by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Tarak Nath Das has a Wikipedia article available in 12 languages, which hints at how far his story has traveled, even though most people still barely know his name compared to other Indian freedom fighters. In this biography, we walk through his journey from a young...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Tirot Singh, the Syiem (king) of the Khasi hill state of Nongkhlaw, launched a daring armed resistance against the British in 1829 and changed the history of the Northeast forever. Born circa 1802 in Mairang, Meghalaya, he led a determined tribal kingdom into a modern...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Garimella Satyanarayana was not just a poet, he was the voice that marched at the front of Andhra’s freedom processions, and his 162-line song “Maakoddee Tella Doratanamu” became such a powerful weapon that he was arrested on 9 February 1922...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Pandit Madan Lal Dhingra’s story is one of a quiet, serious young man who walked into a London hall in 1909, fired six bullets at a British official, and walked calmly back to his seat, fully prepared to be hanged, and even in 2024 a new 311‑page...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai’s story is one of rare courage, where a lawyer from Tamil Nadu decided to challenge British economic dominance on the high seas by founding a fully Indian-owned shipping company in 1906 to run ships between Tuticorin and Colombo. V. O....
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
On 8 April 1929, Batukeshwar Dutt and Bhagat Singh threw two smoke bombs into the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi to protest repressive British bills, making global headlines even though there were no fatalities. In Batukeshwar Dutt biography, we walk through...
