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           Story behind Muharram Tragedy at Kerbala:  In the month of Muharram Hazrat Imam Hussain and Hazrat Imam Hassan (the grandsons of the Holy Mohammad Prophet), his family members and a number of his followers were surrounded by the forces of Yazid, the Muslim ruler of that time. The incident happened at a place called Karbala in Iraq on the bank of the river Euphrates in 61 st  year after Hijra (approximately, October 20 th  680 A.D.). Hussain and his followers were forced to pay allegiance to the Caliph (Muslim civil and religious leader considered to be Allah's representative on earth) of the time and submit to his authority. But they ware disagreed to do so. The ruler become angrier and ordered to kill all of them. After a little battle Hussain and his followers were tortured and killed by an army teems of the ruler and they Hussain's head was severed and presented to the king. As this tragic incident happened on the ...

                        #muharram According to Muslim community Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Muslim count their year as 11 or 12 days shorter than the solar year. So, it is a little different from the Gregorian or solar calendar that is used in the western nations. When compared with the solar calendar, the lunar month of Muharram shifts from year to year. This year the first day of the month Muharram begins on 21 st  day of September, 2017 (Thursday) and ends on 20 th  day of October, 2017 (Friday), based on the Gregorian calendar. Muslims provide an additional significance of the month of Muharram. They held the month of Muharram to be the most holy of all the months, apart from Ramadan. The word Muharram is often considered the same with " Ashura ", the tenth day of the Muharram month by the  Shia  muslim community. The festival Muharram 2017 in India:  ...