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 ...

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: 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.

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, ...

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 ...

Somnath Temple: Looted, destroyed, and desecrated for over a thousand years, yet rebuilt every time, standing as India’s ...

Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ketan Mehta have announced Jai Somnath, a historical film based on the 1025–1026 CE attack on the ...

NEW DELHI: (Jan 5) The BJP on Monday attacked the Congress on 1,000 years of Somnath temple's first destruction by Mahmud of Ghazni, saying this day is important to "remember and understand" how ...