freedom struggle

A mill worker who was murdered by the British for his non-violent protest, sadly he is barely remembered in modern India #ForgottenHeroes

Without R Venkataraman's vision, India may not have developed such a strong indigenous missile system — in fact, he was the one who helped Kalam become India's Missile Man! #BirthAnniversary

Once the Dewan of Baroda and PM of Jaipur, this unsung legend understood that India could only grow from her villages. #History #ForgottenHeroes

“The world can thank a daughter of India, Dr Hansa Mehta, for replacing the phrase in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),” said former UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon back in 2015. #ConstitutionDay

Four months before India attained Independence, India's first Home Minister spoke to its first batch of IAS officers. Find out how he wanted them to move from ‘Swarajya’ to ‘Surajya’! #SardarPatel

Durgabai walked out of her own child marriage, helped draft the Constitution, set up key institutions and led the emancipation of women from the front.

Deeply in love with her adopted homeland, one went to jail during the Quit India movement. The other became a guardian of the Himalayas, devoting her life to protecting it.

She wasn’t born an Indian national, and yet the passion that Nellie Sengupta had for the Freedom Struggle was one that deserved to be written about in history books.

A member of the hallowed team that drafted India's constitution, Hiralal Shastri also fearlessly fought to support education for women.

"At the appointed time, Bhagat Singh and BK Dutta threw the bombs over the empty seats in the Central Assembly, threw the historic pamphlets 'To Make the Deaf Hear' and shouted slogans: 'Inquilab Zindabad' and 'Samrajyavaad ka naash ho'."