Noumahla Masjid

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• The Noumahla Masjid, also spelled as the Noumahillah Masjid, is an historical Sunni mosque, located in Noumhla Mohalla, in the Bareilly district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
• The mosque was established in 1749 by Nawab Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech, handed over to Syed Shaji Baba, and its concrete construction was completed in 1906.

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Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •When the flames of the first revolution flared up in 1857, the community of Rohilkhand joined the freedom struggle.
• •At that time the revolutionaries were led by Nawab Khan Bahadur Khan and he made Naumhala Mosque as his headquarters.
• •Revolutionaries used to meet at the mosque and developed the strategy of Jung-e-Azadi that was used against the British Raj, inspired by the sermons of Maulvi Mahmood Hasan.
• •The Islamic Research Center reported that the caretakers of the mosque claimed that the Noumahla Masjid was the main stronghold of the revolutionaries and at the mosque a strategy was made against the British.

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