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Topic: Bahadur Shah Zafar

1857 rebels marched to Delhi with a plan—not a spontaneous ‘chalo maro’, says Sohail Hashmi

Krishan Murari -
The 1857 capture of Delhi was planned, not a sudden uprising by ‘angry men’, said oral historian Sohail Hashmi at his talk ‘1857 Rebels Reach Delhi’ at INTACH.

‘My ancestors ruled Hindustan through force & fear. Now others will’ – Bahadur Shah after 1857

Rana Safvi -
‘Tears of the Begums’, the first ever English translation of Hasan Nizami's Begumat ke Aansoo, chronicles the turning of the wheel of fortune after India's first war of independence.

Bollywood is fascinated with Mughals — from Akbar to Saleem to Bahadur Shah Zafar

Diptakirti Chaudhuri -
In ‘Bollygeek’, Diptakirti Chaudhuri puts together an extensive range of trivia on India’s film industry.

Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal who would rather have been a poet

Revathi Krishnan -
The last Mughal wrote beautiful ghazals while in exile in Yangon, where he spent his last days.

Why Pakistan’s PM talked of Tipu Sultan the day he decided to release IAF pilot Abhinandan

Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi -
Citing two historical figures, Bahadur Shah Zafar and Tipu Sultan, Imran Khan upheld the latter as his role model.

The ruin of Zafar Mahal: Mughal era’s last holdout is now a den of drug addicts and gamblers

Alind Chauhan -
The former Mughal palace has been subsumed by unauthorised constructions, and run over by drug addicts and gamblers.

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Opinion

Why Hyundai Creta is still the king of Indian roads after 11 years—brand value to looks

Kushan Mitra -
Hyundai was never scared of rivals overtaking them last year. But in 2027, the mythical ‘Creta Killer’ may finally emerge. Or it could continue to remain a myth.

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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