Tamils & the many wars of Independence: pre-1857 Subject : History Section: Modern History Context: In his Independence Day speech, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin chronicled the lives of a dozen Tamil freedom fighters, each of whom took on the British in their own Dravidian territories before 1857 — the year […]
Ondiveeran Subject :History Section: Modern India Context: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting for authorizing a commemorative postal stamp for freedom fighter Ondiveeran. Concept: Ondiveeran was a native of NerkattumSeval near Sankarankoil in the erstwhile Tirunelveli district (since bifurcated and now in Tenkasi district). Ondiveeran was a trusted lieutenant in thePulithevan Army […]
The revolutionaries whom Modi mentioned in his Independence Day speech Subject : History Section: Modern India Context :In his address from the Red Fort on Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to a range of personalities from India’s freedom struggle, including fearless revolutionary heroes, leaders of tribal movements, spiritual leaders, women […]
Women heroes of India’s freedom struggle, mentioned by PM in his I-Day speech Subject : History Section: Modern India Context: In his ninth Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed “nari shakti”, and urged people to pledge to not do anything that […]
Karnataka govt ad on Har Ghar Tiranga omits Nehru, features Savarkar prominently Subject :History Section: Modern history Pre Independence Post Independence In 1912, he attended the Bankipore Congress as a delegate. 1916, he joined Annie Besant’s Home Rule League. He met Mahatma Gandhi and entered the freedom struggle at the national level during […]
An event to flag Subject : History Section: Modern History Context: The national flag was a slight changeover from the swaraj flag which was first hoisted at the Indian National Congress Session in Calcutta in 1911 by the late DadabhaiNaoroji On July 22 July, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru moved the following Resolution before the […]