A picture from 1857 how brits executed journalists

[mr42O]

Copied from Zaid Hamid

"There were times when Muslim journalists used their writings and Pen to defend the Ummat e Rasul (sm) and used it for Jihad and freedom of nation. They were true Mujahideen who fought with pen and died like heroes.

Lets salute the first martyred journalist in the Independence movement against the British back in 1857.

Moulvi Mohammed Baqir editor of 'Urdu Akhbar Dehli' was the first journalist
to be martyred by the British army through TTP style execution.

He was tied with canon and blown up for his 'seditious' writing against British colonial rule in the First War of Independence 1857.

Unfortunately the brave martyr hardly got any recognition in the history books. The photograph below shows how the “benevolent” and “humane” British army blew up these unarmed captured Muslim civilians with cannon. This even beats the "humanity" of the Taliban-e-Pakistan.

Journalists of today?? Innalillahe Inna ilehe rajeoon -- intellectual and ideological traitors and terrorists."

 

[Azadkashmir]

Copied from Zaid Hamid

"There were times when Muslim journalists used their writings and Pen to defend the Ummat e Rasul (sm) and used it for Jihad and freedom of nation. They were true Mujahideen who fought with pen and died like heroes.

Lets salute the first martyred journalist in the Independence movement against the British back in 1857.

Moulvi Mohammed Baqir editor of 'Urdu Akhbar Dehli' was the first journalist
to be martyred by the British army through TTP style execution.

He was tied with canon and blown up for his 'seditious' writing against British colonial rule in the First War of Independence 1857.

Unfortunately the brave martyr hardly got any recognition in the history books. The photograph below shows how the “benevolent” and “humane” British army blew up these unarmed captured Muslim civilians with cannon. This even beats the "humanity" of the Taliban-e-Pakistan.

Journalists of today?? Innalillahe Inna ilehe rajeoon -- intellectual and ideological traitors and terrorists."

of course this will be buried at the bottom of the pile if not burned under British control.

 

[livingdead]

This is 1857. The east India company was quite brutal, in a brutal world (same with chinese/Indian/spanish etc).

 

[EyelessInGaza]

Does Zaid Hamid say it was a picture?

First, the above is not a picture, but a painting.

Second, it was painted by a Russian, Vassili Verestchagin. See this link: Blowing from guns in British India / painted by Vassili Verestchagin. Print

Third, he painted it in the late 1870s, much after 1857.

Fourth, there is a strong theory that he painted it based on an account of an incident in which Namdhari Sikhs were executed by cannon in 1872. If you look at the person tied to the cannon in the forefront of the painting, there's a case for his being a Namdhari Sikh. In any event, that's not so relevant anyway.

 

[Rain]

Does Zaid Hamid say it was a picture?

First, the above is not a picture, but a painting.

Second, it was painted by a Russian, Vassili Verestchagin. See this link: Blowing from guns in British India / painted by Vassili Verestchagin. Print

Third, he painted it in the late 1870s, much after 1857.

Fourth, there is a strong theory that he painted it based on an account of an incident in which Namdhari Sikhs were executed by cannon in 1872. If you look at the person tied to the cannon in the forefront of the painting, there's a case for his being a Namdhari Sikh. In any event, that's not so relevant anyway.

Quite Right!
any way the sacrifices of all who fell victoms to EIC and other britishers still matter much and should be respected wether the victom was hindu sikh or Muslim. Praise to all heros.

 

[EyelessInGaza]

^^ Exactly.