dilip mandal says india’s first muslim teacher fatima sheikh was a fictional character controversy sparks on social media

Dilip Mandal On Fatima Sheikh: Professor Dilip Mandal, who often dominates social media, has once again become the headlines on social media. The reason for this is Fatima Shaikh, who is known as India’s first Muslim female teacher. Fatima Shaikh was born on 9 January 1831. On January 9, Google had presented a tribute to him by making a doodle. As Google often does. But meanwhile, Professor Dilip Mandal, Media Advisor of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has made a different claim on social media. Dilip Mandal says that there never was any woman named Fatima Shaikh. This is an imaginary character created by him. After this claim of Professor Dilip Mandal, many people seem to be angry with him. And they have started seeing evidence about Fatima Sheikh.

Who was Fatima Shaikh?

Fatima Sheikh is considered an associate of Savitribai Phule. Savitribai Phule was the first female teacher of India. So Fatima Shaikh is called the first female Muslim teacher of the country. Fatima Sana Shaikh was born on 19 January 1831 in Maharashtra. Along with Savitribai Phule, she did a lot of work to provide education to girls. He also helped a lot in opening schools for girls. It is said that Fatima Sheikh’s brother Usman Sheikh was also involved in this work.

Dilip Mandal said- ‘Fatima Shaikh never existed’

Another one where yesterday on January 9, the whole of India was remembering the contribution of Fatima Shaikh and her birth anniversary was being celebrated. On the other hand, Professor Dilip Mandal, while tweeting from his official account @Profdilipmandal on social media platform X, also raised questions on the existence of Fatima Shaikh. He wrote in a long tweet, ‘Forgive me. Actually there was no Fatima Shaikh. This is not a historical character. This is my creation. My exploit.’

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After this, Dilip Mandal further wrote, ‘It is my crime or mistake that I had created this name from nothing i.e. out of thin air in a particular period. If you want to curse someone for this then curse me. Ambedkarites have been angry with me for this for years. From Honorable Anita Bharti to Dr. Arvind Kumar have openly expressed their displeasure towards me. Don’t ask why I did this. It’s a matter of time. A statue had to be made, so I made one. Thousands of people are witnesses. Most of the people know this name from me for the first time.

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People showed proof of reality

Where Dilip Mandal, while tweeting, called Fatima Shaikh a fictional character. So after that many people while replying to her tweet also showed evidence related to Fatima Shaikh. A user posted a page from a book and replied to Dilip Mandal, ‘You are saying “There was no mention of Fatima Shaikh before 2006. You created them imaginary. Show me some book.” I’m showing you the book from 1991. It is clearly written in it that Fatima Shaikh was an associate of Savitri Bai Phule ji. Now keep your mouth quiet. Came to make a big bet.

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