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Freedom movement in India
Bina Das, Pritilata and Kalpana Dutta: Three valiant women from Bengal who fought for independence from the British
This article takes a brief look at three such women from Bengal who had taken direct part in India's fight for freedom.
The search for an Ashfaq: We have come a long distance from the times of Ashfaqullah Khan
Ashfaqullah Khan without hesitation laments about how his paternal ancestors kept out of the struggle against the British, luxuriating in their laziness.
The end of ‘Khilafat’: How the Gandhi supported movement unleashed the beast of Islamic fanaticism
The Khilafat movement propelled the religious-national sentiments among Indian Muslims who until then largely stayed away from the mainstream political activity.
Read Indira Gandhi’s letter referring to Veer Savarkar as ‘remarkable son of India’
In a letter dated May 30, 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had written a letter to Pandit Bakhle, then secretary of Swatantrayaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak, hailing Savarkar's contribution to the freedom struggle.
Nehru did not learn ‘Tyaag’ from Gandhi, Shastri did: Film maker Vivek Agnihotri pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary
As Shastri deviated from Nehruvian ideology, the media, people and intellectuals, who were patronised by Nehru and became the beneficiaries of the seeping corruption, called Shastri's call for 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' a political gimmick, writes Vivek Agnihotri.
British PM Theresa May expresses deep regrets for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, says it is a despicable scar on the British Indian history
General Dyer ordered his troops to open fire at the people gathered to celebrate Baisakhi on April 13, 1919
Rs 75 commemorative coin to be issued on 75th anniversary of Tricolour hoisting by Netaji Bose
The coin will be a 35 gram metal alloy coin made of silver, copper, nickel and zinc.
Javed Akhtar tries to vilify RSS and Savarkar, gets reminded of the mercy petition his own great-grandfather wrote to the British
Javed Akhtar vilified Savarkar for writing a mercy petition to the British.
Yogendra Yadav lies about RSS, freedom movement of India, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and more
And this man has the gall to call RSS an anti-national. What do you think we should call you Mr Yadav?
The apotheosis of Gandhi: A political project
The deification of Gandhi was driven by political goals.