The attack on the Somnath Temple by Mahmud of Ghazni has long intrigued historians. According to SK Dutta, it was not just a plunder for wealth but also a symbolic strike against India’s spiritual and ...

The sun beat down like Allah's wrath, turning the Thar Desert into a furnace of white salt and shimmering mirages. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni gripped his reins, remains of his prized Somnath idol ...

NEW DELHI: Former Vice-President M Hamid Ansari’s remarks on Mahmud of Ghazni during an interview triggered a sharp political backlash from the ruling BJP on Friday. Senior BJP leaders, including ...

New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Former Vice President Hamid Ansari fanned a new controversy by claiming Mahmud Ghazni, who repeatedly attacked and destroyed the ancient Somnath Temple in Gujarat ...

The BJP on Friday slammed former vice president M Hamid Ansari for calling Mahmud of Ghazni an "Indian lootera", alleging that the Congress and its ecosystem romanticise foreign invaders and glorify ...

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday strongly criticised former Vice President Hamid Ansari over his remarks describing Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire Mahmud of Ghazni as an Indian.

New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said that the former Vice President Hamid Ansari is "breaking a well-established high dignity" with his ...

Jai Somnath' directed by Ketan Mehta and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, commemorates the thousand-year anniversary of the Somnath Temple's plundering by Mahmud of Ghazni. Set for a 2027 release, ...