Indian Independence
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Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna Born-August 15, 1798 Died- January 26, 1831 A great revolutionary not known outside of Karnataka, but whose story we should all be knowing. Thread on hi...
1/6. ‘Tipu Sultan was the only prince who died fighting the British… With (his death) Indian Independence was extinguished for a century and a half.’ Not quotes from Karnataka’s ne...
Why Savarkar was sentenced to Kala Pani and who sent him? (Expose) Do you know in which crime Savarkar was sentenced to 50 years Jail ? Ok we will talk about it later Do u...
INA’s first Woman Spy who let her “Breast” cutoff but not spoken a single word to protect Subhash Chandra Bose! An unsung freedom warrior Late Neera Arya (05-03-1902 / 26-07-1998)...
NATIONAL POLITICAL FIGHT OF SWATANTRYAVEER SAVARKAR - HINDU MAHASABHA through contemporary news & articles. So here are some extracts searched & found from thousands of pages of A...
Did you know about the Sanyasi Rebellion, that happened between 1770-1775, in the British Bengal, now parts of Bengal, Odisha & Bangladesh, which was part of India then? https://t....
#Thread #Long #1948HyderabadMassacre: An Unforgettable Day in Indian History, The Story of First #Genocide in Independent India where an estimated 200K ppl were murdered. & the dep...
Nehru, who said he would fight against INA personally on the Indian border, realised this would be big. He put his appearance on record and walked away with credit for defending th...
Britain had no plans to give freedom to anyone until Feb 1946. The GoI act of 1935 was the template. India would have a degree of self-government under British supervision (the Cri...
Did you know? Janaki Thevar was an 18 year old when she commanded the Burma contingent of Indian National Army's Rani Jhansi Regiment and probably the youngest to do so. https://t...
Why Nehru agreed to partition? (Source: The Last Days of The British Raj by Leonard Mosley) Nehru (in 1960): “The truth is that we were tired men, and we were getting on in years...
Neera Arya was born on March 5, 1902, in India. She was the daughter of distinguished & eminent businessman Seth Chhajumal. She had been a patriot since her childhood towards her n...
1. Five Books on India's Independence One of the most detailed works ever written on India's independence are the three volumes by R C Mazumdar in his 11 Volume Series - History a...
Did you know? Bhikaji Cama was the first person to hoist the Indian flag on the foreign soil in Stuttgart, Germany. People may have heard her name on roads and buildings, but ve...
#MuslimsAgainstThePartition a thread Allah Bux Somroo of Sindh was a mass leader who organized Azad Muslim Conference to oppose Jinnah's demand of Pakistan. It was a coalition of...
When Mahatma Gandhi said "Do or die" at the start of Quit India Movement, he expected people to win freedom for India or die in the attempt to achieve it non-violently. The standin...
● 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗴 𝗔𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗗𝗵𝗮𝗹 😅 - 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 & 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Truth of Quit India Movement - Royal Indian Navy Revolt - INA - Bose C...
This invaluable letter in Bengali was written by Justice PB Chakravartti to historian RC Majumdar. Chakravartti recalled his talk with former British PM Sir Clement Attlee, who unl...
💮Did you know about the Right-hand man of Veer Savarkar who revolutionized the independence struggle in southern Bharat?💮 VVS Aiyar was born on April 2, 1881, in a middle class br...
I am not a student of history so forgive my mistake if any. But the dominant narrative is that Indians stabbed Indians in the back and we lost control of India. Whilst that may be...
Did you know? Vasudev Balwant Phadke was an Indian independence activist and a young revolutionary who took arms against the british raj. He was born on 4 november 1845 in shirdon...
Did you know? Babu Kunwar Singh was a great hero of the first freedom struggle of India, who at the age of 80 had the ability to fight and win. #Thread Babu Kunwar Singh, an ant...
Vasudev Balwant Phadke, often called as the father of the Indian armed revolt, passes away on this date in 1883 in a prison in Aden. Thread on a great revolutionary. https://t.co/...
"Wherever he [Netaji] happens to be, I have no doubt, he will continue to give his all, even his health and life, to the cause of Indian freedom." -- Veer Savarkar in 1942 (interc...