
A book on the cook who saved Mahatma
Syed Naseer Ahamed, the journalist-turned-historian, attempts to immortalise the historical figure, Bathaq Miya Ansari (1867-1957), who saved Mahatma in the first-ever assassination bid on Indian soil by Britishers in 1917, in his upcoming book
“He was brave enough to face the British ire by not obliging to their demands and losing everything he had. Therefore, it is a high time that we highlighted the sacrifices of men like him
- Syed Naseer Ahamed
- The book to come out in late March or April
- It will be published in four languages
- Plans to distribute 20,000 books for free of cost across India