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    Archit Mehta

    Does Neeraj Chopra have Maratha lineage? – Alt News Investigation

    28th August 202130th August 2021
    On August 7, Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw of 87.58m bagged him a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. At the age of 23, Chopra is the youngest-ever Indian gold medalist...
    Does Neeraj Chopra have Maratha lineage? – Alt News Investigation
    Kalim Ahmed

    No, these are not photos of first Indian health minister Amrit Kaur

    21st June 202124th June 2021
    Two infographics (one in English and the other in Hindi) are viral on social media with photographs of women claimed to be Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first health minister of...
    No, these are not photos of first Indian health minister Amrit Kaur

    No, this photo doesn’t show last rites of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru

    Anuradha Prasad27th March 2021

    A picture of a public funeral where a huge crowd has gathered resurfaces on social media every few years. It circulates with the claim that the image depicts the last…

    Fact-check: Is this Banke Chamar, leader from Jaunpur in the 1857 revolution?

    Kinjal6th March 20216th March 2021

    A photograph has been shared on social media with the claim that the man is 1857 freedom fighter Banke Chamar. Twitter user Vinod Sharma wrote, “He is Banke Chamar. The…

    Can PM Modi’s gesture at Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary event be equated with Nazi salute?

    Archit Mehta4th November 2020

    Karnataka Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted a photograph of prime minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “The Sardar would have been shocked at such a salute. It is an insult to…

    ‘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…

    Not Tipu Sultan. Not Tippu Tip either. Who is the person in the viral image?

    Arjun Sidharth14th November 201826th July 2021

    For the past few years, history enthusiasts and admirers as well as critics of Tipu Sultan, the last Sultan of the kingdom of Mysore, have circulated a picture on social…

    Did Jawaharlal Nehru ever say “I am English by education, Muslim by culture and Hindu by accident”?

    Arjun Sidharth5th November 201815th March 2019

    A statement which is attributed to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has circulated online for the past few years. According to this quote, Nehru had said, “I am English…

    Fact check: Did Robert Clive say Indians celebrated British victory in ‘first colonial war’?

    Alt News Desk14th June 20189th July 2018

    Titled “रॉबर्ट क्लाइव द्वारा लिखी गई बात” (Words written by Robert Clive) is a post shared by the Facebook page Doval Fan Club on June 4, that claims that these…

    Did ‘1st Muslim Minister of British Cabinet’ lambast Nehru over education policy?

    Arjun Sidharth13th June 20189th July 2018

    The person in the following clip is the 1st Muslim Minister of British Cabinet. He is blunt in saying that Nehru destroyed Hinduism in India systematically. Pls spare 2 minutes…

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