Freedom movement in India

This article takes a brief look at three such women from Bengal who had taken direct part in India's fight for freedom.

Ashfaqullah Khan without hesitation laments about how his paternal ancestors kept out of the struggle against the British, luxuriating in their laziness.

The Khilafat movement propelled the religious-national sentiments among Indian Muslims who until then largely stayed away from the mainstream political activity.

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.

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.

General Dyer ordered his troops to open fire at the people gathered to celebrate Baisakhi on April 13, 1919

The coin will be a 35 gram metal alloy coin made of silver, copper, nickel and zinc.

Javed Akhtar vilified Savarkar for writing a mercy petition to the British.

And this man has the gall to call RSS an anti-national. What do you think we should call you Mr Yadav?

The deification of Gandhi was driven by political goals.