When the imperial camp was flooded, excited that the camp is attacked by Marathas, Aurangzeb broke his leg when in privy. His limp stayed on with him and possibly made the epithet for Timur - Lame famous all over the world.
Absolutely no one can underestimate the love story between Arfa Khanum Sherwani and jihadi Aurangjeb. Even after so many years of Aurangzeb’s death, the...
Thousands of miles away, across the blue seas - they fought and died in the white man’s war. They gave their lives to save Europe from an apocalyptic future. BUT they lie forgotten in unmarked graves, their stories untold and their bravery forgotten by the very men they fought to save. This is their story. This is story of INDIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR-I
His life style was very simple. Simple daal, rice, fish curry satisfied him. He drank tea with a lot of sugar. I was concerned - “don’t have so much sugar, Tapan da. You will get diabetes.” In his casual manner he said he got checked for sugar and is not worried about diabetes. He did not worry about little things - said people get sick when they worry to much and asked me not to worry about getting sick. The only food he yearned was Bengali sweets, which unfortunately we did not have at home. So, I took him to nearby Indian sweet shop and bought Bengali sweets he picked. Back at home, Tapan da took a bite from the Sandesh and said that even though it looked like Bengali sweets from Kolkata, in reality the taste was different. He threw away the sweets. That’s when I realized this man with simple needs will not compromise with anything no matter how badly he wanted it.
