What About Savarkar?
“Adversity is that power which evaluates a man’s true worth and takes hum further in life.” -Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 28th May, the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter, SwatantraVeer…
Bharat’s Independence
The Bharatiya revolutionary who fought to overthrow British rule while living in Japan
On December 23, 1912, an explosion rocked Delhi just as Lord Hardinge, the British viceroy of India, entered the new capital on the back of an elephant. The bomb was…
Godse was a political assassin, not a terrorist
I have, on occasion, come across the following grossly incorrect and inaccurate terminology: that Nathuram Godse was a “terrorist.” Recently, this debate has raged on the national political scene, and…
Royal Naval Ratings Mutiny – A Lesser Known Chapter Of Bharat’s Freedom Struggle
In March, 1976, P.V.Chakraborty, former Chief Justice of Kolkata HC wrote a letter, where he described a correspondence between him and the British Prime Minister Clement Atlee in 1956. Atlee,…
Rajendra Nath Lahiri – A Brave Revolutionary of Bharat’s Freedom
One of the most significant events of Bharat’s freedom struggle was the Kakori incident carried out on August 9th, 1925. Apart from getting the funds for the armed revolution against…
Birsa Munda – The Tribal Hero Who Stood Tall and Strong Against the British
Today is the Jayanti (birth anniversary) of Birsa Munda, a freedom fighter, who fought against the British rule in Jharkhand during late 19th century. He is the only tribal leader…
Madan Mohan Malaviya – Reformer and Nationalist Who Gave Benaras Hindu University
“Grant me a son, the equal of whom has not been born, nor shall be born.” was what Pandit Vrajnath prayed for. The British conquest of Bharat was not just…
Friend of the Nation “Deshbandhu” Chittaranjan Das
Alipore, 1909 My appeal to you therefore is that a man like this who is being charged with the offences imputed to him stands not only before the bar in…
Kittur Rani Chennamma: Bharat’s Earliest Queen Who Fought Against the British
Bharat’s freedom struggle is full of tales brave women who fought against British rule. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi is one famous queen warrior who showed her strength on the…
Veera Pandya Kattabomman- Revolutionary Who Inspired a Generation of Freedom Fighters in TN
Veerapandya Kattabomman, one of the great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, who was a terror to the British, with his lightning raid tactics and stubborn resistance. Panchalankurichi is a small village located in…