Amaresh Misra

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Amaresh Misra
OccupationWriter/politician/ Scripts at OTT and TV
LanguageHindi
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Allahabad University
Notable worksWar of Civilisations: India AD 1857

Amaresh Misra is an Indian writer and a conspiracy theorist. [1] He was the convener of the Anti Communal Front in Uttar Pradesh state for Indian National Congress for 4 years till 2014. [2]

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


He has started the movement to restore Indias pride in Freedom Fighters contributions to Indias journey to independence. [5]

Conspiracy theories

Amaresh 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 Indian perspective instead of the British accounts. [6]

He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 Loksabha elections from Lucknow on the ticket of Ulema Council. He joined CONGRESS party for 5 years afer that. Today, he runs a peasant based Kisan Kranti Dal and Mangal Pandey Sena based in Uttar Pradesh. His youtube channel has more theories. [7]

Awards

The Urdu Press Club of India awarded Amaresh with the Jasarat Award in 2007. [8]

Aligarh Group with renowned historian Irfan Habib awarded him for historical work in 2022

Publications

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References

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  3. "Minorities vs. Minorities: The new right-wing game plan for 2014". The Times Of India. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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