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    History

    Fact-check: Did Brahmins play a role in key events of Dr Ambedkar’s life?

    Archit11th August 2022

    In April 2021, user TrueIndology made a series of claims regarding Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s childhood, education, and how he gained the surname on the microblogging platform Koo, India’s alternative…

    History

    Did Teesta Setalvad’s great-grandfather give ‘clean chit’ to Gen Dyer for Jallianwala massacre?

    Kalim Ahmed & Abhishek Kumar28th June 202228th June 2022

    A day after the Supreme Court upheld the findings of a special investigation team (SIT) that cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi of alleged complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots, the…

    Politics

    Fact-check: Did Shah Jahan chop off the hands of Taj Mahal workers?

    Archit24th December 2021

    On December 13, Kashi Vishwanath Dham was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi. He showered flower petals on sanitation workers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple as a gesture of gratitude for keeping…

    HistoryPolitics

    Did Savarkar write mercy petitions on Gandhi’s advice as claimed by Rajnath Singh?

    Pooja Chaudhuri13th October 202114th October 2021

    Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday claimed that Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar filed mercy petitions before the British government following Mahatma Gandhi’s advice. Singh was speaking at the…

    Politics

    BJP MP Sushil Modi falsely claims first five Indian education ministers were Muslims

    Priyanka Jha4th March 2021

    On March 3, BJP MP and former deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi posted several tweets targeting Rahul Gandhi and the Congress. One of these addressed Gandhi himself….

    HistoryReligion

    ‘Muslim’ regiment that never existed in Indian army blamed for refusing to fight in 1965 war

    Kinjal10th October 202010th October 2020

    Social media has been brimming with claims that the Muslim regiment of the Indian Army had refused to fight in India’s 1965 war with Pakistan. Several users have been using…

    NewsPolitics

    Congress handles share photo of Indira Gandhi addressing jawans in Leh as Galwan valley

    Archit23rd June 202023rd June 2020

    On June 21, several social media accounts of the Indian National Congress shared an image of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressing a crowd of army men. As per the…

    Politics

    No, Indira Gandhi did not force Sitaram Yechury to resign as JNUSU president during emergency

    Nibedita Sen13th January 202013th January 2020

    A picture tweeted by former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai on January 10, 2020, took Twitter by storm. It garnered 4,500 retweets and 9,500 likes in one day. The text on…

    Politics

    Coin featuring Lord Ram issued by East India Company? No, it’s a fantasy creation

    Arjun Sidharth11th November 201923rd February 2021

    Images of coins bearing figures of Hindu gods and goddesses have been posted by social media users, with the narrative that these were issued by the erstwhile East India Company…

    Politics

    Vivek Agnihotri makes false claim of Nehru responsible for outcome of 1965 Indo-Pak war

    Arjun Sidharth11th March 201915th March 2019

    “When Pakistan invaded India, one of my friend Commander-in-chief Gen Chaudhuri, asked permission of PM Nehru to counter attack as being defensive wouldn’t help. That’s a simple military strategy; if…

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