Freedom fighter

On 8 August 1942, Gandhi addressed the masses from the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay (now Mumbai) and exhorted them to participate in the Quit India Movement.

Inspired by Gandhi's principles and ideals, Kumaran began to participate in the demonstrations announced by Bapu.

A man who built an army of 500 to take on the British, Haipou Jadonang has been largely overlooked by writers and historians. It's time this changed. #ForgottenHeroes #IndianIndependence

Giving up his knighthood to support the Quit India Movement, he fought not just for India's freedom but also for its integrity! #ForgottenHeroes #IndianIndependence

Not many in the country today would have heard of Dr KB Menon or of his journey from a scholar teaching at the Harvard to a stalwart revolutionary in the Malabar, who found his greater calling in the independence struggle for his motherland.

The 3 bravehearts stormed Kolkata's Writer's Building, and started firing rounds at the British.

She was no trained assassin, but the 21-year-old aimed five shots at the then Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson known as ‘Jackers.'

Also known as Kerala Simham, the 18th-century warrior king continues to remain a revered hero in the state who fought for his citizens and didn’t bow down to the British until his last breath.

When most women were denied basic rights and preferred to stay within the four walls of their homes, she paid heed to Gandhi’s call for protests and mobilised other women to carry out demonstrations during the Quit India Movement.

One of the men who decided it was enough was V O Chidambaram Pillai, also known as VOC. A man responsible for motivating people to drive out the British with defiance.