freedom fighter

Despite his illustrious life, his simplicity is what earned him ever-increasing respect among people of Odisha, as well as India. Though his life came to an end on May 29, 2010, his spirit and unwavering pulse to help common people, has truly immortalised him forever!

Did you know he once injected himself with bacilli to prove that leprosy was not highly contagious? This was just one of his many attempts to smash the social stigma around the disease!

Honoured with the Padma Shri, Janaki Thevar took over the leadership of INA's Rani of Jhansi regiment in Burma when she was just 18 years old!

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.

Few Indians know about the legend who so meticulously crafted India's national song, Vande Mataram. Here's the little-known story of Bengal's Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Here's the untold story of Ram Prasad Bismil, the poet, patriot and exemplary freedom fighter whose powerful words can stir up a storm in one’s heart even today.

Saraswathi Gora's life is a saga of struggle to achieve social justice and equality and to translate humanist ideals into practice.

A forgotten compatriot of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad, Durga Devi Vohra lived a life of intrigue and danger to help India gain freedom from colonial rule.

Here's the story of Chandra Shekhar Azad, the legendary freedom fighter whose name made the police of the British Raj break into a cold sweat

Bharatiyar was many things. He was a revolutionary, a visionary, and above all a poet with immeasurable talent. In his short life of 38 years, he spread the message of Swaraj fearlessly.