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Replica of Andaman Cellular jail on display in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): In order to make the general public realise the hardships and struggle faced by freedom fighters during their time in prison, the Veer Savarkar Smarak at Shivaji Park in Mumbai has displayed replicas of the 'Kolu', handcuffs and the cellular jail o
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Punjab govt renames four schools after freedom fighters, martyrs
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Punjab education minister Vijay Inder Singla on Tuesday gave nod to rename four government schools after freedom fighters and martyrs under its educational institutions renaming policy.
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Museum called 'Biplobi Bharat' should be established, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that a museum -- Biplobi Bharat -- should be established in which Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh and Rash Bihari Bose among other freedom fighters should be given a place.
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Revolutionaries mentioned as 'terrorists' in MP-based university question
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Revolutionaries were termed as "terrorists" in the question paper for a post-graduation examination in Gwalior-based Jiwaji University, drawing ire of students who saw it as an insult of freedom fighters.
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Raj Babbar participates in anti-CAA protest, cites execution of freedom f
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of December 19, during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act here on Thursday, actor turned politician and Congress leader Raj Babbar said that the day is very important as freedom fighters Ashfaqulla Khan and Ram
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Count and tell how many freedom fighters were there from BJP? Asks Kamal N
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and asked them to count and tell how many freedom fighters were there from their party.
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Provisions already in existing laws to check insult of freedom fighters, s
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Already provisions exist in the current legislation for the prevention of incidents where people insult Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in a
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Conferring Bharat Ratna to Savarkar would be an insult to all freedom figh
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 26 (ANI): Great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi on Saturday said that it would be a great insult to all martyrs and freedom fighter if Hindu Mahasabha ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is conferred with Bharat Ratna
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Confer Bharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev: Manish Tewari urges
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accord India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
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ABVP to organise debates on forgotten freedom fighters on every educationa
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to organise a series of debates on 'forgotten freedom fighters'.
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Forced to install busts of Savarkar, Bose, Bhagat Singh as DU administrati
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president Shakti Singh on Wednesday admitted having installed the busts of freedom fighters VD Savarkar, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Bhagat Singh 'without due permission' outside the Art Faculty on the university's North
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Uttarakhand: CM extends Independence Day greetings; pays respect to freedo
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India] August 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat extended his greetings on the occasion of Independence Day and paid respect to all freedom fighters as well as all the immortal martyrs and agitators of Uttarakhand state formation here on Thursd
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