Tag Results: freedom fighter
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Bhagat Singh’s Greatest ‘Fear’
Politicians looking the other way or even fanning communal hatred.The media sensationalising news & playing to the gallery. If this sounds familiar today, you should read this piece on how freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, cited this as the biggest challenge to India...He was right!
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Gopinath Bordoloi: Saving Assam, a Fight to the Finish
Sadly, we often forget the contribution of great leaders like Gopinath Bordoloi. If not for this son of the soil, Assam would have probably been a part of Bangladesh today. Catch the gritty story of Bordoloi’s incredible mission
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Subhas Chandra Bose: Home Sweet Home
The state government plans to develop the ancestral home of Bengal’s greatest son, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, as a tourist attraction. Visit the Bose homestead at Subhasgram not far from Kolkata as we trace the roots of one of India’s most august freedom fighters
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Bindee Tewary: The ‘Other’ Mangal Pandey
History recognizes the Revolt of 1857 as India’s First War of Independence. But there was another large-scale uprising, also triggered at Barrackpore, 33 years earlier. Catch the touching story of a little-known sepoy called Bindee Tewary, who rallied Indian troops to stand up to the brutal and barbaric practices of the British army brass