Lahore: Pakistani civil society activists have demanded that the square in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged over eight decades ago should be renamed after the freedom fighter to honour his struggle to free the people of the region from the suppression and cruelty of British rule. During a ceremony held on Friday evening at Shadman Chowk, the spot where Singh was hanged on March 23, 1931, with his fellow...
12:26 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Agra: Indian Army chief General VK Singh on Sunday opened the first Rashtra Mandir, dedicated to freedom fighters and social workers, at the Mankameshwar temple complex here. The Rashtra Mandir is a unique temple in the name of people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Annie Besant and Bhagat Singh. Mahant Har Har Puri, who is the brain behind the shrine, told IANS: "Nationalism today has to be the foundation of...
11:14 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Daulat Ram, one of the nominees for the CNN-IBN's Citizen Journalist Awards, is fighting to get his pension for his contribution during the freedom struggle. ...
11:16 AM, Jan 29, 2012
In this week's '30 Minutes' special meet 'The Inheritors' of India's great legacies - men and women who carry the burden and expectations of an illustrious surname. ...
07:12 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: As India marches into its 65th year of independence, the people who fought tooth and nail for the freedom most of us take for granted feel this is not the nation of their dreams and are troubled by the all-pervading culture of corruption. Captain S.S. Yadav, a 93-year-old freedom fighter who served in the Indian National Army (INA) of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, feels that the country has...
11:50 AM, Aug 15, 2011
Citizen Journalists freedom fighter Suresh Aggarwal, Air Cmdr (Retd) KK Badhwar fight for their dignity, respect and pension. ...
09:05 AM, Aug 14, 2011
New Delhi: Contrary to doubts raised about his death, historical evidence indicates that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in an air crash Aug 18, 1945, and the nation must accept that he was a martyr to the cause of freedom, says his grandnephew who has authored a new biography on Netaji Bose. "I have addressed the question of Netaji's death in the final chapter of my book. Historical evidence that...
12:10 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Kolkata: A new book on the life of Subhash Chandra Bose sheds light on the freedom fighter's life and times. His Majesty's opponent - Subhash Chandra Bose - the life of Netaji chronicled by his grand nephew Sugato Bose. A childhood replete with tales of Netaji's heroic adventures has helped this Harvard University professor and prominent historian recount India's prominent freedom fighter from close quarters. Professor Sugato Bose said, My...
10:44 PM, Jul 16, 2011
Panaji: Freedom fighters in Goa on Tuesday demanded an apology from Portuguese ambassador to India Jorge Roza de Oliveira for making what they called shameless and baseless statements against them. Spokesperson of the All Goa Freedom Fighter's Association (AGFFA) Nagesh Karmali said at a press conference that 'Fundacao Oriente', a cultural organisation mandated to create awareness about Portuguese culture, should be thrown out of Goa. Oliveira, who was on a...
04:47 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress is on the backfoot over an advertisement in the latest issue of its mouthpiece 'Sandesh' that has dubbed Bhagat Singh as a freedom fighter "born to a Jat Sikh family". The ad describes Rajguru as an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra's Deshastha Brahmin community. It also introduces Sukhdev as a Brahmin freedom fighter who was involved with Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Rajguru in the killing of a...
02:03 PM, Apr 12, 2011
Hoshiarpur: Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's kin have been fighting a 21-year legal battle to get justice for one of their relatives, who is believed to have been killed by the Punjab Police when terrorism in the state was at its peak. He has been missing since 1989. The family of Surjit Kaur, Bhagat Singh's niece, is hopeful that they will get justice for Kuljit Singh Dhatt, 45, of Ambala Jattan...
11:56 AM, Jan 07, 2011
Gauhati: Indian freedom fighter Bholaram Das marked his 100th birthday this weekend by announcing he was going back to school. Das has enrolled in a PhD program at Gauhati University in Assam - making him perhaps the oldest university student in this country of 1 billion. "In my 100 years, I have done many things in the sphere of society, politics, governance and religion," said Das, dressed in a suit,...
11:36 AM, Oct 18, 2010
The 90-year-old woman was living on the streets of Delhi for the last four years. ...
05:32 PM, Jan 17, 2010
She will get medical attention and care at an old age home in Janakpuri. ...
10:44 AM, Jan 14, 2010
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