by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Ras Bihari Bose’s life stretched from a quiet Bengal village to the political heart of Tokyo, and he was born on 25 May 1886 in Subaldaha in the then Bengal Presidency, a very unlikely starting point for a revolutionary who would shake two empires at once. Ras...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Lala Lajpat Rai’s life reads like a fast‑paced political drama, from his birth in a small Punjab town in 1865 to his death in 1928 after a brutal British lathi charge on a peaceful protest. Born January 28, 1865 in Dhudike and dying November 17, 1928 in...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
April 14, 2025 marked the 134th birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar, which tells us how powerfully his life story still speaks to India and the world today. In this biography, we walk through his journey from a boy facing harsh caste discrimination to the chief...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was born on February 6, 1890, in Utmanzai in the then Punjab Province of British India, and his nearly 98-year life tracked almost the entire arc of the subcontinent’s modern history. In this biography, we walk you through how a tall,...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Alluri Sitarama Raju was born on July 4, 1897 in the small village of Pandrangi in present-day Andhra Pradesh, and in less than 30 years of life he shook the British Empire across the Eastern Ghats. His story mixes fearless guerrilla warfare, deep connection with...
by Ashish Salunke | Freedom Fighters, Politicians
Aruna Asaf Ali, born on July 16, 1909 and passing on July 29, 1996, lived through almost the entire arc of India’s freedom struggle and early nation building, and her story ties together underground resistance, bold symbolism, and quiet political work after...
