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
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
‘Do or die’ was their slogan firm. She was Kanaklata Barua, a 17-year-old teenager, who nurtured dreams of freeing Mother India from the clutches of the British
It is unfortunate that we haven’t read about him in our History
text books. Except in Odisha, the name of Baji Rout hardly finds a
place in books and media
After Tarabai Bhosale assumed power, she became the supreme force of the Marathas. She regulated things so well that not a single Maratha leader acted without her order
Throughout May and June 1857 more units of Indian troops mutinied against the British. Sepoy units in the south of India remained loyal, but in the north, many units of the Bengal Army turned on the British. And the uprising became extremely violent
Congress declared a change in their goal from ‘Swarajya’ to ‘Poorna Swatantra’. This declaration will lead anyone to conclude that Congress has not declared war against British rule but against the revolutionaries
Revolutionaries affectionately called Durga Devi as Durga Bhabhi. Her style of functioning was different. She presided over the meeting called in Lahore to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai
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