Freedom Struggle
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Quit India Movement: Why did Mahatma Gandhi give 'Do or Die' call and how it shaped India's freedom?
India | Aug 09, 2025, 12:00 AM ISTQuit India Movement: Mahatma Gandhi's call for "Do or Die" (often translated as "Karo Ya Maro" in Hindi) was a powerful statement of resolve, urging Indians to commit to achieving independence or sacrificing themselves in the struggle.
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Independence Day 2024: Lesser known facts about India's freedom movement
India | Aug 15, 2024, 06:55 AM ISTIndia will celebrate its 78th Independence Day on Thursday. As the country marks this occasion, let's take a look at some lesser known facts about India's freedom movement and incidents after August 15, 1947.
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History of freedom struggle not about a few years and some people: PM Modi
India | Jul 04, 2022, 03:49 PM ISTPaying rich tributes to Alluri Sitarama Raju, PM Modi said he involved himself in the country's fight for independence early, dedicating himself for Adivasi welfare and the country and was martyred at a young age.
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Freedom struggle begins again against foreign conspiracy: Imran's first tweet after ouster as PM
World | Apr 10, 2022, 05:26 PM ISTThe 69-year old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader lost the no-confidence motion against him as 174 members of the National Assembly voted in its favor. His party PTI has called for several 'peaceful' protests across several cities of Pakistan, against Imran Khan's ouster.
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Shaheed Diwas 2022: Ajay Devgn, Harbhajan Singh remember martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru
Celebrities | Mar 23, 2022, 02:32 PM ISTAjay Devgn, who has played the role of Bhagat Singh in a 2002 Bollywood movie, paid homage to the martyrs on Shaheed Diwas 2022. On this day, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged till death by the British Government.
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75th Independence Day: Quotes by historic dignitaries of freedom struggle
Books & Culture | Aug 14, 2021, 11:09 PM ISTIt was on August 15, 1947, when India achieved independence after years of struggle, breaking the shackles of British rule. This year marks the 75th Independence Day of the country. Here are some greatest quotes of India's freedom struggle luminaries.
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Country fighting against ideology that it fought against during freedom struggle: Priyanka Gandhi
National | Dec 28, 2019, 03:50 PM ISTVirtually equating the ruling BJP government with the British, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said that at present the country fighting an ideology which it had fought against during the freedom struggle.
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Mamata calls for second freedom struggle against NRC, CAB
National | Dec 06, 2019, 10:12 PM IST"We will launch another freedom struggle against NRC and CAB. We could not take part in the first freedom struggle which gave us our freedom. But we will take part in the second freedom movement. We will resist NRC and CAB," she said at the Solidarity Day rally organised by her party.
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Unfortunate that freedom struggle history revolves around some people, families: PM Modi
India | Apr 24, 2018, 06:45 PM ISTThe prime minister announced that museums dedicated to unsung freedom fighters, including members of tribal communities, would be built across the country.
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India’s first Partition Museum opens after 70 years of bloodstained tragedy
Life | Aug 15, 2017, 04:48 PM IST"You end up feeling so grateful to that generation who, I think, helped rebuild the nation, despite having suffered such trauma," says Mallika Ahluwalia, CEO of the Partition Museum .
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Activist denies India's involvement in Baloch 'freedom struggle'
India | Apr 10, 2016, 11:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: India, despite its strategic interests, has not been forthcoming in support to the Balochistan freedom movement, says a prominent author-activist from the restive western Pakistani province, rebutting Islamabad's allegations that New Delhi
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Bhagat Singh remembered in Pakistan
India | Mar 23, 2015, 09:30 PM ISTBhagat Singhs's role as freedom fighter must be acknowledged in the history books of Pakistan, concluded a convention organized by Punjab Lok Rahs in Farid Town on the eve of the revolutionary's death anniversary on
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India recalls Hazrat Mahal's contribution to freedom struggle
World | Apr 07, 2014, 04:50 PM ISTKathmandu: India today described Begum Hazrat Mahal, who had rebelled against British colonial rule in the country in 1857-58, as an “extraordinary freedom fighter”. Laying a wreath at the Jama Masjid here on her 135th