Md Saqlain Jameel

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My homage to Smt Chennamma Deve Gowda.

https://t.co/mbXWKo6K67

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Mrs. Chennamma Deve Gowda, the wife of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, has passed away. She was a very devout and deeply ritualistic person. She was very supportive when I was researching the biography of her husband (Furrows in a Field), but refused to give a formal interview. I always found her affectionate. She spoke little but blessed with her eyes closed, and with all her heart. She always insisted that I never left their home without a proper sit down meal, and she served generously. She was from another time and another world. Since she presided over the household of politicians she saw a lot of ups and downs, and had to withstand loads of pain and suffering too. In my book there is a picture of Mrs. Gowda offering prayers at 7 Race Course Road as the Prime Minister’s wife in 1996, that is the image that defines her.

The other image here is of Mrs. Gowda with the first copy of her husband’s biography in Kannada translation. She is seen with my wife, Rosy, also the translator.

Also, read a passage from my biography from a time when she had just then married Mr. Gowda. That was in 1954. It was 72 years of steadfast companionship.

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Tareeq pe tareeq

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Will Bengaluru finally get to vote this year?

The GBA has approached the Supreme Court, seeking to extend the deadline for elections to Bengaluru's five city corporations till December 31, citing the ongoing SIR exercise across Karnataka.

#Bengaluru #GBA #SupremeCourt #MunicipalElections #Karnataka

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BK Hariprasad didn't walk into 'Sankalpa Samavesha' at Palace Grounds today as a power-seeker but as someone who started from NSUI, spent decades building the party from the ground up, and called the KPCC presidency "a sacred responsibility, not power."
I think that one line separates the career politician from the cadre man.

He workers today: "Don't bring garlands. Donate to the party."
Certainly these are not optics, not ceremony, but organisation. He spent years as AICC General Secretary, nurturing workers in the party's worst seasons. Today's speech - quoting Kuvempu, citing Ambedkar, naming Godse, wasn't written for cameras but to announce that this is 40 years of party life currently at the helm of it.

@HariprasadBK2

#hariprasad #kpcc #congress #karnataka

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#DKSarkara

Muslim leaders to have cabinet berths according to sources
- UT Khader
- NA Haris
- Rizwan Arshad

#karnataka #dkshivakumar

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Oh captain, my captain 🏆🏆🏆🏆

#rcb #rajatpatidar

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Ee Sala Cup Namdu ✌🏻😎

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ABSOULTE CINEMAAAA!

#RCB #viratkohli

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RCB is an emotion. Ee Salanu Cup Namdu!!!

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

BACK-2-BACK IPL WINNING CAPTAIN. ⭐️⭐️

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Accountability doesn't always look like confrontation.

Sometimes it looks like a room full of people, a list of promises, and the patience to show up three years later.

Piece in Sabrang India. Link below.

@sabrangindia

https://t.co/QxWLhrHiAJ

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Karnataka Muslim Convention 2026.
Held by the Federation of Karnataka State Muslim Organisations.
Promises Made, Action Taken, and Questions That Remain...

https://t.co/rdrC4W902Z

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Hey @YouTube
Why can't I upload thumbnail for my shorts? Can we fix this please?

@YouTubeIndia @YouTubeCreators @Google @GoogleIndia

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"Motivation is an overrated word for me, I believe in discipline"
Bhuvneshwar Kumar said this in the post match interview yesterday and it is not only true for sportspersons but also for entrepreneurs.

Discipline truly, is doing what needs to be done, when you don't want to do it. No expectation of reward, you just do what you have to do and keep going.
That's when you shine above the rest and people ask how is the performance peaking?!

But what a match @RCBTweets!

#royalchallengersbengaluru #BhuvneshwarKumar #RCB

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My maid who belongs to Tamil Nadu cried today when Vijay almost proved majority.
She says her son's and his friends have resolved that they won't remove the TVK Tee shirt until Vijay swears in as the CM of Tamil Nadu.

Today her son refused to eat because Vijay couldn't prove majority.
What this says is - TVK rising to power wasn't a fluke, he appealed well to the young voters and this rise to power was strategically planned.

#TVK‌ #TVKVijay‌ #thalapathy #TVKVijay‌HQ #tamilnadu

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A Hyderabad police officer takes part in a night-time exercise to better understand safety concerns, highlighting how women experience city streets after dark.

Tell us your thoughts below!

#Hyderabad #policeofficer #nighttimeexercise #safetyconcerns #undercover #plainclothes #citystreets #womensafety #publicresponse #latenightpatrol

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On May 04, 1799 - Tipu Sultan was killed today.

Pretty much none of us know that Taramandalpet which his father Hyder Ali developed and he groomed is one of Bengaluru's most historically rich, yet largely forgotten - localities, nestled within the old Pete area of Bengaluru.

"Taramandal" literally means cluster of stars or galaxy in Kannada/Sanskrit, and "Pet" means market. The locality earned this evocative name because Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan's rocket testing would light up the night sky - making the area look like a galaxy of stars to residents.
Taramandalpet was established as a rocket manufacturing hub around 1770 by Hyder Ali, with assistance from French scientists and engineers. This made it one of India's earliest defense research and weapons manufacturing centers - a true 18th-century "tech hub."
The rockets made here were transported to Tipu's underground armoury in Kalasipalya, and from there via underground tunnels to Tipu's fort during wartime.

British General Lord Cornwallis documented the facility extensively in his 1,500-page personal diary, praising Hyder Ali's large rocket-making unit inside the people's fort in today's Taramandalpet area. He even sent over 300 Indian-origin British sepoys as spies to survey the facility.

After Tipu's defeat in the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–92), the British captured Bangalore fort, cleared the rocket-making unit, and closed the underground tunnel system. The facility was effectively erased - with one striking exception.
A 6.5-foot-tall stone pillar in Taramandalpet is believed to be the only remaining artifact from the rocket factory. Historians identify it as a light pillar - lamps would be lit on it to help engineers work on rockets through the night.

Bengaluru's Oldest Mosque
Taramandalpet is also home to the Sangeen Jamia Masjid (also called the Taramandal Mosque) - considered the oldest mosque in Bengaluru, originally built in 1687 when Khasim Khan, a Mughal commander, controlled Bangalore. The mosque stands on Siddanna Lane in the Taramandalpet market area.

Today
The area is now a dense, busy urban market, part of the broader Bangalore Pete commercial district. While its rocket-making legacy is rarely discussed, it represents a fascinating chapter in Indian military history - predating ISRO's first rocket launch by nearly two centuries.
Cannonballs and relics connected to this era were unearthed as recently as 2012 during Namma Metro construction near Vani Vilas Hospital, and are now displayed at Venkatappa Art Gallery.

#tipusultan #taramandalpet #hyderali #mysore

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The #bagalkot victory was anticipated.
But is Satish Jarkiholi the real architect of it?

The previous highest margin in this constituency was 15,934 votes secured by Veeranna Charantimath in the 2018 elections.
Umesh Meti has now broken that record - and has also achieved a bigger victory than even his own father, the late HY Meti.

Satish Jarkiholi's AHINDA Strategy Worked
Hot on the heels of the Shiggaon by-election, Satish Jarkiholi's political strategy has worked brilliantly in Bagalkot as well.
After the passing of HY Meti, Jarkiholi had been extremely active in the constituency.

How?
- Survey-based ticket allocation: Congress conducted 3–4 secret surveys to determine which candidate had the best chance of winning before finalizing the ticket.
- On-ground campaign presence: Jarkiholi camped in Bagalkot for around 10 days, personally overseeing the campaign.
- Winning over smaller communities: He identified and built trust with smaller community groups, and brought in party workers from Belagavi and Gokak to conduct door-to-door campaigns.
- Guarantee schemes and sympathy wave: The Karnataka Government's guarantee schemes and public sympathy for the late H.Y. Meti played a decisive role.

#bagalkotbyelection #electionresults #umeshmeti #HYMeti

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Read my latest write up!

https://t.co/0uCJOSXvjA

#siddaramaiah #DKS #congress