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"Sing your death song and die like a hero going home": Courageous saga of Lachit Barphukan: Heroic defender of Assam who defied the Mughals, igniting a flame of Nationalism and Resilience for generations to embrace and preserve India's glorious heritage
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Raktim Pator, an emerging historian from Assam and the author of the book "Maharaja Prithu," sheds light on the remarkable resistance displayed by Hindu kingdoms during the rule of Muslim dynasties
"You cannot expect to get the effect when you neglect to create the cause": 73 years after his death it was Modi who finally brought back ashes of Shyamji Krishna Varma and his wife from Geneva as their last wish to be returned to an independent India
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Fearing backlash from the British authorities, he strategically shifted his operations to Paris and continued his relentless pursuit of India's freedom. Even when his health faltered in the 1920s, his spirit did not wane
"The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas": Veer Baikunth Shukla, was executed by the British for avenging the death of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru by killing the traitor Phanindra Nath Ghosh who had become a govt approver
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In an act of defiance that reverberated through the ages, he and his courageous wife unfurled the national flag with unwavering pride at the hallowed grounds of Tilak Maidan in Muzaffarpur
"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