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"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten": Asilatha Godse, also known as Himani Savarkar was the daughter of Gopal Godse and niece of Nathuram Godse who preserved every book of Savarkar when the Congress was destroying his work
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Himani Savarkar's upbringing was shaped by the fact that her father, Gopal Godse, was incarcerated when she was only 10 months old
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear”: Mula Gabharu, one among phenomenal patriotic women who fought with Mughals for her husband, for motherland, called the people of Assam to fight Mughals by taking Ahom sword in their hands
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Both loved their motherland very much. Both believed that freedom and patriotism are more important than life. Both of them had also proved this by their work
"True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless": Do you know on occasion of birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Bose on 23 Jan 1949, Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar announced that Bose was alive
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U.Muthuramalingam Thevar is revered as a hero of the Thevar/Maravar community. Thevar was become an icon in the political life in southern Tamil Nadu
"You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line": Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi - activist journalist who used journalism to aspire political engagement & develop critical thinking among the masses, who lived- and died- for communal harmony
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Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was an ideal prototype of activist journalist who used journalism to aspire political engagement and develop critical thinking among the masses
"Some heroes are made in a moment. Others are defined by a lifetime": Prime Minister Modi names 21 islands of Andaman and Nicobar after 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees, memory and lionisation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as a national hero loomed large
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Just like an ocean connects different islands, similarly, the feeling of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ ignites the spirit of Bharat Mata
"Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor": Surya Sen - hero behind Chittagong armory raid & attack on Europeans only club that shook British like never before, brutally tortured and executed by British on Jan 12, 1934
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A wanted poster of Surya Sen along with a cash amount of 10,000 takas was disseminated by the British government and the Inspector General of Police Division of Chittagong in 1932 immediately after the arms raid at Chittagong
"Heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life”: Samadhi of Hemachandra Vikramaditya, the last Hindu king to sit throne of Delhi, one of India's best military generals, achieving victory spree in 22 battles converted to Dargah
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Elephant carrying the wounded Hemu was captured and led to the Mughal camp. Bairam Khan asked the 13-year-old Akbar to behead Hemu, but he refused to take the sword to a dying man
"When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect": Revolutionary Sachindra Nath Sanyal, whom Gandhians sought to crush was the one to form Army of the Republic of Hindustan (1924), an Indian army that overthrew the British Raj
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Sachindra Nath Sanyal was the only revolutionary who was sentenced to life imprisonment twice
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins": Paona Brajabashi - Fearless Manipur General who valiantly led his 300 soldiers in one of the fiercest battles in history in the Battle of Khongjom against the British in 1891
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Paona reportedly replied that death was more welcomed than treason. Paona took off the cloth wrapped around his headgear and asked the British Officer to behead him
"True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason": Vinayak Damodar Savarkar who coined the Hindu nationalist ideology of Hindutva is an essence of Bharat and will continue to inspire generations to come
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Political prisoners were allotted to turn the oil mill. This singular work, as find place in almost every account of the survivors of the Cellular jail, was cruel and inhuman