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Indian freedom struggle

From fear of nationalist undercurrent to canards of an impending ‘Japanese bombing’: Read the forgotten British suppression of Kumbh festival

The Britishers claimed that the Japanese could bomb the Kumbh location and prohibited the religious gathering,

1921 Munshiganj massacre: How British forces mercilessly killed over 700 peacefully protesting farmers in Raebareli

The massacre took place a few years after the Jallianwala Bagh incident and reportedly resulted in even more bloodshed.

Rani Chennamma of Kittur led a armed revolt against the British decades before 1857: Read about her valour and honour in face of abject...

The queen emerged victorious in the first battle against the Britishers, but she was captured in the subsequent fight.

The Chapekar Brothers: The unsung revolutionaries who assassinated Englishman Walter Rand in 1897 for his repressive plague control measures

The three Chapekar brothers shot Walter Rand 127 years ago on 22nd June 1897 and he breathed his last on 3rd July 1897.

This day in history: The violent saga of Vellore Mutiny, when hundreds of Indian soldiers rebelled against the East India Company

Vellore Mutiny unfolded 51 years before 'The First War of Independence 1857'. Around 200 British soldiers were killed in this brief but fierce battle.

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