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Photo of 18th Century Zulu prince shared as Bhima Koregaon war hero

Shinjinee Majumder6th January 2023

An image purportedly showing a Mahar soldier who fought the Battle of Koregaon on January 1, 1818, is being circulated as a way of honouring the auspicious day. The image…

Was Nehru a ‘citizen of London’? Video viral with misleading claim

Archit21st September 202221st September 2022

The UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away last week. In the backdrop of this, a clip of Jawaharlal Nehru at a public event is being shared on social…

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…

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…

Fact-check: Did JRD Tata write “Nehru stabbed me in the back” after nationalisation of Tata Airlines?

Archit21st October 2021

Tata Sons made the winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore for Air India, the airline founded by JRD Tata in 1932. Back then it was known as Tata Air Services. In…

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…

Does Neeraj Chopra have Maratha lineage? – Alt News Investigation

Archit28th 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…

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

Kalim Ahmed21st 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, 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…

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No, artwork showing man sitting at computer is not from ancient India

Who gave the title ‘Mahatma’ to MK Gandhi? Certainly not the British