Srinagar, June 28 -- Since the times Hazrat Adam A.S.landed on this earth, the forces of truth and falsehood, righteousness and evil have been at war with each another. The history is witness to it that there were numberless clashes between these two opposing forces. This struggle reached its climax at Karbala where Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A), epitome of truth and good, attained martyrdom. The history has had hardly a parallel to this event and hardly any martyr has attracted name and fame as Hussain R.A. has had.

Imam Hussain bin Ali bin Abi Talib took his auspicious birth on 3rd of Shaban ul Mauzam 04 Hijra corresponding to 626 C.E. He was the grandson of the Holy Prophet (may Allah send greetings and salutations on him). His mother was...