Exploring lesser known History
Following is the speech delivered by V.S Srinivasa Sastri on 7 February, 1919 before the Imperial Legislative Council as the Rowlatt Bill was introduced. He protested against the bill which was later passed and whole of India protested. Jallianwala Bagh massacre was carried out by the British when the Indians were protesting against the Black Act
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Following is an English translation of an excerpt from Ram Prasad ‘Bismil’s’ jail diary. He writes about Ashfaqullah Khan.
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Following is an excerpt from, My Life Story of Fifty Five Years, an autobiography of Raja Mahendra Paratp. The book had been written in 1943 and was first published in 1947 from Japan. Here I am presenting his account of the formation of the Provisional Government of India.
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Sardar Patel resigned from his office of Home Minister and only after much persuasion from Jawaharlal Nehru he remained in the office. In this letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on 3 February, 1948 he took the responsibility, as the Home Minister, of failure in Gandhi’s security and reiterated his resignation
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Following is the text of the speech made by Sardar Patel in front of a large gathering at Amritsar on 30 September, 1947. He appealed people to stop violence against the defenseless Muslims who were trying to crossover to Pakistan.
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This is an excerpt from a Pen Portrait ‘Mohammad Ali Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity’ written by Sarojini Naidu in November 1917
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Obituary Of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai from the President of India : Published on 25 October, 1954
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Abadi Bano Begum, mother of Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali who were also part of the Indian national movement had a very important role in the movement as her contemporaries like Sarojini Naidu, Kamaladevi Chottopadaya, Annie Besant and the list goes on.
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On the subject matter of this letter, I intended to write to you a long and open letter in the press. But on further consideration, I felt that the present moment was not suitable for such a step.
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(Following text is a reproduction of the news report published by The Tribune (Philippines) reporting on the formation of the
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(This is the text of Chapter. IX, Maulvie Ahmad Shah from the book THE INDIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: OF 1857
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An appeal was made to the Muslim University of Aligarh and the Hindu University of Benares to refuse Government grants and tear to pieces the ‘Charters’ granted them by the Government.
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Following is the diary entry made by Mahadev Desai, secretary of Mahatma Gandhi, regarding the Moradabad conference (10th October, 1920) which proceeded Gandhi’s visit to Aligarh. The conference was addressed by Motilal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malviya, Shaukat Ali, Mohammad Ali, Mahatma Gandhi and others. Abadi Begum, better known as Bi Amma also addressed the gathering.
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This constitution was drafted by Mahatma Gandhi for the Congress on the eve of his assassination. His intention was to show how the Congress which was till now mainly concerned with achieving political independence might convert itself into an association for the Service of the People (Lok Sevak Sangh), and work for the establishment of a nonviolent society.
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Tomorrow will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2, 1869. He is better
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The Muslims have joined hands with the Hindus since the day they adopted India as
their country, and as for myself I have made political and social alliance with the Hindus since I saw the light of the day as I was born and brought up in this very country
Islam does not bifurcate the unity of man into an irreconcilable duality of spirit and matter. In Islam God and the universe, spirit and matter, Church and State, are organic to each other. Man is not the citizen of a profane world to be renounced in the interest of a world of spirit situated elsewhere. To Islam, matter is spirit realising itself in space and time.
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“How could I consider it a day of freedom and joy when I had to say goodbye to your father, Badshah Khan, at the Delhi Railway Station. He was my comrade, friend, companion, and fellow freedom fighter, and now that we have attained independence, we are parted. Perhaps we may never see each other. Now you see what joy this independence has brought for me?”
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During my (John Lindsay) residence in India, when our affairs were less prosperous than at present, the country was more
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On January 11, 2013, former President of India, Shree Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative stamp on Silk Letter Movement. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the sacrifices of individuals and groups, such as those associated with the Silk Letter Movement, constitute a glorious chapter of India’s history of Freedom struggle and need to be acknowledged and appreciated.
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