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yes everyone irrespective of his religious beliefs who contributed positively should be sung and praised as a hero.
I don’t know why people from Punjab are hesitant to declare Sir Ganga Ram and Lala Lajpat Rai as local / national heroes.
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I don't know why people from Punjab are hesitant to declare Sir Ganga Ram and Lala Lajpat Rai as local / national heroes.
Pakistanis naturally have a boyish fascination with war and everything to do with conflicts and army. Philanthropists and civilians do not get the respect and recognition shared by political personalities and warriors.
Btw, there is a Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Lahore, which is still going strong with its original name.
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yes everyone irrespective of his religious beliefs who contributed positively should be sung and praised as a hero.
Qazi Nurullah was a scholar of all fiqh of Islam. Being chief justice, he imparted decisions based on everyone's own fiqh.
*Qazi Nurullah did not confine his knowledge to the Jafari fiqh but also studied other schools of jurisprudence, that is, Hanafi, Shafai, Maliki and Hanbali. Not only did Qazi Nurullah studied Hanafi fiqh but he also wrote a commentary on it, in Hashiya -i- sharh al-Waqaya fi Fiqh al Hanafia.
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Abdul Qadir Badauni, a scholar of that time, writes after his death:
"Although he is by religion a shia he is distinguished for his impartially, justice, virtue, modesty, piety, continence and such qualities as are possessed by noble men, and is well known for his learning, clemency, quickness, understanding, singleness of heart, clearness of perception, and acumen. He is the author of several works, and he has written a monograph on the "undotted commentary" of Faizi which is beyond all praise. He also possesses the poetic faculty and writes impressive poetry''.
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Being from Sindh, I feel like I kind of understand why some people celebrate Raja Dahir's resistance against Umayyad general Muhammad bin Qasim.
Although it is absolutely not correct politically to say so...
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What are you talking about Ali syed, even wikipedia says that sher shah was born in bihar. ttp://en.Sasaram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shah waliullah
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Being from Sindh, I feel like I kind of understand why some people celebrate Raja Dahir's resistance against Umayyad general Muhammad bin Qasim. Although it is absolutely not correct politically to say so...
What if the alternate history comes to be true that he was defending his lands, as now its a proven fact that Arabs had wished to conquer the area way before Hajaj's expedition. Hajaj's own character is quite controversial to believe that his expedition was just for freeing some Arab ladies from Dahir. Same Hajjaj lead the army attacking Makkah and his ghairat was not affected when Arab ladies of Makkah got raped by his army's soldiers.
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He was definitely a good scholar, but his move to invite Abdali didn’t save locals from loot and rapes.
BTW, I got this piece of information from wikipedia, telling collective efforts of Afghans and Balochs against Sikhs 
Ahmad Shah Durrani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sensing danger to the cause of Islam, Shah Waliullah of Delhi wrote to Ahmed Shah Abdali asking him to help his brethren-in-faith. This was an open call for Jehad (religious war) it was Mir Noori Naseer Khan Baloch again who, with his army of twenty five thousand Baloch warriors came to the help of Ahmed Shah Abdali against the Sikh. Thus it was that a combined Muslim Army of Afghans and Baloch marched into India and defeated and crushed the Sikh in 1765
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What if the alternate history comes to be true that he was defending his lands, as now its a proven fact that Arabs had wished to conquer the area way before Hajaj's expedition. Hajaj's own character is quite controversial to believe that his expedition was just for freeing some Arab ladies from Dahir. Same Hajjaj lead the army attacking Makkah and his ghairat was not affected when Arab ladies of Makkah got raped by his army's soldiers.
That is what I am saying. It is highly likely that Dahir was only resisting foreign army who attacked his country for economic and political reasons.
Some people even say that the main reason of attacking Sindh was that Dahir had given refuge to some Arabs who had fled Hajjaj's persecution.
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It is good that Abdali defeated rising power of Sikhs. But Sikh wars against Mughals were later supported by Rohilla Afghan allies of Abdali against the central government of Delhi.
I don’t understand the reason why Rohilla supported Sikhs when Sikhs were enemy no. 1 to Afghans.
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This was my source, I wont dispute you as you may well be right.
Sher Shah Suri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sher Shah was born as *Farid Khan in the present day district of Mahendragarh in south Haryana, earlier part of Hisar district of combined Punjab in India. As his real name is Farid Khan but he was known as Sher Shah because he alone hunted a Lion in his early age.His surname ‘Suri’ was taken from his Hometown “Sur”. His grand father Ibrahim Khan Suri was a land lord (Jagirdar) inNarnaul area and represented Delhi rulers of that period. *
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Judge BhagwanDas. :D
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I don’t think that he got heroic status, though reaching to a position like this being from minority does count. But again Sindhi Hindus were always cream of the society. Well educated and career oriented.
I would name ‘Bhagat Kanwar Ram’ as hero of the land as this sufi singer contributed a lot through his voice. His songs are still popular among Sindhis on both sides of the border. His songs are re-sung by singers like Abida Parveen.
For your other thread ‘who is the real martyr of 20th century’, I can name him without any hesitation.
Sant Kanwar Ram: Biography: Bhagat Kanwarram: Famous Sindhi: Folk Singer: Life Story Video
This was a set trend that all, whatever the Bhagat Sahib was to get during Bhagat, be distributed among the needy and poor people this was increasing the popularity of Bhagat Sahib and also the jealous people. November 1st of year 1939 is treated as the black day of history of Sindh as on this day some people shot dead Bhagat Sahib at Rukari [also known - Ruk] railway station.
After the partition Sant Manoharlal Sahib [Grand son of Bhagat Kanwar Ram ] shifted to Amravati, Maharashtra, India and Kept the humanity serving works of Bhagat Sahib in continuation.
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I forgot that.It is a great share.Thank you 
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Emperor Ashoka, King Vikramaditya II and King Harshavardhana
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Emperor Ashoka, King Vikramaditya II and King Harshavardhana
Who are the two kings?
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Who are the two kings?
Vikramaditya sounded familiar. Wiki tells that many rulers in India used this title following him. He was also the first ruler having navratans in his court (like Akbar)
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Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa, I also like his rival and pathan commander Akhbar khan sadozai and his fahter Dost Mohammad Khan :)
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Who are the two kings?
Harshavardhana united the small republics from Punjab to central India after the decline of the Gupta empire and their representatives crowned Harsha king at an assembly in April 606 giving him the title of Maharaja when he was merely 16 years old.
Harsha belonged to Kannauj and was a Vaishya King where most kings belonged to Kshyatriya varna.
He brought all of northern India under his control.The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a center of cosmopolitanism, attracting scholars, artists and religious visitors from far and wide.
The Chinese traveler Xuan Zang visited the court of Harsha and wrote a very favorable account of him, praising his justice and generosity.
According to Xuanzang, Harsha built numerous stupas in the name of Buddha. Xuanzang entered a grand competition organized by Harsha and won the theological debate. Harsha was also a patron of art and literature. He made numerous endowments to the University at Nalanda. Two seals of Harsha have been found in Nalanda in the course of the excavations. All these favours and donations of the great emperor were crowned by the construction of a lofty wall enclosing all the buildings of the university to defend the institution from any other possible attack.
In 643 he held a Buddhist convocation at Kannauj which was reputedly attended by 20 kings and thousands of pilgrims.
In 641, following Xuanzang's visit, Harsha sent a mission to China which established the first diplomatic relations between China and India. The Chinese responded by sending an embassy consisting of Li Yibiao and Wang Xuanze, who probably traveled through Tibet and whose journey is commemorated in inscriptions at Rajagriha – modern Rajgir, and Bodhgaya.
Harsha was a noted author on his own merit. He wrote three Sanskrit plays – Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika. His reign is comparatively well documented, thanks to his court poet Bana and Xuanzang.