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We need own sense of history with Indian perspective: Vice President
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday called for writing history with Indian perspective and values, saying that the British historians never accepted 1857 as the first war for Independence and tried to portray it merely as a 'sepoy mutiny'.
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Had it not been for Savarkar, 1857 rebellion wouldn't have become history:
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Amidst BJP proposing up the names of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar for Bharat Ratna in its manifesto for the Maharashtra state assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday credited Savarkar for coining the 1857 rebellion as the Firs
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Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Rani Laxmibai on death anniversary
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday paid rich tributes to Queen of Jhansi Rani Laxmibai on the occasion of her death anniversary, calling her one of the leading figures of the 1857 freedom struggle.
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Indian Mission pays respect to freedom fighter Begum Hazrat Mahal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Apr 8 (ANI): The Indian Embassy here paid respect to freedom fighter Begum Hazrat Mahal on her 140th death anniversary, by laying a wreath on her tomb on Monday.
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Mann Ki Baat: PM remembers Veer Savarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 27(ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered social reformer Veer Savarkar and said it was the latter who boldly expostulated that whatever happened in 1857 was not a revolt but was indeed the First War of Independence.
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Mel Gibson, Sean Penn to act in movie on Oxford Dictionary's author
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London, Aug. 3 (ANI): Oscar winner Mel Gibson and filmmaker Sean Penn will star in the movie based on the story of Professor James Murray, the linguist who compiled the Oxford English Dictionary in 1857.
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