“The Battle Story of Somnath: Story of 50,000 commoners who fought against Islamist tyrant Ghazni to save Somnath Temple”, Organiser, July 15, 2023:
“The Bhagwa Dhwaj waving freely atop Somnath temple with the winds coming from the Arabian Sea were not like that, till May 1951. The temple was plundered by Islamic ruler, Mahmud Ghazni in the eleventh century. As many as 50,000 common people have fought and sacrificed their life to save the first Jyotirlinga in Somnath.
The restoration works of the temple were initiated only after India’s Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel visited Junagadh. On November 12, 1947, while the stabilisation of the state by the Indian Army was going on, Patel ordered the reconstruction of the Somnath temple.
With many films in the making around real-life stories, Director Anup Thapa on July 15, announced his upcoming film, ‘The Battle Story of Somnath’. A day before the announcement of this film, makers dropped the mind-numbing trailer of the upcoming film ‘Ajmer 92’…..”
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