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‘बहरों को सुनाने के लिए ऊँची आवाज़ की ज़रूरत’: ब्रिटिश सरकार को नाकों चने चबवा दिए थे भगत सिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरु, शहीद दिवस पर देश कर रहा नमन एसेंबली में बम फेंकने के लिए भगत सिंह और बटुकेश्वर दत्त को आजीवन कारावास की सज़ा मिली। वहीं, सैंडर्स की हत्या के लिए भगत सिंह, राजगुरू और सुखदेव को फाँसी की …

Mass killings, rapes, and plunder in ‘East Pakistan’: Bangladesh commemorates anniversary of Pakistani General Tikka Khan’s genocidal ‘Operation Searchlight’ Bangladesh’s parliament noted, “It is Parliament’s opinion that March 25 be declared Genocide Day to commemorate the genocide conducted by the atrocious Pakistani forces on the black night of March 25, 1971.” Operation Searchlight Bangladesh is solemnly marking the 52nd Genocide …

Nathuram Godse’s Final Statement: “On January 13, 1948, I learnt that Gandhiji had decided to go on fast unto death. The reason given was that he wanted an assurance of Hindu-Muslim Unity… But I and many others could easily see that the real motive… [was] to compel the Dominion Government to pay the sum of Rs 55 crores to Pakistan, …

Netaji Subhas against grip of Gandhi-Nehru: The way history of India has been written post-independence, it is rare to find a post-independence historian to write anything praiseworthy about any freedom-fighter who is not from the clan which appropriated India as its fiefdom. If Nehru is to be considered as the protagonist of India freedom story, not only Subhas Chandra Bose, Vallabhbhai Patel, …

Netaji Declaration of Independence: Today, Oct the 77th anniversary of the formation of the first Indian government. In 1943, on October 21, one of India’s greatest sons – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose announced the formation of the ‘Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind‘ or the provincial government of free India in Singapore and declared war on the British Empire. 21 October 1943: Netaji …

Maharana Pratap: The battle of Haldighati – Mewar is a region that defies conventional ideas and modern beliefs. Its people are proud. People may wonder why so, but a peek into Mewar’s history and a visit to the area will give all the answers one needs. This land in the Aravalli range of Rajasthan has seen people who gladly embraced …

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Speech: ‘Myth-making‘ is an intrinsic feature of the establishment of any Republic. In order to legitimise its existence and its hold over power, the ruling establishment of every country creates certain myths that helps it further entrench itself in the corridors of power and justify its ideology. A similar phenomenon has also been observed with the establishment …

Bose Not Gandhi Ended British Rule – Why even after 70 years of his disappearance the people of India are so keen on finding out the truth about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose? A part of the answer has to do with what Netaji did for us. Declassified records, testimonies of those who had a ringside view of events coupled with …

As we remember horrors of partition, here is what Hindus need to learn to ensure that Bharat is never torn apart again The Hindus’ collective right to retain the cultural, religious and ethical integrity of the only land they have has to be held sacrosanct – legislatively, judicially and socially. This is, perhaps, the one lesson that history is screaming …

‘वर्ल्ड एस्टेरॉयड डे (International Asteroid Day)’ यानी ‘विश्व उल्कार्पिड दिवस‘ प्रतिवर्ष 30 जून को मनाया जाता है, जो 1908 में ‘तुंगुस्का घटना‘ की सालगिरह है जब उल्कापिड विस्फोट से पूरा जंगल नष्ट हो गया था। यह घटना 75 वर्ष पुरानी है जब 30 जून, 1908 को रूस के साइबेरिया इलाके में एक बहुत ही भयानक विस्फोट हुआ। पोडकामेन्नया (Poddkamenna) तुंगुस्का …