Tampering with history: how India's ruling party is erasing the Muslim heritage of the nation's cities
- Written by Sudipta Sen, Professor of History, University of California, Davis
For centuries many millions of Hindus have gathered at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Sarswati in northern India for the festival of Kumbh Mela. Their pilgrimage, which ends with a sacred bath in the Ganges, takes them through the historic city of Allahabad.
Allahabad is no longer on the map of India. In October 2018, officials of...