Odisha won by 3 wickets (3 balls to spare)

Stats:

• Maiden List A ton for Kathan Patel (8 innings)

• 3rd smallest win (by runs) for Odisha (smallest win is 2 wickets vs Tripura in 2009-10)

Match 21: Andhra vs Vidarbha at Cricket Club of India, Mumbai

Vidarbha won the toss and chose to field

Vidarbha won by 8 wickets (50 balls to spare)

Stats:

• Maiden List A fifty for CR Gnaneshwar (4 innings)

• 40th List A fifty for Ambati Rayudu (159 innings, 5 tons)

• 2nd List A ton for Atharva Taide (14 innings, 2 fifties)

• 2nd highest 2nd innings total for Vidarbha (highest 2nd innings total is 301/8 vs Bengal in 2014-15)

• Highest target chased by Vidarbha

• 4th biggest win (by wickets) for Vidarbha (bigges win is 10 wickets vs Andhra in 2015-16)

Match 22: Himachal vs Jammu and Kashmir at Dadoji Konddev Stadium, Thane

Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and chose to field first

Pre QF 1: Vidarbha vs Tripura at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Tripura won the toss and chose to field

Vidarbha won by 34 runs

Summary: Vidarbha went with unchanged lineup whereas Tripura replaced Samrat Singha with Bikram Kumar Das. Last match's centurion Faiz Fazal was dismissed for a nine ball duck in 2nd over by Rana Dutta. Ganesh Satish and Atharva Taide added 81 runs in 117 balls for 2nd wicket before Amit Ali trapped Satish lbw. Atharva Taide was the next one to go after getting his fifty, dismissed by Manisankar Murasingh. Yash Rathod was clean bowled by Rana Dutta after adding 92 runs in 106 balls with Akshay Wadkar. Akshay Wadkar was clean bowled as well, by ex Tamil Nadu left arm spinner Rahil Shah. Apoorv Wankhade and Aditya Sarwate added 44 runs in 5 overs. Wankhade was clean bowled as well.

Bikram Kumar Das and Bishal Ghosh added 96 runs in 140 balls for 1st wicket. Ghosh was trapped lbw by Taide, 6 short of his 50. Yash Thakur became leading wicket taker of the tournament by adding Bikram's wicket in 34th over. Bikram added 49 runs in 60 balls with Samit Gohel. Thakur increased his lead on top of the tally by getting Gohel caught behind in his next over. Rajat Dey was run out by Fazal in next over of Yash Thakur. KB Pawan was dismissed in the same over. Manisankar was run out in next over by Taide. Amit Ali and Subham Ghosh were the next one to go to in back to back overs by Darshan Nalkande. Yash Thakur took the last wicket to take Vidarbha to quarterfinals to face Saurashtra.

Stats:

• 3rd List A fifty for Atharva Taide (18 innings, 2 tons)

• 2nd List A fifty for Yash Rathod (14 innings, 1 ton)

• 2nd List A fifty for Bikram Kumar Das (9 innings)

[Pre QF 2: Karnataka vs Rajasthan at KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur](https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/vijay-hazare-

https://www.pgurus.com/dear-hm-amit-shah-jk-delimitation-based-on-2011-fudged-census-will-help-kashmir-re-establish-islamic-rule/

This stark anomaly between population increase vs voter increase in 2011 delimitation has led Jammu people to allege fudging in voter numbers by Abdullahs-PDPs to ensure Kashmir dominates over Jammu in politics & all other aspects of governance.

However, BJP govt is taking the same 2011 numbers as base for new delimitation exercise without waiting for numbers of the new census. Under BJP's proposed scheme, Kashmir will have 47 seats while Jammu will have 43 seats.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kashmiri-pandit-jammu-organisations-slam-delimitation-move-6435291/

Kashmiri Pandit, Jammu organisations slam delimitation move Satish Mahaldar, Chairman of the Reconciliation, Return and Rehabilitation of Migrants, demanded that the process be stopped as the 2011 census, which is being taken as the basis for conducting the exercise in J&K, does not take into account a large number of Kashmiri Pandits

Ankur Sharma, chairman of the right-wing organisation IkkJutt Jammu, claimed the decision “will perpetuate slavery of Jammu” as the 2011 Census was fudged in favour of Kashmir. He demanded that the Centre should wait for the 2021 Census before the exercise.

Claiming that it will negate the impact of the Centre’s decision on Article 370 and Article 35A, he said, “Jammu has been betrayed, once again and perpetuating slavery of Jammu is being erroneously flaunted as a national interest… Fraud and fudged Census in J&K has always been a conspiracy against Jammu hatched by the successive Central governments in active connivance with fundamentalist Kashmiri Islamic power centres, disguised as mainstream political parties.”

https://www.newsbred.com/80-of-jammu-is-hills-only-20-is-kashmir-valley-delimitation-can-t-be-a-one-pony-trick/

https://hindupost.in/politics/delimitation-an-open-letter-to-the-prime-minister/

[Bharti Jain] BIG: Report of last delimitation done in J&K in 1995

The Bombay High Court today granted bail to Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case. The star son was represented by Mukul Rohatgi, the former Attorney General of India (AGI). He was the lead counsel along with Satish Maneshinde and senior counsel Amit Desai was also present in court for the hearing before Justice Nitin Sambre.

We can start by placing things into context.

To do so, we need to understand the political situations in the Mongolian Empire and the Delhi Sultanate during the period between the death of Chinggis Khan and the last major Mongolian invasions into India. This period spans the tenure of two dynasties at Delhi, the Mamlukes and the Khaljis. But let's start with the Mongols first.

BACKGROUND

MONGOL EMPIRE :

When the Great Khan Chinggis or Genghis, died in 1227 CE, he left behind an Empire that spanned the modern day regions of Mongolia, to the Hindu Kush and North eastern Persia. He was succeeded by his son Ogodei in 1229, after an assembly (quraltai) of the tribes. And it wouldn't be until 1241, that they first attempted an incursion into the territory of the Delhi Sultanate. During the reign of Ogodei we see 3 major events that not only built up pressure on the border between the Sultanate and the Mongol Empire but also resulted in the first confrontation between a Sultanate force and the Mongols:

1. In 1235, after the first quraltai roughly 20,000 Mongol troops advanced on the Qarlughids, a small Turkic tribe which controlled Ghazni at the time. The Mongols advanced into Kabul, Ghazna and Zabulistan and the ruling Qarlughid, Hasan Qarlugh was forced to accept a Mongol resident at his court.

2. In 1235, after the second quraltai in the same year, Mongols moved further troops into the region. They sacked Kashmir and attacked the Qarlughids a second time although they were their tributaries now. Further, they invested Uchch and conquered territory on the very fringes of the Sultanate. In 1241, attacked Lahore and took the city while Bahram Shah was the Sultan of Delhi, whose response was very disappointing for the army and the nobles.

3. In 1245-6, the Mongols attacked a third time, taking Multan from Hassan Qarlugh who had taken the province during the lull in hostilities. The Mongols once again invested Uchch but this time a force of the Sultanate. This force was commanded in part by Ghiyasuddin Balban (more on him later)

What followed after the death of Ogodei in 1241, however was a period of turbulence, intrigue, uncertainty and fratricidal conflict within the Empire until finally in 1260, the Empire broke into civil war. The fragmentation of the Empire was only resolved in 1304, when the Western Khanates namely the Ilkhanate, the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate, accepted the nominal supremacy of the Yuan dynasty

SIGNED BY:

1. Viet Thanh Nguyen, University of Southern California
2. Judith Butler, Professor Emer., UC Berkeley
3. Gyan Pandey, Emory University
4. Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
5. David L. Eng, University of Pennsylvania
6. Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary
7. Thomas Blom Hansen, Stanford University
8. Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University
9. Jasbir K. Puar, Rutgers University
10. Arjun Appadurai, New York University
11. Aamir Mufti, UCLA
12. Romila Thapar, JNU
13. Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University
14. Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago, Emerita
15. Akeel Bilgrami, Columbia University
16. Prabhat Patnaik, Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru university, New Delhi
17. Utsa Patnaik, Professor Emerita, JNU, New Delhi
18. T M Krishna, Independent Musician and Author
19. María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, New York University
20. Kalpana Kannabiran, Independent Researcher
21. Martha C. Nussbaum, University of Chicago
22. Fred Moten, New York University
23. Francesca Orsini, Professor Emerita, SOAS, University of London
24. Alpa Shah, London School of Economics
25. Himani Bannerji, York University
26. Dev Benegal, Film Director
27. Kiran Desai, Author
28. Lynn Festa, Rutgers University
29. Sherene Seikaly, UCSB
30. Ebony Coletu, Pennsylvania State University
31. David Kazanjian, University of Pennsylvania
32. Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University
33. Hiren Gohain, Independent
34. James C. Scott, Yale University
35. Jacqueline Rose, Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities
36. Andrew Sartori, NYU
37. Kama Maclean, University of Heidelberg
38. Arundhati Roy, Writer
39. Ann Laura Stoler, The New School for Social Research
40. Jonathan Parry, London School of Economics
41. Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University
42. Rohit Chopra, Santa Clara University
43. Uma Chakravarti, (retired) Miranda House Delhi, University
44. Mukul Kesavan, Jamia Millia Islamia
45. Christopher Nagle, Western Michigan University
46. Deepa Kumar, Rutgers University
47. Poulomi Saha, University of California, Berkeley
48. Sanjay Nath, Widener University
49. Pradip Kumar Datta, Independent Academic
50. Tapati Guha-Thakurta, (retired) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
51. Ananya Chakravarti, Georgetown University
52. Sibaji Bandypadhyay, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC)
53. Ian Woolford, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
54. Nandini Sundar, University of Delhi
55. Janaki Nair, (retired) Centre for Historica

Hello, r/badhistory !

Recently, I strolled down the avenues of this niche little sub called r/ Chodi, and well, I came accross a post which claimed that it succeeded in exposing the "Greatest Heist in History". Now, this is apparently a multi-parter and covers the period from ancient to early modern history, but I came accross this part of the series (I'm aware of the rules of the sub hence I've provided a non-participation link here to the post)

Now there are obvious inaccuracies with the post and I think I've tried and cover all of them, while avoiding getting into correction of narrative since that would require me to address the underlying ideology behind said narrative which is rather a current political argument.

>India’s first encounter with an Islamic ruler started when a douchebag named Mahmud Of Ghazni landed here in 1004 AD.

No, it was in 711 CE, under the command of Muhammad bin Qasim who conquered Sindh. And while this could be seen as the first successful conquest of an Indian kingdom, the first clash between a ruler of an "Indian" kingdom and the Arabs or as OP refers to them, "Islamic rulers" took place in 643 AD, when Arab forces defeated Rutbil, King of Zabulistan in Sistan.

>You might have come across this guy in your textbook as the dude who raided the Somnath Temple, a little over 17 times.

No, he actually led raids into various "Indian" kingdoms 17 times and expanded into modern day Punjab and Haryana. He looted and sacked Somnath only once in 1025 CE.

>Had there been a thesaurus.com in the 1st century AD, the first entry for the words evil, horror, despicable and other similar words, would have been Mahmud Of Ghazni.

The "1st century AD" would be the years 1 CE - 100 CE. OP here seems to be suggesting that this imaginary thesaurus would record events a thousand years into future and would record the names of people who would be born a thousand years later.

>And that he was evil is not something that is being made up. This was what his own biographer had to say

Interestingly, OP does not mention the biographer, therefore it's hard to ascertain whether he's talking about a contemporary source in Ghazni, or whether he's talking about Firishta's Tarikh-i-Sultan Mahmud-i-Ghaznavi, here Firishta btw was a man born in late 16th century. Ghazni died in the 11th century.

The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits of the Kashmir Valley is a result of being targeted by JKLF (Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front) and Islamist insurgents during late 1989 and early 1990. This post is a compilation of various articles, blogs, and other resources available online which chronicles the major events that led to the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Hindus living in Kashmir. This is an important chapter in our history which is often overlooked to avoid fuelling communal tensions and continue the false pretense of 'secularism' and 'Hindu-Muslim unity'. I hope this post sheds some light on the story of the Kashmiri Hindus which has gone unnoticed for so long and their unheard cries get the justice which they rightfully deserve.

The cold, dark night of January 19, 1990, had stirred into life the worst nightmares of Kashmiri Pandits living in the valley. Screaming from loudspeakers and crowded streets was a message for the Sikhs and Hindus living in Kashmir -

Ralive, Tsaliv ya Galive (either convert to Islam, leave the land, or die).

The threats had been coming in for a long time, but the night of January 19 is said to have seen a demented assault of a different level. Even today, Kashmiri Pandits shiver remembering the night that forced them into exodus.

Several authors have penned down accounts and personal experiences of the exodus over the years. What remains common in these descriptions is the fright that gripped this particular night.

Here's an excerpt of Col. (Dr.) Tej Kumar Tikoo's (Retd.) book, Kashmir: Its Aborigines and Their Exodus, describing the fateful night:

>On Jan, 04, 1990, a local Urdu newspaper, Aftab, published a press release issued by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, asking all Pandits to leave the Valley immediately. Al Safa, another local daily repeated the warning. These warnings were followed by Kalashnikov-wielding masked Jihadis carrying out military-type marches openly. Reports of killing of Kashmiri Pandits continued to pour in. Bomb explosions and sporadic firing by militants became a daily occurrence.
>
>Explosive and inflammatory speeches being broadcast from the public address systems of the mosques became frequent. Thousands of audio cassettes, carrying similar propaganda, were played at numerous places in the Valley, in order to instill fear into the already terrified Kashmiri Pandit community. Recalling these events, the former Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Shr

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The doctor says it terminal.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

They were cooked in Greece.

He lost May

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Shah Rukh Khan and director Kundan Shah made one of the most beautiful films of their career, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, in 1994.

Kundan Shah goes back in time and reminisces about the actor who became Bollywood's biggest superstar.*

I am not in touch with Shah Rukh Khan any more but our friendship, or rather professional relationship, started when he was working in the serial Umeed. He did two episodes of the comedy show that was directed by Vikas Desai; I produced it.

Then, he did an episode in Wagle Ki Duniya. After that, he worked in Circus, directed by Aziz Mirza and me.

I was impressed with his work in Fauji but after I saw him in Lekh Tandon's *Doosra Kewal', I realised he can emote very well too. Doosra Kewal was based on the 1984 Sikh riots.

I called him, as I thought he had an acting range - he was full of exuberance and masti in Fauji and emotional in Doosra Kewal. When I told him I wanted to meet him, he was thrilled. He and his friends were huge fans of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro.

By then, Circus was almost over and he was getting film offers. The first film he signed was Aziz Mirza's Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.

There was no formality between Shah Rukh and me. I had finished writing script of Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and he wanted to read it. I told him I had to make some changes but he would not listen.

I needed the script the next morning so Shah Rukh read the script in one night and returned it to me the next morning.

But by the time we started shooting the film, he had signed five-six movies, including Hema Malini's Dil Aashna Hai and Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun. My producer got worried because Shah Rukh had only committed verbally to me; there was nothing in writing.

So we met him at the muharat of his film Deewana at Juhu Centaur (which has now become Tulip Star) with the consent letter. The room in which he was sitting was very crowded, so we couldn't talk. I spoke to him in the corridor when he left his room to give the muharat shot. I told him my producer was worried and if he could sign the consent letter.

There was no table around so Shah Rukh sat down on the floor, kept the letter on his lap and signed. We gave him Rs 5,000 as the signing amount. His entire fees for the film was Rs 25,000.

Shah Rukh later told me that he wanted to buy the rights of the film, as it was a very sweet movie, and he did.

**My film was ready even before 'Baazigar' and 'Darr' released but no distributor was buying it. In fact

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Details of Consultations by the Committee for Draft National Education Policy(July 2017 onwards)

The following is an inventory of various organizations, autonomous bodies, institutions, ministries, eminent persons and individuals with whom the Committee or any member has met and interacted.

I. Ministries / Institutions / Associations / Organizations

1. Aga Khan Foundation

2. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

3. Akshay Patra Foundation

4. All India Council for Technical Education

5. All India Management Association

6. All India Secondary Teachers Association

7. Anjuman-I-Islam

8. Associated Chambers of Commerce of India

9. Association of Healthcare Providers India, Bengaluru

10. Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi

11. Azim Premji University

12. Bharath Shikshana Mandal

13. Bharatiya Shiksha Shodh Sansthan, Lucknow

14. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

15. Center for Contemporary Studies – Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

16. Confederation of Indian Industry

17. Consortium of Christian Minority Higher Education Institutions

18. Darul Uloom Deoband

19. Department of Higher Education, MHRD

20. Department of Legal Affairs, New Delhi

21. Department of School Education and Literacy, MHRD

22. Education Promotion Society of India, New Delhi

23. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

24. Indian Academy of Sciences

25. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

26. Indian Council of Historical Research

27. Indian Council of Philosophical Research

28. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

29. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

30. Indian National Academy of Engineering

31. Indian National Science Academy

32. Indian Society for Training and Development

33. Institute of Chinese Studies

34. International Conference on Harmonisation

35. International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru

36. Librarians from leading Institutions, Bengaluru

37. Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society, Pune

38. Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

39. Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi

40. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi

41. Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi

42. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, New Delhi

43. Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi

44. Muslim Educational Society

45. National Academy of Sciences

46. National Assessment and Accreditation Council, New Delhi

47. National Association of Software a

https://www.pgurus.com/dear-hm-amit-shah-jk-delimitation-based-on-2011-fudged-census-will-help-kashmir-re-establish-islamic-rule/

This stark anomaly between population increase vs voter increase in 2011 delimitation has led Jammu people to allege fudging in voter numbers by Abdullahs-PDPs to ensure Kashmir dominates over Jammu in politics & all other aspects of governance.

However, BJP govt is taking the same 2011 numbers as base for new delimitation exercise without waiting for numbers of the new census. Under BJP's proposed scheme, Kashmir will have 47 seats while Jammu will have 43 seats.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kashmiri-pandit-jammu-organisations-slam-delimitation-move-6435291/

Kashmiri Pandit, Jammu organisations slam delimitation move Satish Mahaldar, Chairman of the Reconciliation, Return and Rehabilitation of Migrants, demanded that the process be stopped as the 2011 census, which is being taken as the basis for conducting the exercise in J&K, does not take into account a large number of Kashmiri Pandits

Ankur Sharma, chairman of the right-wing organisation IkkJutt Jammu, claimed the decision “will perpetuate slavery of Jammu” as the 2011 Census was fudged in favour of Kashmir. He demanded that the Centre should wait for the 2021 Census before the exercise.

Claiming that it will negate the impact of the Centre’s decision on Article 370 and Article 35A, he said, “Jammu has been betrayed, once again and perpetuating slavery of Jammu is being erroneously flaunted as a national interest… Fraud and fudged Census in J&K has always been a conspiracy against Jammu hatched by the successive Central governments in active connivance with fundamentalist Kashmiri Islamic power centres, disguised as mainstream political parties.”

https://www.newsbred.com/80-of-jammu-is-hills-only-20-is-kashmir-valley-delimitation-can-t-be-a-one-pony-trick/

https://hindupost.in/politics/delimitation-an-open-letter-to-the-prime-minister/

[Bharti Jain] BIG: Report of last delimitation done in J&K in 1995 is missing; new delimitation panel wanted to study basis of last exercise but had to make do with facts & figures in public domain. Search for 1995 report — which had multiple copies — began around time of Art 370 abrogation

https://np.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/ridsxk/bharti_jain_big_report_of_last_delimitation_done/

https://news.statetimes.in/jk-bjp-digging-its-political-grave-by-supporting-delimitation-based-on-2011-census/

We can start by placing things into context.

To do so, we need to understand the political situations in the Mongolian Empire and the Delhi Sultanate during the period between the death of Chinggis Khan and the last major Mongolian invasions into India. This period spans the tenure of two dynasties at Delhi, the Mamlukes and the Khaljis. But let's start with the Mongols first.

BACKGROUND

MONGOL EMPIRE :

When the Great Khan Chinggis or Genghis, died in 1227 CE, he left behind an Empire that spanned the modern day regions of Mongolia, to the Hindu Kush and North eastern Persia. He was succeeded by his son Ogodei in 1229, after an assembly (quraltai) of the tribes. And it wouldn't be until 1241, that they first attempted an incursion into the territory of the Delhi Sultanate. During the reign of Ogodei we see 3 major events that not only built up pressure on the border between the Sultanate and the Mongol Empire but also resulted in the first confrontation between a Sultanate force and the Mongols:

1. In 1235, after the first quraltai roughly 20,000 Mongol troops advanced on the Qarlughids, a small Turkic tribe which controlled Ghazni at the time. The Mongols advanced into Kabul, Ghazna and Zabulistan and the ruling Qarlughid, Hasan Qarlugh was forced to accept a Mongol resident at his court.

2. In 1235, after the second quraltai in the same year, Mongols moved further troops into the region. They sacked Kashmir and attacked the Qarlughids a second time although they were their tributaries now. Further, they invested Uchch and conquered territory on the very fringes of the Sultanate. In 1241, attacked Lahore and took the city while Bahram Shah was the Sultan of Delhi, whose response was very disappointing for the army and the nobles.

3. In 1245-6, the Mongols attacked a third time, taking Multan from Hassan Qarlugh who had taken the province during the lull in hostilities. The Mongols once again invested Uchch but this time a force of the Sultanate. This force was commanded in part by Ghiyasuddin Balban (more on him later)

What followed after the death of Ogodei in 1241, however was a period of turbulence, intrigue, uncertainty and fratricidal conflict within the Empire until finally in 1260, the Empire broke into civil war. The fragmentation of the Empire was only resolved in 1304, when the Western Khanates namely the Ilkhanate, the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate, accepted the nominal supremacy of the Yuan dynasty

Recently, I strolled down the avenues of this niche little sub called r/ Chodi, and well, I came accross a post which claimed that it succeeded in exposing the "Greatest Heist in History". Now, this is apparently a multi-parter and covers the period from ancient to early modern history, but I came accross this part of the series (I'm aware of the rules of the sub hence I've provided a non-participation link here to the post)

Now there are obvious inaccuracies with the post and I think I've tried and cover all of them, while avoiding getting into correction of narrative since that would require me to address the underlying ideology behind said narrative which is rather a current political argument.

>India’s first encounter with an Islamic ruler started when a douchebag named Mahmud Of Ghazni landed here in 1004 AD.

No, it was in 711 CE, under the command of Muhammad bin Qasim who conquered Sindh. And while this could be seen as the first successful conquest of an Indian kingdom, the first clash between a ruler of an "Indian" kingdom and the Arabs or as OP refers to them, "Islamic rulers" took place in 643 AD, when Arab forces defeated Rutbil, King of Zabulistan in Sistan.

>You might have come across this guy in your textbook as the dude who raided the Somnath Temple, a little over 17 times.

No, he actually led raids into various "Indian" kingdoms 17 times and expanded into modern day Punjab and Haryana. He looted and sacked Somnath only once in 1025 CE.

>Had there been a thesaurus.com in the 1st century AD, the first entry for the words evil, horror, despicable and other similar words, would have been Mahmud Of Ghazni.

The "1st century AD" would be the years 1 CE - 100 CE. OP here seems to be suggesting that this imaginary thesaurus would record events a thousand years into future and would record the names of people who would be born a thousand years later.

>And that he was evil is not something that is being made up. This was what his own biographer had to say

Interestingly, OP does not mention the biographer, therefore it's hard to ascertain whether he's talking about a contemporary source in Ghazni, or whether he's talking about Firishta's Tarikh-i-Sultan Mahmud-i-Ghaznavi, here Firishta btw was a man born in late 16th century. Ghazni died in the 11th century.

>the unlimited Ind