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Freedom Struggle
Hutatma Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru – the trial and the execution
April 8, 1929- The Assembly at Delhi, was in full session. Two young men, both belonging to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, walked into...
During Battle of Kohima, Netaji set up first govt on Bharatiya soil in Nagaland
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Kigwema village in Nagalands Kohima district still carries the legacy of the Second World War (1939-45) as Japanese soldiers were stationed in the mountainous...
Nizam held out thinking that Osmanistan would fructify; Patel scuppered it
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Many of the larger Princely States tinkered with the idea of remaining independent in the run-up to Independence. The dramatis personae who thought of...
Remembering freedom fighter V O Chidambaram Pillai on his birth anniversary
The year 1915, Mahatma Gandhi was visiting Chennai, he was already popular thanks to his exploits in South Africa. One man from Tirunelveli was...
91 years after martyrdom, Bhagat Singh’s Maharashtrian compatriot Shivram Hari Rajguru awaits befitting memorial
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On August 24, the 114th birth anniversary of the legendary revolutionary and Maharashtras hero, Shivram Hari Rajguru, passed virtually unnoticed, barring celebrations and solemn...
Puli Thevar – the 18th century Tamil King who went undefeated for 16 years against a British-Nawab alliance
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Doordarshan is presenting the story of Puli Thevar, a Tamil King from 18th century who went undefeated for 16 years against East India company...
Memories of forgotten heroes to come alive in Pune’s Chapekar Wada
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Over 15 years after the famed Chapekar Wada was rebuilt at a cost of nearly Rs 50 lakh, the next phase of a museum...
Assam’s bards of freedom gave a voice to nationalist aspirations
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The 1920s to 1940s was a period when a large number of songs, poems and lyrics were composed in Assam as part of the...
Narasimha Reddy, the chief who led Andhra’s now-forgotten first mass rebellion against the British in 1846
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Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy is hailed as the 19th-century hero who led the first mass rebellion in Andhra Pradesh against the British.
Descendant of a dispossessed...
Sangolli Rayanna, Rani Chennamma’s brave military chief who defeated British in guerrilla war, continues to inspire Bharatiyas
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Sangolli Rayanna's martyrdom stories continue to inspire crores of Kannadigas with every child given examples of his bravery against the British. The giant banyan...