Begum Mahboob Fatima: The First Muslim Woman Jailed by the British in Delhi
According to historians, Begum Mahboob Fatima was the first Muslim woman in Delhi to have been sentenced to prison for waging ‘the war against the Crown’.
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Nandini Satpathy: An Eight Year Old Girl Who Took Off the British Flag
Nandini Satpathy served as a minister in the Indira Gandhi government before being chosen as CM of Odisha. In her long public career, she never lost an election.
It all began with that anti-British protest where, as an eight-year-old, Satpathy was beaten up by the police.
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REMEMBERING THE OBLIVION: SYED HASAN IMAM
By Amardeep Kumar “Let the motherland be the first in your affections, your province the second, and your community wherever
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Moondar : Muslim Friend of Rani Lakshmibai Who Martyred Herself For The Motherland
John Venables Sturt, who was stationed near Jhansi during 1857, claimed that the Muslim woman accompanying Rani was Moondar and that only Moondar was martyred on the spot while Rani Lakshmibai could not be killed by the British bullets.
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Patna Conspiracy of 1846 : Before 1857 a Revolt that could not happen
In 1845-46, when in course of the first Anglo- Sikh War the English were faced with a grave situation due
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Wahabi Leader Syed Ahmad Barelvi Wanted Marathas to Rule Instead of the British
Here I am reproducing a letter written by Wahabi Leader Syed Ahmed Barelvi to a Maratha leader Raja Hindu Rai asking for his help in throwing away the foreign rule.
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Khudiram Bose & Sheikh Gulab : The Holy Alliance of Freedom Fighters
P.C Roy, implicitly, contends that the arrest and case against Sheikh Gulab may be one of the reasons that Khudiram Bose attacked Kingsford in Muzaffarpur.
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Rajnarayan Mishra: A Forgotten Hero Who Wanted A Classless Society In India
Raj Narain Mishra, an Indian freedom fighter whose elder brother Baburam Mishra was sentenced for 38 years for fighting against the British, led raids on the British establishments with his group during the Quit India Movement, 1942. A resident of Lakhimpur Kheri, U.P he was charged with revolutionary raids in Unnao and was sentenced to death.
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Yogendra Shukla : Lest We Forget the Great Revolutionary from Bihar
In July, 1937, ‘United Press’ reported that Sri Krishna Sinha, Prime Minister of Bihar Province, had decided to revoke the
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Glorious Sacrifices of Bihar during Quit India Movement – 1942 : In Numbers
During the 1942, Quit India Movement at 122 different places, police fired upon the peaceful unarmed Indian patriots martyring around 2000 people in Bihar alone.
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Sachchidananda Sinha: A Great Son of Bihar as described by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha has had a distinguished and varied public career. He started life as a social reformer when, as
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Sadaqt Ashram, Patna : Mazharul Haque’s gift to the Nation
Attitude of the British government towards India after the First World War, where the Indians backed the British war efforts
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When Shah Omair warned Rajendra Prasad of Kisan Sabha’s anti-Congress activities
(This is a reproduction of a letter to Dr. Rajendra Prasad from Shah Omair, a Muslim Congress leader of Arwal
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Mohammed Umar Subhani : The man who could not bear to say ‘No’.
Mohammed Umar Subhani : The man who felt it a great honour to provide financial strength to Indian Independence Movement could not bear to say ‘No’.
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When Mangoes witnessed British defeat in Arrah, Bihar
The mango grove witnessed an unprecedented win of Indians over the British, around 200 soldiers were killed there.
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Peer Ali : Fearless Patriot Who Chose Martyrdom Over Life Of A Traitor in 1857
Peer Ali concluded his speech by saying, ‘‘You may hang me, or such as me, every day, but thousands will rise in my place, and your object will never be gained.”
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Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, who fought not only for independence but also against the social and economic inequalities
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, who fought not only for independence but also against the social and economic inequalities
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A Bihari Deputy Collector sentenced to death for fighting the British Rule
(Following is a reproduction of a chapter from ‘Inside Bihar’ written by P.C Roy Choudhury, editor of Bihar District Gazetteers,
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कॉमरेड अबुल ओला : भारत का एक गुमनाम स्वतंत्रता सेनानी
कॉमरेड अबुल ओला ने जिस समय दुनिया में आँख खोला रूस में क्रांति आ चुकी थी, भारत में एक सफ़ल
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Rare Poster, thrown in the Legislative Assembly by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt dropped the “Red” leaflet from the gallery of the Legislative Assembly simultaneously with the bombs signed by ‘Balraj’ ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of the “Hindustan Socialist Republican Arny” and runs as follows :
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