Freedom Fighter
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Udham Singh Martyrdom Day: Know about the freedom fighter who avenged Jallianwala Bagh
India | Jul 31, 2025, 11:58 AM ISTUdham Singh was a prominent Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter best known for avenging the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. His life took a radical turn when, as a teenager, he witnessed the horrific massacre at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919.
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti 2025: Key takeaways from his life and legacy
Education | Jan 22, 2025, 05:55 PM ISTThis year, we are celebrating the 128th Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti. On this occasion, let's remember his teachings and values that continue to inspire generations.
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Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan-ISBT Chowk to be known as Birsa Munda Chowk now: Who was he? Know here
India | Nov 15, 2024, 12:59 PM ISTBirsa Munda birth anniversary: Since 2021, Birsa Munda's birth anniversary is being observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas to remember the sacrifices of unsung tribal heroes. In Jharkhand he is addressed as 'God Birsa Munda.'
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Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2024: Wishes, messages, images, WhatsApp and Facebook status to share
Lifestyle | Oct 02, 2024, 07:29 AM ISTCelebrate Gandhi Jayanti 2024 with heartfelt wishes and inspiring messages. Scroll down to find the beautiful images and creative WhatsApp and Facebook statuses to share with friends and family, honoring the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Jawaharlal Darda's biography 'Jawahar' launched in Delhi: Know about him
India | Dec 04, 2023, 08:57 PM ISTThe book preserves his life journey, replete with numerous milestones, struggles, and moral values—from the fight for the country's independence to his tenure as a minister in the Maharashtra government.
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Bhagat Singh birthday: PM Modi pays tributes to freedom fighter on his 116th birth anniversary
India | Sep 28, 2023, 11:18 AM ISTBhagat Singh birth anniversary: Born on September 28, 1907, at Banga in Punjab, in a Sikh family, Bhagat Singh had a spirit of patriotism. His birth anniversary is celebrated across India with high spirits.
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Udham Singh martyrdom day: 5 unknown facts about the revolutionary who avenged Jallianwala massacre
India | Jul 31, 2023, 02:13 PM ISTThe heroic act of taking revenge for the Jallianwala massacre that is too in the UK during British rule will be cherished by generations to come.
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Shaheed Diwas 2023: Why is Martyr's Day celebrated, Significance, Facts, Quotes and more
Lifestyle | Mar 23, 2023, 01:04 PM ISTShaheed Diwas 2023: Martyr's Day is observed in India on March 23rd every year to honour freedom fighters who gave up their lives for the country's independence.
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Lachit Barphukan birth anniversary: PM says India rectifying past mistakes, honouring unsung heroes
India | Nov 25, 2022, 02:12 PM ISTLachit Barphukan's birth anniversary: Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi said India was making amends for its past errors by commemorating its rich heritage and honouring its unsung heroes who were forgotten in the history books that were written as part of a conspiracy during the colonial era.
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Shaheed Bhagat Singh birth anniversary 2022: Inspirational quotes by the great freedom warrior
Lifestyle | Sep 28, 2022, 12:37 PM ISTShaheed Bhagat Singh birth anniversary 2022: The warrior is revered as a heroic figure of India's struggle for independence from colonial domination. Let's look at some of his inspirational quotes.
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Maniram Dewan: Assam's first tea planter, freedom fighter, martyr
India | Aug 07, 2022, 11:37 AM ISTRecognising his capabilities, the British appointed him as Dewan of the Assam Company Ltd, the tea company incorporated in London in 1839 with headquarters at Nazira near Sivasagar in eastern Assam. Thus he came to be known as Maniram Dewan.
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Khudiram Bose death anniversary: Remembering India's one of youngest freedom fighters
India | Aug 11, 2021, 09:02 AM ISTKhudiram Bose Death Anniversary: Khudiram Bose volunteered in India's freedom struggle when he was only 15-yr-old.
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Independence Day Special: 5 Incredible Women Who Shaped India's Freedom Struggle
Fyi | Aug 14, 2020, 01:35 PM ISTThe stories of how India fought to free itself from the shackles of Colonial rules still reverberate in our hearts. From the Great Revolt of 1857 to the attainment of independence in 1947 lakhs of freedom fighters fought to free the country from the British Tyranny. Undoubtedly, this fight would have been incomplete without the participation of women.
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Statue of freedom fighter, goddess's idol vandalised in West Godavari school
News | Mar 14, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTA statue of freedom fighter Potti Sriramulu and an idol of Goddess Saraswati were vandalised by unknown miscreants at a school in Andhra Pradesh.
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Subhas Chandra Bose temple to open in Varanasi on Thursday
India | Jan 22, 2020, 07:47 PM ISTA temple built in the name of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be inaugurated here on Thursday which also happens to be the 123rd birth anniversary of the iconic freedom fighter.
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Question paper at university in Gwalior stirs row after it refers freedom fighters as 'Revolutionary
India | Dec 27, 2019, 03:01 PM ISTA section of students and the opposition BJP protested in Madhya Pradesh on Friday after a Master of Arts question in Gwalior's Jiwaji University described some freedom fighters as "revolutionary terrorists".
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History that matters: 19-year-old Khudiram Bose chose death over bowing to British Empire
Fyi | Dec 03, 2019, 03:23 PM ISTKhudiram Bose was one of the youngest freedom fighters in Indian history. He was found guilty of bombing the carriage of Kingsford, killing wife and daughter of barrister Pringle Kennedy. He actually plotted the assassination of Douglas Kingsford which went wrong.
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Remembering Ashfaqullah Khan on his 119th birth anniversary
News | Oct 22, 2019, 05:06 PM ISTToday is freedom fighter Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan’s 119th birth anniversary. The poet-revolutionary made us realise how the seed of revolution often takes birth in poems, ideas and sacrifices.
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Freedom fighter Mohammed Bazi dies at 102
India | Jun 27, 2019, 04:27 PM ISTWell known freedom fighter Mohammed Bazi passed away on Thursday at the age of 102 following an illness in Odisha's Nabarangpur district.
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Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade dies
India | Jun 25, 2019, 10:27 AM ISTRanade had been ailing since some time and undergoing treatment at the hospital where he breathed his last around 5.30 am, his friend and Goa-based historian Sanjiv Sardesai told reporters here.