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Jitendra Singh to Geelani: Tell us why your children are not 'freedom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)[India], May 6 (ANI): Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh today urge the youth of Kashmir to ask separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani why his children were not part of the so-called freed
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President Mukherjee to honour freedom fighters in Patna
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will embark on a two-day visit to Patna today to participate in the ongoing centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha.
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Odisha: PM Modi to meet Paika Rebellion freedom fighters' kin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr. 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today will be meeting the family members of the freedom fighters, who undertook an armed rebellion against the British rulers in the state in 1817.
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Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi remembers Mahatma Gandhi, hails freedom fighters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar. 26 (ANI): Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi while addressing the 30th edition of his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat', on Sunday hailed Mahatma Gandhi and recalled the bravery of the freedom fighters.
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Bharat Maa Shaheed Samman Trust felicitates freedom fighters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 18: Bharat Maa Shaheed Samman Trust had yesterday organized "Bharat Maa Gaurav Sandhya" a musical program of patriotic songs, to felicitate families of freedom fighters, in the remembrance of their supreme sacrifice.
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BJP is anti-Gandhi, anti-Nehru: Opposition
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 15 (ANI): Slamming Haryana Minister Anil Vij's statement on Mahatma Gandhi, the opposition on Sunday termed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as anti-Gandhi and Anti-Nehru, adding that the people in the party are against the ideologies of both the freedom fighters
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Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval to enhancement of pension for freedom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.21 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to enhancement of pension for freedom fighters and for the spouses (widows/widowers), eligible daughters and dependent parents of deceased freedom fighters under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Sch
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Naidu to visit Tamil Nadu to pay homage to freedom fighters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu will today visit southern parts of Tamil Nadu to pay homage to freedom fighters.
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Freedom Fighters honoured by Bharat Maa Shaheed Samman Trust to celebrate
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Celebrating the freedom of our nation, the co-founders of Bharat Maa Shaheed Samman Trust, Mr. Sanjay Dalmia and Ms. Jai Madan recently hosted a felicitation ceremony for the freedom fighters in Kanpur.
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President hosts 'At Home' for freedom fighters on 74th anniversa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hosted an 'At Home' reception for freedom fighters on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Quit India Movement at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Don't need reminders, haven't forgotten sacrifices of freedom fi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): The Congress downplayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Yaad Karo Kurbani' celebrations saying that the sacrifices of the freedom fighters were ingrained in every Indian citizen and nobody needed reminders to recall their great sacrifices.
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Govt. gears up to celebrate Quit India Movement anniversary
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 2 (ANI): Providing details of the NDA Government's ambitious plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that programs would be held across the nation to make youth aware of th
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