Bharat Itihaas

A talk by Khurshed Batliwala, director of World Alliance for Youth Empowerment at Ruia College, Mumbai.

He interestingly explains the technology as per hindu mythology and vedas that exist millions of years ago even the technique of extracting zinc from zinc ore that nobody knows at that point of time but only Indian tribal people and moreover even today two totally rust-proof and only such kind of pillars exist is in India only - one in Qutub minar, Delhi and other one in Ujjain standing there for thousands of years.

He also explains who actually discovered Vasco-da-gama a city of Goa,India named after a european discoverer.

With a post graduate in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Khurshed Batliwala, or Bawa as he is fondly known (a nick name that has stuck from his IIT days) is an extraordinary personality.

In his own words, he decided it was better to teach people meditation and make them happy rather than teach them mathematics and make them miserable and thus chose the unconventional and challenging career path as a faculty member of the Art of Living, sharing the vision of its founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, which is to see a smile on every face on the planet.

Below are showcase of photos taken tduring or after the period of 1857 Mutiny in India, although I would not call it mutiny but start of freedom struggle.Most of the photos are rare collection of legendary photographers - Felice Beato and Lala Deen Dayal

Map of India 1857 (British Colonial India) of 1857

India's States (Geographical India of 1857) during the rebellion in 1857
Photo Credit - wikipedia

Photo of destroyed Kasmiri Gate, Delhi during 1857 struggle.

Sati Chauraha Ghat on 27 June 1857, the place where Nana Sahib and his army attacked british troop and killed many.

Unknown place in India in year 1858, where rebellions were hanged in public.

Sikander Bagh, Lucknow, 1857. This picture was taken by Felice Beato, an Italian who visited India soon after the mutiny and notice the bones and skulls in the picture as some say, had the bones dug out for the photo.
Photo Credit: Alkazi Foundation.

Large view of same photo as above of Sikander Bagh, Lucknow, 1858 where around 2000 Indian rebellions were slaughtered.

The name of the man in pic is Gungoo Mehter who was tried at Kanpur for killing many of the Sati Chauraha survivors, including many women and children. He was convicted and hanged at Kanpur on 8 September 1859

Photo taken by Felice Beato, 1858 of Cawnpore (now Kanpur), where up to 1,000 British troops, their families and sepoys were holed up in Gen Wheeler's entrenchment for three weeks in June 1857 where they were constantly bombarded by Nana Sahib's army.