Our countrymen laid down their lives to secure the freedom and independence we enjoy today.
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Indira Gandhi – Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian Politician, the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru and the third prime minister of independent India. She was and is the only woman prime minister of India till date. Source: Publish Your Article
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Gandhi led India’s freedom struggle in a non-violent way. He pioneered the non-co-operation movement against . During these protests, Gandhi had perfected the concept of satyagraha, which had been inspired by the philosophy of Baba Ram Singh (famous for leading the Kuka Movement in the Punjab in 1872). He led the Dandi March and Salt Satyagraha. Gandhi was assassinated on 30th January 1948, in New Delhi. Source: SabrangIndia
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale – A pioneer of the Indian National Movement, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the founding social and political leaders who fought all his life for India’s freedom from the British Empire. He was a leader with moderate reformist views, who aimed at achieving not only independence from British Raj but also endeavoured to bring social reforms in the Indian society and political reforms within the existing government institutions, through non-violent means. Source: Wikipedia
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Popularly known as Swantantrya Veer Savarkar, V.D Savarkar was a pro-independence activist, playwright and a poet. He coined the term ‘Hindutva’ to create a collective identity as an ‘imagined nation’. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921. Savarkar endorsed the ideal of India as a Hindu Rashtra and opposed the Quit India struggle in 1942, calling it a “Quit India but keep your army” movement. He became a fierce critic of the Indian National Congress and its acceptance of India’s partition. He was accused of the assassination of Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi but acquitted by the court. Source: Bharath Gyan – WordPress.com
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Prithviraj Chauhan: Prithvi Raj III was a king of the Hindu Chauhan dynasty. He ruled the kingdom of Ajmer and Delhi after succeeding to the throne at the young age of 20 and ruled much of present-day Rajasthan and Haryana. He is remembered for having defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 and later killing him during an archery show when blinded and imprisoned by the latter in 1192. Source: http://www.myguru.in/The-prithviraj-chauhan
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Chandragupta I: He was a major king in Indian history and also the founder of the Gupta Dynasty. He is believed to have formed several alliances with powerful houses through marriages into those families. He was the Gupta Emperor from 320–335 CE and called himself Maharajadhiraj which means king of kings to show his superiority over others. He ruled over territories like Prayag (Allahabad), Saket (Oudh) and Magadh (south Bihar). Source: SlideGo
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M.S Subbalakshmi: World renowned Carnatic singer from Madurai and recipient of Bharat Ratna Award, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan among many others. Source: frontline.in
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R.K Narayan: One of the best Indian writers of all time Narayan is the author of ‘Swami’ and the famous fictional work ‘Malgudi days’. He is popularly known for capturing the real India of pre-freedom era through his works. Source: The Reel – Scroll.in
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Bhagat Singh: Bhagat Singh was an Indian revolutionary who was charged with the assassination of Major Saunders. This was an act of revenge against the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai. He along with Batukeshwar Dutt bombed the Central Legislative Assembly, shouted slogans of revolution and threw pamphlets. He was sentenced to death and executed on 23rd March 1931. Source: indians old photo – blogger
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Bharat Ratna Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, generally known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th President of India (2002-2007). He was elected against Lakshmi Sehgal in 2002 and had support from both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress, the two leading political parties of India. By profession, he was a scientist and an administrator in India. He worked with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as an aerospace engineer before becoming the President of India. His work on the development of launch vehicle and ballistic missile technology had earned him the name of the ‘Missile Man of India’. The Pokhran-II nuclear tests conducted in India in 1998 after the original nuclear test of 1974 saw him in a pivotal political, organisational and technical role. Source: The Indian Express
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Defence of India Act 1915: The Defence of India Act 1915, also referred to as the Defence of India Regulations Act, was an emergency criminal law enacted by the Governor-General of India in 1915 with the intention of curtailing the nationalist and revolutionary activities during and in the aftermath of the First World War. Source: Wikipedia
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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan: The only Pakistani to win India’s highest civilian award – Bharat Ratna. Known as the frontier Gandhi, he was staunchly opposed to the two-nation theory and almost brought NWFP to join India during partition. Source: Wikipedia
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Quit India Movement: The Quit India Movement or the August Movement, was a civil disobedience movement launched by Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India. Source: Wikipedia
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Jagdish Chandra Bose – J.C Bose was a Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, botanist, archeologist, sci-fi author. IEEE named him among fathers of radio science for pioneering investigation of radio & microwave optics. He was the first person from Indian subcontinent to receive an US patent. He is credited with the invention of crescograph to study plant response to various stimuli. Source: scienceindia.in
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Sachin Tendulkar – Popularly known as the ‘God of Cricket’ in India, the little master has been conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by the Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them for his mammoth contribution to the sport. Source: dnaindia.com
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Satyajit Ray: The father of Indian filmmaking, Satyajit Ray breathed life into India’s art. He was conferred with an Honorary Oscar Award for his role in direction and his famous work Pather Panchali won 11 International prizes including Best Human Documentary at Cannes. He was awarded 32 national film awards, Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1985, Legion of Honor by President of France- 1987 and Bharat Ratna- highest civilian honour in India in 1992. Source: IMDb
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Jawaharlal Nehru: Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi’s father, was a leader of India’s nationalist movement and became India’s first prime minister after its independence. He died on May 27, 1964, in New Delhi, India. Source: The Citizen
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Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre: On April 13th 1919, the British forces, led by General Dyer opened fired on peaceful protestors and Baisakhi pilgrims as a punishment against breaking the martial law. More than 1500 were injured and 1000 dead. Source: cbsencertanswers.com
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Chandrashekhar Azad: Chandra Shekhar Azad was one of the most noteable Indian revolutionaries, who joined the revolution for the Indian independence when he was only 15 years old. He garnered fame for the Kakori Train robbery in 1925 and the killing of the assistant superintendent Saunders in 1928. He had vowed that he would never be arrested by the British police and kept his promise by using his last bullet to shoot himself in the head. Source: Bhakti Sangrah
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The Non Co-operation Movement: Led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the non-co-operation movement was launched in 1920, to protest against the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre. Source: up-inc.weebly.com
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Vallabhbhai Patel: A lawyer and a political activist, Sardar Patel played a leading role during the Indian Independence Movement. After independence, he was crucial in the integration of over 500 princely states into the Indian Union. He was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s ideology and principles, having worked very closely with leader. Despite being the choice of the people, on the request of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel stepped down from the candidacy of Congress President, which ultimately turned out to be the election to choose the first Prime Minister of independent India. He was the first Home Minister of Independent India and his uncompromising efforts towards consolidation of the country earned him the title ‘Iron Man of India’. Source: Wikipedia
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: He is considered as the most revered freedom fighter of India who built the first Indian armed force named the Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army. His famous slogan “You give me blood, I’ll give you Freedom” sparked patriotism in the hearts of many Indians during the fight for independence. Even today, these words don’t fail to inspire and move us. During the period of 1921-1941, he was imprisoned eleven times in various jails due to his stand for complete independence. Source: Wikipedia
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born December 25, 1876, in Karachi, Pakistan. In 1906 he joined the Indian National Congress. Seven years later, he joined the India Muslim League. The independent state of Pakistan that Jinnah had envisioned came to be on August 14, 1947. The following day, he was sworn in as Pakistan’s first governor-general. On September 11, 1948, he died near Karachi, Pakistan. Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
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Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak – The first Indian nationalist to embrace Swarajya as the destiny of the nation, Tilak started the newspapers, Marattha and Kesari. With a vision to spread the values of Swarjya Tilak started the Bombay Swadeshi Co-op stores, to boycott foreign goods and pioneered grand celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi and Shiva Jayanti to bring people together. His popular sentence “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it” became the source of inspiration for Indians. Source: Cultural India
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Lord Curzon: Viceroy and Governor General of India, ordered the partition of province of Bengal. Source: University of Glasgow
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Aurobindo Ghosh : (1872-1950) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was a freedom fighter, poet, scholar, yogi and philosopher. Worked towards the cause of India’s freedom, and for further evolution of life on earth. Source: Tamilnation
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Rabindranath Tagore: Thinker, Poet, Author, Educator and an important aspect of Indian Freedom Struggle. Tagore was also conferred the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Source: GoBengal
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Lala Lajpat Rai: Lala Lajpat Rai, popularly known as Punjab Kesari, was a famous freedom fighter of India. He was one of the three extremist members of the Indian National Congress who gave their life for the independence of India along with other two members Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal. They were collectively known as Lal-Bal-Pal. These extremist members of the Indian National Congress wanted self-government for India and they were the first Indian leaders to demand the complete political independence for the country. Source: Delhi Events
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Founded the Bramho Samaj and lead the battle against age-old social norms in India. Source: GoBengal
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: Launched a movement for Muslim regeneration that culminated in the founding in 1875 of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (renamed Aligarh Muslim University in 1920). Source: Alchetron
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Bipin Chandra Pal: Bipin Chandra Pal (1858-1932) was a noted politician, journalist, an eminent orator and one of the three famous patriots, known as the trilogy of Lal Bal Pal. The other two were Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was one of the main architects of the Swadeshi movement and stood against the partition of West Bengal. Source: Ideas of India
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C.V Raman: One of the greatest Indian scientist and the winner of the prestigious Nobel Prize for Physics at the time of Einstein, Bohr, Plank and Marie Curie. Think of all the eminent physicists of that time and image our man standing tall amidst that stupendous group. Source: KenFolios
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Rani Velu Nachiyar (1730–1796), was a queen of Indian Sivaganga from 1760 to 1790. She was the first queen to fight against the British in India. Rani Nachiyar was trained in war match weapons usage, martial arts like Valari, Silambam (fighting using stick), horse riding and archery. She was a scholar in many languages and she had proficiency with languages like French, English and Urdu. Source: Live India . Com
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Rani Lakshmibai: Rani Laxmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi (November 1835 – 17 June 1858) was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi, situated in the northern part of India. She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in the subcontinent. She died in combat during their battle against the British Forces in Gwalior. Source: Utsavpedia
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Mangal Pandey: Mangal Pandey, a 29-year-old sepoy, was believed to be responsible for inspiring the Indian sepoys to rise against the British. Pandey revolted against his army regiment for protection of the cow, considered sacred by Hindus. In the first week of May 1857, he killed a higher officer in his regiment at Barrackpore for the introduction of the rule. He was captured and was sentenced to death when the British took back control of the regiment. Source: Alchetron
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Surendranath Baneerjee: Founder of Indian National Association in 1876. Source: puronokolkata
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Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja: He was one of the earliest freedom fighters in India. He was the prince regent of the princely state of Kottiyur or Cotiote in North Malabar, near Kannur, India between 1774 and 1805. He fought a guerrilla war with tribal people from Wayanad supporting him. He was caught by the British and his fort was razed to the ground. Source: Wikipedia
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The rebellion of 1857: The Indian rebellion of 1857 was a large-scale rebellion in northern and central India against the British East India Company’s rule. It was suppressed and the British government took control of the company.
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Tipu Sultan: Famously known as the Tiger of Mysore, Tipu Sultan ascended the throne after the death of his father, Hyder Ali. He was renowned for his bravery in the wars against the British East India Company. Well known for his valor and courage, he is regarded as the first freedom fighter of India for his fierce battles against the British who tried to conquer the territories under the sultan’s rule. Source: Daily Mail
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati: Started the Arya Samaj.
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