Amaresh Misra

Amaresh Misra
Occupation	Writer, politician, scripts at OTT and TV
Language	Hindi
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Allahabad
Notable works	War of Civilisations: India AD 1857

Amaresh Misra is an Indian writer and a revolutionary.^[1] He was the convener of the Anti Communal Front in Uttar Pradesh state for Indian National Congress for four years, until 2014.^[2]

During his college years, Misra was a student leader of the Left CPI-ML (Liberation) party in the University of Allahabad.^[3] He co-wrote the script for the movie Bullet Raja.^[4]

He started the movement to restore India's pride in Freedom Fighters' contributions to its journey to independence.

Controversies

Misra is a proponent of several conspiracy theories. He has claimed that the 2008 Mumbai attacks were organized jointly by the CIA, Mossad and RSS. According to him, the Intelligence Bureau was behind the killing of the Mumbai Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare.

He wanted to rewrite modern Indian history to reflect an Indian perspective instead of the British accounts.^[5]

He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow on the ticket of Ulema Council. He joined the Congress party for five years after that. Today, he runs a peasant based Kisan Kranti Dal and Mangal Pandey Sena based in Uttar Pradesh.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• The Urdu Press Club of India gave Amaresh the Jasarat Award in 2007.^[6]
• Aligarh Group with renowned historian Irfan Habib awarded him for historical work in 2022.

Publications

• Lucknow: Fire of Grace: The Story of its Renaissance, Revolution and the Aftermath (Delhi: HarperCollins, 1999) ISBN 978-8172232887
• The Minister's Wife (a novel—Penguin, 2002) ISBN 978-0143028161
• Mangal Pandey: The True Story of an Indian Revolutionary (Delhi: Rupa, 2005)
• War of Civilizations: India AD 1857, Vols 1 and 2 (Delhi: Rupa, 2007)

References

1. Ramesh, Randeep (24 August 2007). "India's secret history: 'A holocaust, one where millions disappeared...'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
2. "Amaresh Misra". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
3. "Minorities vs. Minorities: The new right-wing game plan for 2014". The Times of India. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
4. "Writer held for 'communal' tweets". The Times of India. 15 May 2014.
5. Wagner, Kim A. (2010). The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781906165277.
6. IndiaFM (21 May 2008). "Ajay Devgan honoured with the Jasarat Award". Sify. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2012.