Early life After almost one hundred and fifty years India was again invaded by another king of Turkish descent from the Afghanistan side. It was Mu’izzuddin Muhammad Bin Sam who is popularly called Muhammad Gori in India. He was the governor of Ghazni and younger brother of the Sultan Ghiyas uddin Muhammad of Ghor that is a province in the modern-day Aghanistan. He was ambitious king who had showed his expansionist intensions in his early age. He first defeated the Seljuks and brought Khorasan under his rule. It opened his way into India. He brought Sindh and Multan under his control and conquered Lahore in 1186-87. He was very much loyal to his brother and never declared himself independent or broke from him. After every victory he used to send best of his looted items to his elder brother in Ghor. Thus their relations always remained cordial and this allowed him to extend his territory towards eastwards in India. And at the other hand his elder brother Ghiyasuddin never interfered in his matters. Thus he was secure from the west and it allowed him to push his rule much faster as compared to any other Muslim invader. He conquered Sialkot and strengthened his position by building a fort. He slowly but steadily became the ruled of Punjab within the period of a couple of years. First of all he defeated all of his Muslim rivals and then strengthened and reorganized his military. Battles of Tarain His Lahore win had brought face to face with the Rajputs of north India. At that time Jai Chandra of Kanauj and Prithvi Raj Chauhan of Delhi were the most powerful Rajput rulers. But they were very much jealous of each other and used to fight with each other. In 1191 Gori’s expansionist intensions had to face the Rajput might. A battle was fought between him and Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Prithvi Raj was assisted by some other Rajput rulers. Jai Chand of Kannauj also helped him in the battle. It is believed that Gori had captured a fortress at Prithvi Raj’s northwest-frontier. It was either in Bathinda or Sirhind towns of modern Punjab. Prithvi Raj’s vassal, Govind Raja of Delhi was sent to recapture and fight the invaders and recapture the fort. Both the armies met at Tarain that is vary near to Thanesar. The invaders could not face the Rajput fury and [...]
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A New Starting For Punjab
January 22nd, 2009 
Aman Kings in Democracy Barak Obama’s ‘anointment’ as America’s first Black President is a big news for the world. For the people of Punjab Sukhbir Badal’s ‘appointment’ as the Deputy CM of the state is not less important news. According to the democratic values this development is a wonderful fact in the history of Punjab politics. In democracy it is believed that rulers are not born to the queens but are decided on the basis of the votes of the ordinary people. But Indian democracy has become only ‘rule of some families’. The interesting fact is that this pattern is being followed even by those politicians who used to object to the rule of successors of Nehru/Gandhi family. Shaikh Abdullah of Jammu Kashmir, Chaudhary Devi Lal from Haryana, Orissa’s Biju Patnaik and Punjab Akali Dal Chief Prakash Singh Badal are among those leaders who have always objected to this new trend of ‘family rule’ in the Indian democracy. But, now it looks that they will stop targeting the Nehru/Gandhi family on the basis of this issue as they too are among those people who are following Nehru/Gandhi family pattern and are equally responsible for the murder of ‘ true democratic values’. BJP Leadership To become or make a CM or Deputy CM of some state is not against any democratic rule as it has happened in many states. But It has happened for the first time that the CM and Deputy CM are not only from the same political party but are father-son due. It looks very ‘odd’ as for as the democratic values are concerned. With this development, some senior state level leaders of BJP are not happy, but BJP ‘high command’ is busy in wake of the upcoming Lok Sabha election and its problems have been doubled with the revolt of Bharon Singh Shekhawat in Rajasthan and Kalyan Singh in Uttar Pradesh. Because of these developments they do not want to increase their problems by objecting to Sukhbir Badal’s appointment as the deputy CM of the state. So BJP ‘high command’ ordered its state leadership to ‘compromise with the situation’ and following the dictations they left their differences behind and got ready for the ceremony. Sudden Decision No doubt has been left in anybody’s mind that this is just a start for Sukhbir Singh Badal and after some months he will be ready to take the [...]
Satyam Asatyam
January 21st, 2009 Aman Acquisition There is news in the India corporate world according to which engineering field giant Larson&Turbo is searching for the possibilities of acquisition of fraud hit Satyam. According to some company sources L&T Chief A.M Naik met central corporate minister Premchand Gupta on Tuesday and discussed the matter. On the other hand the new Director Trun Das has said that some national and international IT companies have contacted the board to acquire the company. Company’s new board of directors’ meeting is scheduled to be held on 22-23 January in which the names of new CEO and SFO will be discussed and finalized. Tarun Das told that many Indian and foreigners have showed their interest to acquire Satyam. Director Depak Parekh has already said that ‘all options of acquisition are open’. It is being also said that an investment Banker can be appointed to study various options of acquisition. Meeting Agenda Board will discuss the various names for the posts of CEO and SFO. Board has already sent the ball into government’s court. It must be learnt that government has kept the rights of appointment of the CEO and SFO with it. PMorgan and Goldman Sachs are among the banks short listed to advise the new board of fraud hit Satyam Computer. There is some positive news for Satyam also. According to some sources some big clients will kept on working with Satyam. According to GE spokesperson his company will keep on taking the services of Satyam it has not canceled any project. Malaysian Airlines has also said that it will carry on taking the Satyam services. Investigation Meanwhile, CID raided the residents of relatives of Ramalinga Raju and recovered more than one hundred land documents and sale deeds that cover the purchase of hundreds of acres in the name of Ramalinga Raju’s family and some benami names. CID team raided on SRSR Holdings at Jubilee Hills and SRSR Advisory Services Private Limited at Begumpet. It must be learnt that SRSR Holdings at Jubilee Hills and SRSR Advisory Services Private Limited are a part of the Maytas Infra Limited promoters. Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has extended scope of its ongoing probe according to the Centre Government directions and has brought Maytas Properties and Maytas Infrastructure also under the investigations. Former Satyam directors, including Raju, his brother B Rama Raju and ousted interim-CEO Ram Mynampati, have been directed [...]
Kalyan Singh ‘Is Not A Bonded Labour Of BJP’
January 21st, 2009 Aman Resignation Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Bhartiya Janta Party vice president shocked everyone when he resigned from BJP’s primary membership on Tuesday. He has also quit all the party posts and returned the party MP ticket from the Bulandshehar. He was not happy with the party high command that was ignoring him for last some time. He was complaining that senior leadership of the party was ignoring him and he was not being given the due respect. With his resignation he also had hinted on his closeness with the Samahwadi Party. His close supporters had indicated that he can contest the MP election from Etah with the support of Mulayam Singh Yadav led Samajwadi Party. It must be learnt that when Left had withdrawn its support to the UPA government in wake of Indo-US N-deal, SP had worked as oxygen and had saved the UPA government from the premature downfall. SP has always remained in focus for its unpredictable political moves. After huge setback in the UP state assembly elections it had been pushed to wall and it was being said that it will be very difficult to SP to regain previous status in the state and national level politics. But in the recent months it has taken some bold and shocking steps that can turn the tide into its favor. Reasons The initial indications showed that Kalyan Singh had decided to contest from Etah, as an independent supported by SP and Congress. It is for the second time that he has quit BJP. Last time he had done so was in 1999 but he had returned to the saffron party in 2004. Considering his return to BJP as a political mistake he said that he will not repeat his previous ‘political mistake’. He has sent a letter to BJP President Rajnath Singh and a copy of the letter to Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani. In his letter he has mentioned the ‘humiliation he had to suffer and the efforts made to sideline him’. He said that he never has compromised on his ‘prestige and integrity’ that is why he has resigned from the primary membership of the party. He has said that he was ‘feeling suffocated’ for last some time. According to some BJP sources candidature of Ashok Pradhan from Bulandshahr despite Kalyan Singh’s strong opposition is the main reason [...]
Bollywood News
January 20th, 2009 Aman Kareena to open a School The dream was seen by the ‘showman’ Rajkapoor and his granddaughter has taken the responsibility of changing it into a reality. There is news that Bollywood hot actress Kareena is searching for a suitable plot to open a special school for the children in Mumbai. It is for the first time that a Bollywood star is going to open a school without the help of any Governmental or NGO’s help. Though she will consult the specialists regarding the establishment of the school but it is being said that she herself will spend the money on the project. It is being said that her elder sister Karishma is fully supporting her sister. She too will help her sister as for as the investment is concerned. According to some internal sourced the Kapoor sisters can change their family dream into a reality within a few coming years but it depends on the availability of a suitable plot. Kapoor sisters are finding a 2-3 acre plot at some good and suitable location in Mumbai and Bebo has not set any investment limit for the establishment of the project. It is being said that she has kept Rs.15 crore separately for the purchase of land. It is being said that Aamir’s ‘Taare Zameen Par’ is working as an inspiration for her and after watching it she has become very active to open a special school for the children. Kareena told that it is true that she is searching trying to buy a suitable plot to open a school. But she declined to tell something more about this project as a lot of work is required to be done. But it is being said that school will be named after Bollywood showman Rajkapoor’s name. Juhi Chawla’s New Look There is news that Joya Akhtar’s directorial debut ‘Luck By Chance’ is packed with stars. It is also being said that Jhuhi Chawla, too, will play a short but an important role in the film. And for his role she has adopted a ‘blonde look’. It must be learnt that she never has adopted such kind of look in any of her previous films. She told that when Joya offered her this role she was very much excited to hear the story of the film. Though Joya already had told her about the ‘length’ of the role but she was very [...]
India-Pakistan Back On Track
January 19th, 2009 Aman Relations After a heated media war between India and Pakistan the relations between both the nations have started to normalize. In the earlier stages Pakistan was in a denial mode and after a lot of international pressure Pakistan has initiated a probe into the Mumbai terror attack. Though most of the Pakistanis have accepted that the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack were their own countrymen but a strong anti-India lobby was not in an accepting mode. But it is the democratically elected government of the Pakistan that at last took the right decision and initiated a probe into the matter. It is a positive indication for the Indo-Pak relations but it also indicates that India has emerged as a responsible state. After the terrorist attack on Mumbai most of the Indian people wanted India to go to any extent to eliminate the terror menace from the world but it was the leadership of Manmohan Singh and his able ministers that not only handled the situation well and at the same time created such a situation of International pressure that Pakistan’s democratically elected weak government got enough internal and external support to take the right action. Investigation Pakistan had on Saturday accepted it that the dossier on Mumbai attacks contains ‘leads and good clues’. Pakistan wants to have a ‘cooperative engagement’ with India to tackle the menace of terrorism that has become the biggest threat to the internal stability of Pakistan also. Speaking in a press conference Pakistan’s Interior Ministry chief Rahman Malik told that India has provided ‘quite a lot of material’ and Pakistani investigating agencies will work hard to convert it into a strong evidence so that it can ‘stand up to judicial scrutiny’. Pakistan has formed a three member team of investigators to probe the Mumbai terror attack. It has been directed to submit its preliminary report within ten days. Pakistan has said that after examining all the available information it will share its findings with India first. All this indicates that Pakistan has started to take on the terrorists. Evil Elements Now everyone has understood the fact that war is not the solution to end the menace. And Pakistan is in such a situation that it has almost attained the tag of a failed nation. There are many forces that are fighting with each other to take the control of the nuclear armed state. [...]
Season of Political Changes
January 19th, 2009 Aman Punjab There are many things in the Indian politics that nobody can understand. Whether it is north India or south India there is one common fact that has always worried the Indians and which has made Indian democracy a subject of thorough discussion. After Omar Abdullah in Jammu and Kashmir, now it is the turn of Sukhbir Singh Badal to become the Chief Minister of Punjab. Thus Punjab has become the second north-Indian state in which young politicians have taken the ‘command into their hands’. Sukhbir Badal will have to wait for some time to become the CM of Punjab as there are some ‘strong voices’ that are objected to his ‘anointment’ as the chief Minister of Punjab. These ‘strong voices’ are not of the Badal foes but they are their own friends from BJP. By making Sukhbir the CM of Punjab, his father and Akali Dal supremo Prakash Singh Badal wants to play a ‘bigger role’ at the centre stage and also not let his ‘grip’ loosen on his home state. Change But nobody is able to understand that why Punjab BJP leaders are objecting to ‘Badal’ move. If there are some objections then why did they ‘come into open’? For last some years it had become clear that After Prakash Singh Badal his son will lead the Akali Dal and will be next Akali leader to become the CM of Punjab. Whether it was any senior or junior Akali leader he has understood this fact and accepted the ‘truth’. Akali Dal’s election partner BJP’s centre and state leadership, too, was ready to such kind of situation. But all were shocked to hear the sudden announcement. Some people had raised their voices against this development though there objections had no ‘ground’. It is being said that the ‘sudden announcement’ of Sukhbir Badal’s appointment as the deputy CM of Punjab was the reason. Now all the ‘objecting voices’ have fainted and there is no possibility of any big objection. But these objections will deeply affect Sukhbir Badal’s working ability. But it is the natural truth that changes have always been objected but nobody can evade this natural truth. But everyone will have to accept this truth that situation indicates that it is the time of change and this change will not only affect the state politics but also leave a big impact at the centre level politics. Haryana [...]
Mumbai Clinch Ranji Trophy for 38th Time
January 17th, 2009 Aman Indian Domestic Cricket Champion Mumbai once again has reasserted its supremacy by defeating the last year’s runner-up Uttar Pradesh in the75 editions of Ranji Trophy. Mumbai had set a winning target of 525 runs for the Uttar Pradesh team but they could not stay in front of Dawal Kulkarni’s fury and all the UP team was bundled out for 281 runs off 71.5 overs on the last day of the match. It is for the second time that UP has to be satisfied with their runner-up position. The winning team was led by Wasim Jafar. Last year it was defeated by the Delhi team in the final. Mumbai Bowlers It was the Mumbai bowlers who opened the doors of victory for their side. Dawal Kulkarni proved out to be the most successful bowler on the day five as he took five wickets for 76 runs off 18.5 overs. Off-spinner Romesh Pawar took three wickets for 75 runs while Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar also contributed in the victory by taking one wicket each. Uttar Pradesh team’s hopes of winning the trophy had already shattered when they had given the lead of 157 runs to the 37 time winner Mumbai in the first inning. UP Batting On the fifth day the UP team had only one option and it was to evade the direct defeat. On the last day only one thing was left to be seen that whether UP team succeeds to evade the ‘straight defeat’ or not. But Kulkarni broke the back bone of the UP team by taking five wickets and did not allow them even to evade the straight defeat. And with his five wicket haul he has joined Ravinder Jadeja who have taken 42 wickets in the trophy. Uttar Pradesh team skipper Mohd. Kaif tried to save the match for his side by making 72 runs. His team mate Bhuvaneshwar Kumar also tried his best by making 80 runs but they both could not succeed in saving the match for their side. They both made 112 runs for the fifth wicket. Bhuvaneshwar could not take the advantage of the chance that luck offered him when he was at 79 and was dropped by Tendulakar. UP wicket keeper remained unbeaten for 43 runs. He added 55 runs along with Praveen Kumar for the last wicket. But Kulkarni wrapped up the UP team inning [...]
Taare Zameeen Par Out of Oskar Race
January 17th, 2009 Aman India at Oscars At one hand when India is celebrating for A.R Rahmaan’s Golden Globe Award, the ouster of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ in the first round of Oscar race has distressed the Indians. Not only the Indian entertainment industry was shocked to hear the news but it has also disappointed the Indian fans. ‘Taare Zameen Par’ had been selected to represent India in the foreign language film category. It was the fourth Indian film that had been selected for the Oscar race. The first three were ‘Mother India’, ‘Salaam Bombay’ and ‘Lagaan’. It is for the fourth time that an Indian film had been selected for the Oscar race but could not succeed to win any award. Earlier famous Indian director Satyajit Ray had been awarded for his contribution for his work for the development and of Indian cinema. But some people have raised their fingers on Ray’s selection for the Oscars. According to them Oscar Committee had awarded him for his ‘special contribution’ in the field of cinema but this ‘special contribution’ has not been found in any of his films. Questions Every year, 800 films are made in the Indian entertainment industry but at the other hand Hollywood makes around 100 films every year. But despite of this huge difference, no Indian film has succeeded in winning any of the Oscar Awards. International Film market is of 30 Billion while India’s entertainment industry’s business percentage in the International market is only 3.5 per cent. From this point of view we can make an estimate of the contribution of the western films in international film market. But there are many questions that rise in Indian minds. That are; what are those Oscar ‘measures’ according to which Indian films fail to stay in the race and win an award? At which levels Indian films fail to compete with the others? If there are any kind of short comings then Why Indians film makers don’t try honestly to remove those shortcomings to make best films? Efforts There are many film makers who have presented true India through their picture. Some of them are Satyajit Ray, B. Santaram, Tapan Sinha and many more. They have presented various Indian classes with a great sensitivity in their films. There films can compete at the international level. Some Indian people have won Oscar Awards but no India film has succeeded to win [...]
Mahmud Ghazanvi’s 17 Invasions on India-II
January 16th, 2009 Aman Invasion on Thanesar (1011) After Nagarkot, Thanesar was the next major Hindu religious centre to face the loot. In 1011 he invaded Thanesar. It is said that Hindus tried to reach a compromise with Ghazanvi but he refused and whole of the town was destroyed. Hundreds of people were brutally murdered and enslaved. The sacred temples were looted and plundered. The idol of Jugsoma, Hindu deity, was sent to be trodden under foot. Rajah of Delhi tried to save the temple from Ghazanvi but his armies could not reach the place in time and Ghazanvi had already destroyed it. According to an Arab historian who was accompanying Ghazanvi, Mahmud wanted to attack Delhi but his ‘nobles’ advised him not to do so as it could become impossible for them to keep the loot of the temple safe as they were in the centre of India. But modern historians believe that Mahmud had to face a stiff resistance at Thanesar. While the unified forces under the command of Delhi Raja were marching towards Thanesar. It is said that Hindus form all parts of India had joined the Delhi armies to protect their sacred place. It such circumstances Mahmud was afraid and he decided to go back to Ghazni instead of staying in India for more time. It is said that Mahmud brought 200,000 captives to their country but according to the modern scientists the figure has been exaggerated. Invasion on Mathura (1018) His next attack was aimed at the famous Hindu religious centre Mathura. It was a city of temples and Mahmud was amazed to see the beauty and structure of so many huge temples. His armies entered the city without any resistance and they looted whatever they found. It is said that Hindus of the city opened the doors of the city and lay down on the ground to please the invaders. He returned to his country with untold wealth. Kannauj Invasion (1019) Very next year after the Mathura invasion, Mahmud attacked the famous city of Kannauj. At that time it was being ruled by Pratihara King Rajpal Pratihar. Instead of defending his state fled away to save his life. But some local prominent people got united and decided to defend their state. But they were not a match to the well disciplined Turkish armies. Hundreds of innocent people were brutally murdered by the Mahmud soldiers and sacred [...]
