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"Her courage, sacrifice continue to inspire generations": Rahul Gandhi pay
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Rani Velu Nachiyar was the first woman from a royal family to have challenged the British Empire. Rani Velu Nachiyar took up arms when her husband and his second wife were killed by the combined forces of British soldiers and the son of the Nawab of Arcot.
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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann pays tribute to revolutionary heroes of Kakori Rai
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday paid tribute to Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, and Roshan Singh, the heroes who lost their lives during the Kakori Rail Action.
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"I'm taking soil with me" Mauritian citizen quest to find his ancestral ho
Updated : 7 months ago IST
At first, his quest to find his place in the world ended in disappointment, but with the help of the Jajpur district administration and his immense faith in Lord Jagannath, Ramrup Jagannath finally located his village in Jajpur district on his fourth attempt.
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"Had Congress not committed that sin...": PM Modi slams Congress for remov
Updated : 7 months ago IST
PM Modi criticised the Congress government for contributing to the partition, saying that it adopted the "slave mentality" from the British colonial rule and stressed that the Congress removed the partition of Vande Mataram on religious grounds at the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas parade.
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Andhra Pradesh Dy CM Pawan Kalyan likens 2019-24 rule to colonial era, ann
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pavan Kalyan compared the state's challenges from 2019 to 2024 to dark times, likening the previous rulers' governance to British colonial rule.
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Amit Shah pays tributes to revolutionaries of Kakori incident
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Kakori Train Action or Kakori Conspiracy was a train robbery that took place at Kakori, a village near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925 during the Indian Independence Movement against the British colonial rule.
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PM Modi pays homage to Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's founding President
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Nkrumah led the Gold Coast to independence from British colonial rule in 1957, renaming it Ghana. This achievement made Ghana the first sub-Saharan African nation to achieve independence, a milestone that resonated throughout the continent.
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Maharashtra CM visits Chapekar Bandhu Memorial in Pune
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Damodar Hari Chapekar, Balkrishna Hari Chapekar assassinated British Officer Walter Charles Rand and his military escort Lieutenant Ayerst on June 22, 1897 for his oppressive actions to stop the spread of the Bubonic plague in 1896 in Pune, Maharashtra. The third brother, Vasudeo Hari Cha
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'Fight was not just against British but against social discrimination': Ra
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Highlighting the broader impact of Bhagat Singh's revolutionary spirit, Gandhi noted that Bhagat Singh's fight was not only against the British colonial rule but also against casteism and social discrimination.
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Ghazipur, The Opium Mint: From 1820 to the Present by Kawal Deep Kour
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21: Kawal Deep Kour's Ghazipur, The Opium Mint: From 1820 to the Present unearths a fascinating history that intertwines colonial ambitions, imperial power dynamics, and the global opium trade. This well-researched work explores the story of the Ghazipur Opium Factor
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Tipu Sultan a "very complex figure in history," says EAM Jaishankar
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Speaking at the event, Jaishankar said, "Tipu Sultan is actually a very, very complex figure in history. On the one hand, he has the reputation as a key figure who resisted the British colonial control over India, and it is a fact that his defeat and death can be considered a turning poin
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"Her bravery, efforts in fight for freedom continue to inspire generations
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Rani Laxmibai was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She died fighting British colonial rulers near Gwalior in a place known as Kotah-ki-Serai in 1858.
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