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Alekh Patra


Alekh Patra ( 1 July 1923 – 17 November 1999) was a prominent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, he participated in Indian Independence Struggle and inspired movements for civil rights environmental protection movements, civil rights across different regions of Odisha. He participated in the freedom movement at the age of about 18. During the course of freedom struggle, he along with his friends, burnt down the police station of Nimapada in protest of British Raj. During this event, there was
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Abdul Qaiyum Ansari


High Schools, he went on to attend Aligarh Muslim University, Calcutta University, and Allahabad University, though his education was interrupted from time to time due to his active involvement in the struggle for India’s freedom. He was involved in the freedom struggle of India at a very early age and as a part of the same he left the government run school at his home town. He established a national school for the students who had boycotted government schools in response to the call of the Indian National Congress. For this he
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Manthena Venkata Raju


Manthena Venkata Raju (1904–1968) was an Indian politician and social worker from Manthenavaripalem, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. He participated in the non-violent resistance against the British rule in India. In 1921, at the age of 17, Sri Manthena Venkata Raju, walked out of the National College and gave up education to participate in the Freedom Struggle of India. Since that year, he participated in several Campaigns and Satyagraha movements until India achieved Independence. He was jailed on several occasions during his participation in the Freedom Struggle.
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G. Vasantha Pai


G. Vasantha Pai was a Senior Advocate of the Madras High Court and Indian Supreme Court, a freedom fighter, and a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council (MLC). At a young age, Vasantha Pai joined public life. He actively participated in India's freedom struggle as a response to Mahatma’s call. Pai enrolled as a student of the Madras Law College. With lot of struggles, he obtained his law degree. Later Pai got his early practical training from his father, Guna Pai, who was a
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Yug (TV series)


Yug (English: Age) is an Indian Hindi language television series that was telecast on Doordarshan, India's national television network. It was first aired on DD National from 1996 to 1998. "Yug" was a fictional series depicting the story of Indian freedom fighters and their struggle to win freedom for India. The series was produced and directed by Sunil Agnihotri and had notable actors like Javed Khan, Pankaj Dheer, Sudesh Berry, Hema Malini, Shahbaz Khan, Mukesh Khanna, Ashwini Bhave, Vinod Kapoor and Abhimanyyu Raj
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale


-officiating member representing Bombay Province. The empirical knowledge coupled with the experience of the representative institutions made Gokhale an outstanding political leader, moderate in ideology and advocacy, a model for the people's representatives. His contribution was monumental in shaping the Indian freedom struggle into a quest for building an open society and egalitarian nation. Gokhale's achievement must be studied in the context of predominant ideologies and social, economic and political situation at that time, particularly in reference to the famines, revenue policies, wars, partition of Bengal,
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Purab Ki Awaaz


Purab ki Awaz is an Indian Historical drama film directed by Chandra Mudoi and produced by Loknath Deka. the film features Urmila Mahanta, Nipon Goswami, Debashis Borthakur, Rina Bora and others. this film release in All India on 10 March and will be releasing soon in Assam in August 2017. One of the country's youngest and most influential freedom fighters ever, Kanaklata became a martyr of Indian freedom struggle at the tender age of just 14 years, on 20 September 1942. She was shot dead by the British while she
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Radha Mohan Gadanayak


town in the Indian state of Odisha, to Mahadeva Gadnayak and Golakamani Devi. He was involved with the Indian freedom struggle from an early age and became associated with the Satyagraha movement of Mahatma Gandhi at the age of 23. As a poet, he was more inclined to the genre of ballads and composed many ballads on various subjects and people such as Kalidasa and Mohandas Gandhi. His anthology, "Surjya O Andhakara" won him the Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia literature in 1975. He also translated Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam into
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Champaran Satyagraha


by people to protest against injustice. Champaran Satyagraha was the first popular satyagraha to be started. The Champaran Satyagraha gave direction to India's youth and freedom struggle, which was tottering between moderates who prescribed Indian participation within the British colonial system, and the extremists from Bengal who advocated the use of violent methods to topple the British colonialists in India. Champaran is a district which comes under the state Bihar. Under Colonial era laws, many tenant farmers were forced to grow some indigo on a portion of their land as a condition
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New India (newspaper)


the First world war, the return to Gandhi to India, the involvement of Indian masses in the Indian freedom struggle (which till then had generally remained a topic of discussion only for the English speaking upper class Indians) and the vociferous involvement of Bipin Chandra Pal, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru and others, the Indian freedom struggle began to gather momentum in places other than Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay. In 1914, Besant vocalized the idea of the inclusion of
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Ratan Lal Joshi


Ratan Lal Joshi was an Indian independence activist, journalist, writer . Born on 28 June 1922 at Churu, a desert city in the Indian state of Rajastan, he was involved with the Indian freedom struggle from the age of 18 and suffered incarceration during the Quit India movement. Choosing journalism as a career, he joined "Harijan" weekly founded by Mahatma Gandhi and trained under the then chief editor, Kishorelal Bhai Mashrulawa. Later, he worked at several publishing houses and edited journals such as "Bhai-Bahin",
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New India (newspaper)


New India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by the Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle. New India was a newspaper founded as a means to spread news related to the Indian freedom struggle, and as a means to vocalize the views of its founder, the freedom fighter Dr. Annie Besant, through her editorials. It was in the same league as Gandhi's Harijan and Tilak's Kesari. Annie Besant was a London born half Irish half English, pro workers union, pro
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Thrissur


after the Srirangapattanam war. In the meantime, Rama Varma X, the successor of Sakthan Thampuran signed a treaty with East Indian Company, and made Cochin a subsidiary of the British. The Indian freedom movement struggle also grew in momentum in Thrissur after a Committee was formed in 1919 of the Indian National Congress. In 1921, the Civil Disobedience Movement also attracted a large number of people into the freedom struggle. In 1927 Mahatma Gandhi visited Vivekodayam School in the city. In 1934, father of the nation, again visited the
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Nana Rao Park


children. After Indian independence in 1947 the memorial was demolished. A park was built in its place with statues of leaders of the Indian freedom struggle, and named in honor of Nana Sahib for his role in the Indian freedom struggle. The marble gothic screen was transferred to the churchyard of the All Souls Memorial Church. The remains of a circular ridge of the well can still be seen in the park today. The park is well maintained and is popular with many fitness groups. Presently, the park is one of the
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Thondar Duraiswamy


"Thondar" Duraiswamy Nadar (Tamil: தொண்டர் துரைசுவாமி நாடார் ) (31 October 1915 – 10 October 1971) was an Indian comrade in the Indian freedom struggle movement. He belonged to Sivakasi, a small town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He participated most actively along with K. Kamaraj in the struggles of the freedom movement. The local people gave him the title of "Thondar", "a good soul who serves selflessly" and also have named a social study place padipagam as Thondar Duraiswamy Ninaivu Padipagam in Sivakasi
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Shiv Prasad Gupta


indigenously manufactured Khadi clothes. The Hindi daily newspaper "Aaj", a publication of Jnanamandal Limited was started by Gupta in 1920 in order to facilitate the Indian struggle for freedom. Gupta was associated with the Indian National Congress as its Treasurer for many years. He founded Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi, which is now a University to give a chance to those youth to complete their education, who had left their studies in between, to join the Indian struggle for freedom. He built the Bharat Mata Mandir, in which
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B. C. Khanduri


1990 i.e. 36 years. Some of the important positions served by him in the Indian Army were as follows: In 1982, he received the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) from the President of India for his extraordinary contribution to the Indian Army. He retired as Major General from Indian Army. He had shown patriotism during freedom struggle as a student and, thus, displayed a remarkable political consciousness even at an early age. Khanduri was first elected to Lok Sabha from Garhwal in Uttarakhand 1991 and in subsequent elections. He
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Hema Bharali


Shri, in 2005, for her contributions to Indian society. A year later, she received the National Communal Harmony Award from the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Hema Bharali was born on 19 February 1919 in a family of Chutia ethnicity in the Northeast Indian state of Assam and is known to have taken to social work from an early age. She became active in the Indian freedom struggle and When the earthquake caused devastation in North Lakhimpur area in 1950, she took part
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R. C. Majumdar


was "Jivaner Smritidvipe". When the Government of India set up an editorial Committee to author a history of the freedom struggle of India, he was its principal member. But, following a conflict with the then Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on the Sepoy Mutiny, he left the government job and published his own book, "The Sepoy Mutiny & Revolt of 1857". According to him the origins of India's freedom struggle lie in the English-educated Indian middle-class and the freedom struggle started with the
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Afghanistan–India relations


), many Afghans began immigrating to India due to political unrest in their regions. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Khan Sahib were prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement and active supporters of the Indian National Congress. Although the NWFP became part of Pakistan in 1947, active Pashtun support for the Indian freedom struggle led to great sympathy in India for the cause of Pashtun autonomy and freedom. The Indian government continued to support Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in lobbying for greater Pashtun freedom in the NWFP. Indians are working in various
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Rahil Begum Sherwani


the age of 88 years Raheel Begum Sharwania was died in . After her death the disturbances of 50 years women educational problem, freedom of Indian Muslim Women and in the establishment of struggle of women was ended. Raheel Begum Sharwania was born in 1894 to a famous family of Sherwani in Utter Pradesh, her late father Nawab Moosa Khan was one of the leading personality of, he was also greatest leader of Freedom Movement and leading politician. Nawab Faiz Ahmed Khan, grandfather of Raheel Begum migrated to Hijaz when the Englishmen taken over
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Arutla Ramchandra Reddy


Arutla Ramchandra Reddy was an Indian freedom fighter. He was among the leaders and fighters in the armed freedom struggle against the rule of Nizam (the last ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad). The communists joined with the poor peasants in the present day Telangana state during the 1940s to overthrow the Nizam's feudal regime. It was a sub-movement in the larger independence struggle of India, his wife Arutla Kamala Devi was involved in Freedom Struggle and she too was a Member of Legislative Assembly for 3 terms .
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Ashoka Gupta


Ashoka Gupta () (November 1912 – 8 July 2008) was an Indian freedom fighter and social worker. She was the founder of Mahila Seva Samity, member of the All India Women's Conference and president of Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption. She took part in rescue and relief operation during the Noakhali genocide. Gupta was born the fourth of six children and second daughter to Kiran Chandra Sen and Jyotirmoyee Devi. Her father died at the age of six, and she was brought up by her mother, who struggled
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R. Nallakannu


R. Nallakannu (born 26 December 1925) is an Indian politician. He is a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was the former State Secretary of the Communist Party of India of Tamil Nadu. Nallakannu was born in the temple town of Srivaikuntam, in former VO. Chidambaranar district now Thoothukudi district. Born in an affluent family, he was patriotic from a young age and participated in the freedom struggle. At age 15, Nallakannu joined the communist movement. He belonged to the action force
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Thakurdas Bang


Thakurdas Bang (1917 – 27 January 2013) was an Indian Gandhian philosopher and Gandhian economist. He was involved in the Indian independence movement. He practised Gandhism, Gandhian philosophy, Gandhian study even at the age of 95. He was also involved in Khadi and Sarvodaya movements. As an economic professor in G S College of Commerce he motivated many students like Madhukarrao Chaudhari, Justice Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari and Ramakrushna Bajaj to participate in the freedom struggle. He is succeeded by Abhay Bang and Ashok Bang. Ashok Bang decided to work
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Ram Kishan


Ram Kishan was the seventh Chief Minister of Punjab from 7 July 1964 to 5 July 1966. He was a senior member of the Indian National Congress party. Additionally he is a recognized member of India's freedom struggle against the British and was an Associate Professor in the political science department at Oakland University. Kishan was awarded the title of "Comrade" due to his extensive involvement in India's freedom struggle from British rule. In early June 1940 Subhas Chandra Bose surveyed the world war situation and came to the conclusion that Indian
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Freedom suit


This principle from Roman law was adopted by other colonies (and later the slave states). The law also resulted in the children of white women and Native American women (after Indian slavery was abolished) being born free. Indian slavery was ended in Virginia in the early 18th century. Mixed-race descendants of Indian or white women struggled to gain freedom through their maternal lines. Petitioners focused primarily on proving their right to liberty through hereditary freedom claims. During the years leading to the Revolutionary War, there was a rise
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India–Uganda relations


who were brought there to construct the Mombasa–Kampala railway line. Ugandan independence activists were inspired in their struggle for Ugandan independence by the success of the Indian freedom struggle and were also supported in their struggle by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Indo-Ugandan relations have been good since Uganda's independence except during the regime of Idi Amin. Amin in 1972 expelled over 55,000 persons of Indian origin and 5,000 Indians who had largely formed the commercial and economic backbone of the country accusing them of exploiting native Ugandans. Since the mid-1980s
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New India (newspaper)


weekly newspaper in January 1914. In June 1914 she purchased an existing newspaper called 'Madras Standard' and renamed it 'New India'. The New India subsequently became her chosen organ for her tempestuous propaganda for India's freedom, and was widely read by the English educated Indian middle and upper classes, post world war when the Indian freedom struggle was beginning to gather momentum. New India was a pro Indian freedom newspaper, which simultaneously worked as a mouthpiece for the views of its founder Dr. Annie Besant. During and after
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Kondapalli Koteswaramma


Kondapalli Koteswaramma (August 5, 1918 – September 19, 2018) was an Indian communist leader, feminist, revolutionary, and writer born in 1918 in Pamarru, Andhra Pradesh. She was married at the age of 4 years to her uncle. He died within two years leaving her a child widow. She did her schooling from her hometown besides getting trained in music. At the age of 10 years, she took active part in the freedom struggle by singing patriotic songs in various meetings and congregations. She got remarried at
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Mustafa Barghouti


moderate Islamists including Abd al-Sattar Qassem and many groupings from Palestinian civil society." Barghouti appeared on the Daily Show in October 2009 with fellow activist Anna Baltzer, telling Jon Stewart, "We are struggling for liberty. We are struggling for freedom. We are struggling for justice. It is Palestinians who have been subjected to the longest occupation in history and a system of subjugation that is totally unjust." Barghouti was issued a visa too late for a 2010 Canadian lecture tour, forcing him to postpone his trip.
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Kizhoor, Puducherry


role in the history of the freedom movement. It fought for its own freedom and also gave tremendous support to India’s independence struggle against the British. The post-independence government initiated discussions to integrate the French-Indian territories with the country. The National Youth Congress began a Satyagraha. Pro-merger processions were organized by freedom fighters who were often lathi-charged, their flags seized and torn by the French-Indian police. A momentous event in Pondicherry’s freedom movement occurred on 18 October 1954 when all elected members
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Deshbandhu Gupta


freedom against British rule in India. He gave the principal of the college, Shri S K Rudra, a notice to the effect that he wished to leave St Stephen's. As S K Rudra was sympathetic to the revolutionary cause, he accepted this, and is noted to have encouraged the young Rati Ram to make the best of his decision to serve the freedom struggle. Deshbandhu Gupta's active involvement in political events of his time was a major factor in his inclusion in important events associated with the Indian freedom struggle.
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Chhawani


Chhawani is a historic place near Amorha in Basti district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. it is also known as a place of freedom struggle of Raja Zalim Singh's State Amorha (also known as Amodha). It was the main shelter for Indian fighters during the 1857 mutiny, and is noted for a Pipal tree where about 250 freedom fighter were hanged by the British Government in action after the murder of General Fort. There is Shaheed Smarak Park in memory of freedom fighters. Chhawani is located at . Also Saheed
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Biju Patnaik


charted the independence struggle. Biju Patnaik met with Jawaharlal Nehru during his participation in Indian freedom struggle and became one of his trusted friends. Nehru viewed the freedom struggle of the Indonesian people as parallel to that of India, and viewed Indonesia as a potential ally. When the Dutch attempted to quell Indonesian independence on 21 July 1947, President Sukarno ordered Sjahrir, the former prime minister of Indonesia, to leave the country to attend the first Inter-Asia Conference, organised by Nehru, in July 1947 and to foment international public
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Mahidhara Rammohan Rao


on 1 November 1909 in Munganda, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in a highly orthodox brahmin family though this father Surya Narayana was a follower of Brahmo Samaj. Surya Narayana named his yeldest son after a famous social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy. He started going to school from the age of 5 years. Inspired by revolutionary spirit of his family, at the age of 10 Mahidhara abandoned his studies in 1919 and joined Indian Freedom Struggle. Though he quit his formal education, he acquired scholarship of multiple
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Pakistanism


, educated West Africans formed the National Congress of British West Africa, which modeled its name on the Indian National Congress. According to Ali Mazrui, the facet of the Indian independence movement West Africans found most admirable was the Indian peoples' unity during the struggle. In 1936, H. O. Davies said, "Africans should follow India – the only way is for Africans to co-operate and make sacrifices in the struggle for freedom." According to Ali Mazrui, "But the emergence of the Muslim League in India as
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Matangini Hazra


daughter of a poor peasant, she did not receive a formal education. She was married early and became widowed at the age of eighteen without bearing any offspring In 1905, she became actively interested in the Indian independence movement as a Gandhian. A notable feature of the freedom struggle in Midnapore was the participation of women. In 1932, she took part in the Civil Disobedience movement and was arrested for breaking the Salt Act. She was promptly released, but protested for the abolition of the tax. Arrested again, she was
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History of Sambalpur


the English historian, diamonds were exported to Rome from Sambalpur. The history of Sambalpur, as depicted by eminent historians, is full of events including Indian freedom struggle representing the different sections of society. Since Sambalpur is one of the ancient district of India, which survived even in the prehistoric age, much of the historical records about the origin and the existence of Sambalpur in the political scenario of Odisha are still in obscurity. Sambalpur is mentioned in the book of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) as Sambalaka on the left bank of
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Kisan Mehta


1943. On release from the prison in 1943, he conceived and developed the Indian National Exhibition depicting the history of the Indian peoples' struggle for freedom beginning with the First War of Independence in 1857 and ending with the Quit India movement that culminated in Indians getting freedom on 15 August 1947. The exhibition of posters, illustrations, translates was first inaugurated by Jayaprakash Narayan on the eve of independence in May 1947. The Exhibition toured the country including would be Pakistan areas during the years 1947–50 to be inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra


Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra was an Indian journalist, writer and freedom fighter. He was born on 29 May 1906 at Deoband, Saharanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He participated in the Indian freedom struggle and endured jail terms several times. Mishra published several books and "Deep Jale Sankh Baja" ("दीप जले-शंख बजे"), "Mati ho gai Sona" (माटी हो गई सोना), "Jindagi Muskarai" ("ज़िन्दगी मुस्कुराई"), B"aje payaliya ke ghungroo" ( "बाजे पायलिया
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Shashi Bhushan


Shashi Bhushan (1924–2011) was an Indian independence activist, social worker, politician, writer and an institution builder. He was the founder of several organisations such as Rashtriya Ekta Samiti, All India Freedom Fighters' Organisation, Punjab Ekta Samiti and the Institute for Socialist Education, and represented khargone(madhya Pradesh) ( 1967- 1971) and South Delhi constituency in the 5th Lok Sabha (1971–1977). Born on 11 November 11, 1924 at Lashkar of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Shashi Bhushan was involved in the Indian freedom struggle
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New India (newspaper)


of the Indian freedom movement and to read Dr Besant's editorials in the paper. At that time, popular English newspapers like the Times of India used to usually publish pro-British news to cater to its primarily pro colonial advertisers and readers. Hence there was an urgent need to have English language newspapers that could publish news related to the Indian freedom struggle and the people involved in it. New India's readers thus consisted mainly of the educated English speaking middle and upper class Indians as well as foreigners sympathetic to the cause
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Shyamlal Gupta


issued a postage stamp in 1997 in his honour. Shyamlal Gupta was born on 9 September 1896 in Dosar Vaishya community to Visheshwar Prasad and Kaushalya Devi as their youngest son at General Ganj area in Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Refusing to join the family business, he took up teaching as a career and worked at various government schools in Kanpur, participating the Indian freedom struggle simultaneously. His chance meeting with Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi at one of the conventions of the Indian National Congress brought him the charge of the freedom
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Kadakkal’s Freedom Struggle


The Kadakal Rebellion of 1938 or Kadakkal Revolt was the spontaneous participation of the people of Kadakkal in the course of India's struggle for freedom and their contribution to the great saga of Indian nationalism, is a unique event in the history of the princely state of Travancore. During pre-independence period, Kadakkal, the small hamlet witnessed a great farmers' movement led by local leaders, which eventually culminated in the formation of an administration, perhaps the smallest in the world lasting for a short span of nine days only, though
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Panamaram


perennial lake near Lakkidi, 4,500 ft above sea level, and the Mananthavady river, springing from the 5,000 ft Tondarmudi. The Kabini is, perhaps, the most feminine of Kerala rivers. The flow of life on its banks is incredibly peaceful and dream-like. The confluence of these rivers is Kabani River and it after entering the state of Karnataka merges with the Kaveri River. Panamaram has great significance in the history of Indian freedom struggle as it witnessed one of the first freedom struggle in South India. On 11 October
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Chimur


Jungle Satyagraha" and the "Quit India" movement of 1942. For his role in the freedom struggle he was tried and sentenced by the British Government to 35 years of imprisonment. His nephew Shri. Gopalrao Korekar was sentenced to death for his role in the freedom struggle. This death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment by the British Government. After India gained independence in 1947, both the sentences were terminated. Udhavrao was released from prison in 1947. He was an active member of the Indian National Congress. He was
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Prafulla Chandra Sen


into the freedom struggle. He was one of the staunchest supporters of the Indian National Congress Party and led the freedom struggle against the British. He was a die-hard nationalist and was committed to Gandhi's philosophy of grass-roots democracy and a self-reliant rural economy. Gandhi's influence on Sen was so pervasive that, in the 1920s, he shifted his area of social and political activity to Arambagh, an under-developed and malaria-infested area of West Bengal and worked ceaselessly for its betterment. For
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Indian Workers' Association


Association(GB). The organisation has been fairly active in supporting working class struggles amongst asians in Britain and struggles for genuine freedom for working people in India. Notable activists have been Jagmohan Joshi, Harpal Brar, Salvinder Dhillon and Dalwinder Atwal. Remembering patriots of the Ghadar Party and supporting struggles for creation of a society in line with vision of Shaheed Udham Singh, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha and other Patriots of the Ghadar Party has been the focus of activity. In 1958, the Indian Workers' Association (GB
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Baikuntha Shukla


Baikuntha Shukla (1907 – 14 May 1934) was an Indian nationalist and revolutionary. He was the nephew of Yogendra Shukla, one of the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He was hanged for murdering Phanindra Nath Ghosh who had become a government approver which led to hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Baikunth Shukla was also initiated into the freedom struggle at a young age taking active part in the Salt Satyagraha of 1930. He was associated with revolutionary organisations like the Hindustan Seva Dal and HSRA.
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Bodheswaran


married to V. K. Karthyayani, a professor of Sanskrit in the Government Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram. The couple had three daughters, , Sugathakumari and Sujatha, all the three being noted writers. He died on July 3, 1990, at the age of 88. On his return to Kerala, Bodheswaran was advised by Narayana Guru to meet Chattampi Swamikal, who was known to have been a major influence in his life. Thereafter, he kept his association with Swamikal, while getting involved the Indian freedom struggle and made several public
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Early Nationalists


self-government, the Early Nationalists wanted a larger share in the governing of India. They did not seek immediate attainment of their goal as they feared that the government would suppress their activities. Instead they aimed at winning freedom through a gradual process. Their constitutional demands were: The economic issues raised by the Early Nationalists were: The Moderates made the following demands in the administrative sphere: The Early Nationalists defended civil rights whenever the British government tried to curtail them. Their struggle for freedom became an integral part of the national
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Iran student protests, July 1999


for reform, especially in regards to freedoms of the press. The control of the press that the Iranian government had was a result of the "dysfunctional dualism of political and ideological institutions". The struggle between conservative and moderate reform administration resulted in restriction the press. During this time period, Iran experienced an apparent struggle of power between reformist president Muhammad Khatami and the conservative leader of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In efforts to decrease support for the president's liberalization agenda, the judiciary closed down newspapers that expressed
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Mana Desam


of the Indian freedom struggle. The story is set in 1942. Ramnath is a respectable rich man living in a village with his wife Janaki, son Nehru, brother Madhu and a doting step-mother Yashoda, who does not like Madhu's active participation in the freedom struggle, fearing that he may be jailed. Janaki's uncle, a lawyer, visits them with his city-bred daughter Sobha. She takes a liking for Madhu, but is against his political leanings. Ramnath shifts his family to Madras. Madhu
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Shripad Amrit Dange


same Communist Party of India decided to call the war, a People's War. After the USSR had sided with the Great Britain in the war, the Communist Party of India was legalised for the first time. Saying that the freedom struggle would impede the war against fascism, the CPI stayed away from the freedom struggle. The Indian National Congress was able to politically corner the communists, as the popular sentiments were overwhelmingly supporting Gandhi's Quit India Movement. After the sudden arrest of then Somnath Lahiri, Secretary of CPI,
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Jazz in India


to Bombay. In the 1930s, India’s freedom struggle against the British had reached a crucial stage. Bombay was a rising metropolis. There was also a great sense of political freedom, which was being transmitted into the arts. The ballrooms of five-star hotels and in the nightclubs of major Indian cities were jazz centres. As nationalism swept the country, these venues became the refuge of the European and Indian elite, the aristocrats, the moneyed and the public servants. During this period, musicians such as Chic Chocolate
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Nityanand Swami (politician)


Nityanand Swami (born Nityanand Sharma, 27 December 1927 – 12 December 2012) was the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first chief minister of the state, serving from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001. Swami was born in Narnaul, Haryana,In a Vaishnav - Brahmin Family, and spent almost all his life in Dehradun where his father served in Forest Research Institute. He entered the Freedom Struggle at an early age, under the umbrella of Rashtriya Swayamsevak
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Savita Behen


erstwhile British India, presently in Pakistan. She did her college studies at the Government College, Lahore and P. L. College, Shimla. Joining the Indian freedom struggle at a young age, she became active in social work. She founded "Women Sevika Dal" in 1944 and later, established Harijan Adult Education Centre and Tailoring and Industrial Centres for women in Delhi. She also founded three schools for harijan and dalit children. Savita Behen was the chairman of the Refugee Widow Protection Committee and was instrumental in the establishment of two
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Akilan


much. Unfortunately, the boy lost his loving father at an early age. But his mother Amirthammal was a loving person, and being a creative person herself, she moulded her son into a writer. The author was attracted by Gandhian philosophy during his school days and he discontinued his college education at Pudukotai to join the freedom struggle. Later, after Indian independence, he joined the Railway Mail Service, after which he joined the AIR (All India Radio) and became a full-fledged writer. His stories began to
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Motilal Verma


Shri Motilal Verma was a great Indian Freedom Fighter and a Patriot. Even though he belonged to a wealthy and a respectable family of Katni, born in 1906 at Katni District of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Motilal was never attracted towards money and power. He was a wrestler and was very fond of visiting Akhadas (traditional Indian gymnasiums). But, after watching India in the shackles of slavery, he decided to throw himself up whole heartedly in India's struggle for freedom. In 1930, at the call of Mahatma Gandhi,
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Yashodhara Dasappa


activist and join the Indian freedom struggle. She was a student of London Mission School and later in Queen Mary's College in Madras. Yashodara was married to H. C. Dasappa, a former minister in the ministry under Jawaharlal Nehru and the younger son of the couple, Tulasidas Dasappa, was a Union Minister of state, in the Charan Singh ministry. She died in 1980. She was reported to have been active in the Indian independence struggle as well as several social movements such as the "Forest Satyagraha Movement" of the
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Pink capitalism


form of patriarchal capitalism. This new capitalism incorporates the social vision of family, property, body, economic organization and sexual experience from the heterosexual community. It has struggled for equal marriage, without questioning the concept of marriage, making the fight for equal marriage a goal of the LGBT movement that makes it seem there is nothing else to fight for. Although the first political movements advocating sexual freedoms (like Queer anarchism) fell within the radical left, LGBT claims have only belatedly been integrated into the more moderate left political struggle
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Ramesh Chandra Jha


Ramesh Chandra Jha (8 May 1928 – 7 April 1994) was an Indian poet, novelist and freedom fighter. Son of a senior gandhian Lakshmi Narayan Jha, who was offered to become the first chief minister of bihar but refused as he called himself a freedom fighter then a politician. Ramesh Chandra Jha's poems, ghazals and stories evoke patriotism and human values. Romanticism and struggle of life are also important aspects of his writing. His poetry expresses concerns of people's life struggle, their dreams and hopes. His research
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Kamala Nehru


with women's groups all over India. She was thus arrested on two occasions for involvement in Independence struggle activities, along with Sarojini Naidu, Nehru's mother and other women of the Indian freedom struggle. During this period she started a dispensary in her house Swaraj Bhawan, converting few rooms into a Congress Dispensary to treat wounded freedom fighters, their families, and other residents of Allahabad. After her death, Mahatma Gandhi with the help of other prominent leaders converted this dispensary into a proper hospital known as Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital
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Raja Vijay Singh Gujjar


Indians got control over the situation and took up the front of the ground and started counter-response. Fierce war broke out, the most brave warrior Kalyan Singh of freedom fighters who fought in this struggle, became martyred in the first attack of the British, News of freedom struggle being fought in Kunja in entire western Uttar Pradesh, Spreading from, the kings of Meerut's Bahasuma and Dadri principality also traveled along with their armies to the Kunja. The Kalsian Gujjar peasants of the Chauhan clan settled near Bagpat and Munjfernagar also
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Indian Merchants' Chamber


Indian Merchants’ Chamber, established on 7 September 1907 in Mumbai, is an organization of India, representing interests of Indian trade, commerce, and industry. It was organized originally during the days of the British Raj to promote trade, commerce, and industry by Indian entrepreneurs. IMC has played a significant role in consolidating Indian business interests and making the Indian economy self-reliant. It kept pace with and, in its own way, became part of the Indian struggle for freedom. It was the Chamber's dedication that
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Kollur Mallappa


called C Prabhakar and C Jagadish with their respective children live in Bangalore. Kolur mallappa also had one brother called Ishwarappa kollur and his sons called Dasharath Kollur & Ambaresh kollur. Kollur Mallappa, aged 99 years, died at the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bangalore on 24 October 2004 after prolonged illness. He was one of the last links with the Congress of Mahatma Gandhi's days and the freedom struggle. He is best remembered for giving up his claim to the office of Chief Minister in 1972 when the Indian National Congress
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Dhani Prem


was brought up by his uncle and did not get proper early education. He worked as an errand boy, lived in a library after running away from his uncle's house and taught himself from the library books. During this period, he became involved in Indian freedom struggle after getting influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and was imprisoned twice by the age of 14. Prem graduated in medicine from the Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital, Mumbai and secured his LRCP and MRCS degrees from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Kings
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Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar


Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar (12 December 1916 – 5 September 2000) was a freedom fighter and first speaker of Goa Assembly. He was born in Indian state of Goa, studied Law in Portuguese India and worked as an editor with "Navashakti" daily in Mumbai. Later he participated actively in Goa's struggle for freedom, was in exile in Africa and Portugal for many years. He has been a member of the Indian National Congress and was a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. Shirodkar authored many books in Marathi,
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Ekram Rasul


Ekram Rasul (date unknown - 1948) was an Indian Freedom fighter as well as a doctor who spent most of his life in the service for humanity. He was the vice president of Indian National Congress of Odisha and took part in the national freedom struggle, under the supervision of Mahatma Gandhi and Hareskrushna. He was born in Daryapur, Sungra. Due to his achievements and work are undertaken on behalf of the community, a high school was built and named in his honour which has around 1000 pupils now. The school
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Peer Ali Khan


Peer Ali Khan (born: 1812; death: July 7, 1857) was an Indian revolutionary and rebel, who participated in the Indian independence movement. He was given capital punishment for participating in the freedom struggle of 1857. Khan was a bookbinder by profession and he used to secretly distribute important leaflets, pamphlets and coded messages to freedom fighters. He conducted regular campaigns against the British government. He was arrested along with his 33 followers on July 4, 1857. On July 7, 1857, Khan was hanged in
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K. N. Panikkar


K. N. Panikkar (born 1936 in Guruvayoor, Kerala) is a leftist Indian historian, associated with the "Marxist school" of historiography. K. N. Panikkar has written and edited a number of books, including "A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism" and the ICHR volume on "Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle". His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of Hindu nationalism, particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998 to
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Jagari


Movement (1942). It narrates common Bengali people's involvement in India's freedom movement. Satinath Bhaduri had direct experience of contemporary Indian politics and the Quit India movement. He added many autobiographical elements in the plot. The novel was first published in 1945. It was author's debut novel. Right after the publication it became popular among Bengali readers. Sisir Kumar Das, in his book "History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy" wrote that this novel is "one
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Mufti Baha-ud-din Farooqi


That, nearly forty-two years back, India annexed the Jammu and Kashmir State by manipulation, fraud and force against the declared wishes of the people of the State. The people of the State scented mischief and continued the freedom struggle with added determination... That soon after the Indian Army landed in Kashmir, it mounted a powerful offensive on freedom fighters and imposed a reign of terror in the State. The Indian Government worked on the plan to weaken and dismember Pakistan and to maintain hegemony on Kashmir through sheer might."
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Kallur Subba Rao


Thereafter, he started participating in other such meetings and became an active member of Indian Freedom Struggle. He was imprisoned for 7 years as a freedom fighter. After Indian independence, he was elected as a Member of Constituent Assembly of India from Madras Presidency. Afterwards, he was awarded Padma Shri in 1967. He was a great poet and a very good orator. Rutherford, the then collector of Anantapur District, used to call him the "Lion of Congress". Dr. Rajendra Prasad used to call him the "Prison
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Suddala Hanmanthu


Suddala Hanmanthu was a noted Indian poet of the mid 1900s. He wrote songs like "Palleturi pillagada... pasulagaase monagaada..." (from the movie Maa Bhoomi). Suddala Hanmanthu was born in Paladugu village, Mothkur mandal, Yadadri bhuvanagiri district, Telangana State in India. Suddala Hanmanthu's poetry inspired the people of the Telangana to participate in the Communist-led peasant struggle against the oppressive rule of feudal lords and the Nizam. This struggle was famous in Indian history as the Telangana Rebellion. His themes were freedom from the
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Names of the Indian Rebellion of 1857


The Indian Rebellion of 1857 has been variously termed as a war of independence, a rebellion, and a mutiny. Several Indian writers, who consider it as a part of the Indian independence movement that ultimately led to the country's independence in 1947, have termed it as "The First War of Independence", the "great revolution", the "great rebellion", and the "Indian freedom struggle". Several British writers, who view it as a military disturbance, have termed it as "sepoy revolt"
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M. C. Davar


C. R. Das who had renounced lucrative legal careers for their participation in the freedom struggle. Davar however treated many prominent participants in the freedom struggle including Madan Mohan Malaviya, Rajendra Prasad and Fazlul Haque. He played a key role in getting the Central Assembly to recognise homoeopathy, a resolution that was later adopted by the Government of India. Davar joined the Indian National Congress after witnessing its annual session at Lahore in 1929 where Jawaharlal Nehru succeeded his father Motilal to the presidency of the Congress. In April 1930 he was arrested for
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Abdur Razzaq Malihabadi


rock solid grip with languages like Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Pashto. He worked for few years in All India Radio heading Arabic Department in New Delhi. He was close to the Saudian Monarchy, Mahatma Gandhi & Pandit Nehru family during freedom struggle. Giving due recognition of his role in India's freedom struggle, he was offered a cabinet rank post independence in Nehru Government to which he declined. He was a journalist by soul and with his pen he wrote against British Raj and took their atrocities to common Indian man.
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Tokyo Conference


The Tokyo Conference was a conference held between March 28 and 30, 1942 at Tokyo by South-East Asian Indian Nationalist groups including the Indian Independence League, the Indian National Council, and smaller local Indian associations and clubs. This conference led to the decision to establish an all-unifying Indian Independence League. The conference was held at the invitation of Rash Behari Bose who was instrumental in persuading the Japanese authorities to stand by the Indian nationalists and ultimately to support actively the Indian freedom struggle abroad. Bose was also elected the
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History of the African National Congress


of the South African Indian Congress (of which Mahatma Gandhi was a member) attended the 1946 session of the United Nations General Assembly where the treatment of Indians in South Africa was raised by the Government of India. Together, they raised the issue of the police brutality against the miners strike and the wider struggle for equality in South Africa. The ANC also worked with the Natal Indian Congress and Transvaal Indian Congress. In 1948, the Afrikaner nationalist National Party unexpectedly came into power defeating the more moderate United Party despite the fact
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Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir


Saifuddin represented the Jamaat, to continue this struggle. The Indian authorities arrested the leaders of the Committee including the Qari. In addition to the event of the relic’s theft, corruption, unemployment and poverty in the state contributed to Kashmiri hostility to Indian rule. Due to the JIJK’s strident and consistent challenge to the Indian control of the state it earned increasing support from growing numbers of Kashmiri Muslims. The Jamaat's stance to Sufism was relatively moderate compared to the Ahl-i-Hadith movement and even chose to operate
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Vasudev Balwant Phadke


the father of the Indian armed rebellion in that he provided the inspiration for fellow freedom fighters. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's patriotic novel "Anand Math" incorporated various contemporary acts of patriotism performed by Phadke during his freedom struggle. As the British government did not like this, Bankim had to print up to five editions of the book to tone down these stories. In 1984, the Indian Postal Service issued a 50 paise stamp in honour of Phadke. A chowk in South Mumbai near Metro Cinema is named in his honour. The
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Sindhura Lakshmana


Sindhura Lakshmana (1898–1922) () was an revolutionary Indian freedom fighter who engaged in violent freedom movement against British Colonial Government in India. Lakshmana was born in Sindhur village , which is now in jatha taluk of sangli district in Indian state of Maharashtra. During the time when Mahatma Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement engulfed the whole of India, Lakshmana started his own struggle against British by forming a band of five like minded men and started looting the tax money collected by the government treasury and distributing it among the populace. In
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Ballia district


of some of the great leaders of all time, name of those could not be recognized unfortunately, sadly. The very birth land of the great freedom fighter Mangal pandey who actually was the person beacuse of whom the whole Indian freedom struggle ignited. And it was his land that brought independence first to the great Indian country. You could see some of the relics of his existence and survival in here. Ballia has a Humid subtropical climate under the Köppen climate classification: (Cwa) with extremely hot summers from late March to
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Bhadrakali Mishra


, including Mishra. After his release, Bhadrakali Mishra moved to Kathmandu. Bhadrakali Mishra's arrival in Kathmandu coincided with the popular movement against the Rana regime, a system hereditary Prime Ministers hailing from the Rana dynasty, that had reduced the ruling Shah monarchy to nominal figureheads and consolidated all powers within the office of the Prime Minister. A number of factors that included Mishra's closeness to the prominent leaders of the Indian Freedom Struggle, an Indian ambassador who knew of his history with the struggle, King Tribhuvan's strong inclination and
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Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma


A life size statue of Sree Chithira Thirunal was erected in Trivandrum as well as Madras by the citizens there which were unveiled by the Rajah of Bilkanir and Lord Erstine, the then Governor of Madras, respectively. Despite all the development and prosperity attained by his reign, Sree Chithira Thirunal's ruling period saw severe political unrest due to the then ongoing Indian freedom struggle. The Haripura Session of the Indian National Congress February 1938 resolved that in the Princely States by independent organisations may be encouraged to carry on internal struggles in these states
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Nanasaheb Purohit


Digambar Vinayak Purohit (; 28 May 1907 – 1994), alias Nana Purohit (नाना पुरोहित) or Nanasaheb Purohit (नानासाहेब पुरोहित), was an Indian socialist politician and freedom fighter from Mahad, Kolaba region. Purohit led militant struggles during the struggle for Indian Independence, and was a long-time parliamentarian. Purohit hailed from the Mahar community. He became involved in social work in his twenties. Apart from political activism, Purohit enjoyed walking and gardening. Purohit was active in the Congress Socialist Party and the Quit India movement
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)


left-adventurism. Under the government of the Indian National Congress party of Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India developed close relations and a strategic partnership with the Soviet Union. The Soviet government consequently wished that the Indian communists moderate their criticism towards the Indian state and assume a supportive role towards the Congress governments. However, large sections of the CPI claimed that India remained a semi-feudal country, and that class struggle could not be put on the back-burner for the sake of guarding the interests of Soviet trade and foreign policy
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Banarasi Das


Banarasi Das, popularly known as Babu Banarasi Das (8 July 1912 – 3 August 1985) was an Indian politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was from Janata Party. Banarasi Das Ji was a freedom fighter. He went to jail many times during his struggle for India's freedom. He was member of Indian Parliament for Bulandshahr from 1977 to 1979. He was Chief Minister from 28 February 1979 to 17 February 1980. Banarasi Das was born in Utarawli, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Banarasi Das was married and
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G. S. Melkote


Rule movement, Salt Satyagraha, and Quit India movements. After Indian independence, he contributed significantly in the development of Hyderabad state as Member of Hyderabad Assembly between 1952 and 1956 and as finance minister. He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times between 1962 and 1977 from the Hyderabad constituency and in 1957 from Raichur constituency. His wife Vimalabai was also a well known freedom fighter. Vimalabai took part in the freedom struggle and after Independence was involved in social activities. She was the first chairman of Hyderabad State Social Welfare Advisory
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Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson


The Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson is an Indian journalistic award named after Chameli Devi Jain, an Indian freedom fighter who became the first Jain woman to go to prison during India’s freedom struggle. The award was instituted in 1980 by The Media Foundation and is given to women in the journalism field. According to "Business Standard" the award is "perhaps India's longest running media award for women". The Media Foundation was founded in 1979 by B G Verghese, Lakshmi Chand Jain, Prabhash Joshi,
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Subramania Bharati


some litterateurs that Bharathiar's "Panchali Sapatham," based on the story of Panchali (Draupadi), is also an ode to Bharat Mata. That the Pandavass are the Indians, the Kauravas the British and the Kurukshetra war of Mahabharat that of the Indian freedom struggle. It certainly is ascribed to the rise of womanhood in society. He is known to have said, "Even if Indians are divided, they are children of one Mother, where is the need for foreigners to interfere?" In the period 1910–1920,
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Kadakkal Riot Case


Kaddakkal Riot is one of the 39 movements/struggles that led to India getting freedom from the British Raj. It is known as the "Kadakkal Riot Case" and is recognized by the Home Ministry of Government of India. The struggle was led by Franco Raghavan Pillai. Kadakkal Riot Case was an important part of the Indian independence movement from Kerala. Kadakkal Riot was centred on the village of Kadakkal, which is located in the eastern part of Kollam district, Kerala. It happened same as that of Kallara-Pangode Struggle(1938
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Biswambhar Parida


Biswambhar Parida (8 February 1921 – 25 November 1999) was an Indian Freedom fighter who was born in the Jagatsinghpur District in the Indian state of Odisha. He plunged into the Indian Independence Movement at a very early age, was a devout follower of Gandhian Freedom Movement and was imprisoned for around two years. He got himself involved in many social, literary and organizational activities among his in-mates and fellow Freedom fighters, while being at Berhampur Prison. After Independence of India, Parida devoted himself to the field of journalism
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Waraseoni


railway station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line. The nearest major city is Nagpur, which is away by road. The nearest airport is Nagpur Airport. The city is known as the City of Freedom Fighters. Hiralal Tamrakar, Dr Tekchand Jain, Thakur Prasad and Buddhu Lal Marathe are among the freedom fighters who participated in the struggle for independence from the British and Portuguese. Hiralal ji is now the only living freedom fighter in Balaghat District. Hiralal Tamrakar was congratulated by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on 9 August 2017
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Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha


, and Gurdial Singh Tapiala. During this movement 950 freedom fighters were arrested by police and detained in Lahore jail for three months. As a result of this movement an all party-negotiation was held with the Revenue Minister and government officials on providing more farming water to the agriculturalists as per the previous agreement between the farmers and government. At the end, British government agreed to the demands of the freedom fighters. The participants of the Harsha Chhina Mogha Morcha struggle are recognized as freedom fighters by the Indian government and are entitled
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Atul Chandra Ghosh


Atul Chandra Ghosh (1881-1969) was a prominent personality of the Indian freedom movement from Purulia district, West Bengal. Born at Khandaghosh of Burdwan, he passed law in 1908. He was the co-founder of "Shilpashram" (Rural Industry Development inside ashram) along with Nibaran Chandra Dasgupta. He was the chief architect of "Bangabhukti Andolon". He is famous in the title "Manbhum Keshari". He was active freedom fighter during British raj and he left practicing the law and joined freedom struggle during
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The Cult of the Charkha


The Cult of the Charkha is an essay by Rabindranath Tagore which first appeared in September 1925 in the "Modern Review". In the essay Tagore offered critique on the Gandhian ethic of "charkha-spinning" as an activity which could rejuvenate the Indian masses during the Indian independence movement. Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi were among the two most influential Indian figures during the freedom struggle of the Indian nation against the colonial rule of the British. Tagore became the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala


Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala (1909–1998) was an Indian agricultural economist, academic and writer, considered by many as the father of Indian Agricultural Economics. He was a Gandhian and an Indian independence activist and he suffered incarceration for over six years during the Indian freedom struggle. He authored several books and articles on the agricultural sector of India and was the founder chairperson of the "Centre For Development Alternatives" (CFDA), a research centre promoting development studies. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma
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