Category: Indian Freedom Movement
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The Great Indian Rebellion of 1857 (The Sipahi Vidroh)
This day (10th May 1857), the great Indian Rebellion #SipahiVidroh begun by Indian troops in service of the East India Co. The soldiers were shackled & imprisoned, but they kept fighting ferociously, shot British officers, and marched on to Delhi, but eventually ended in defeat. The Company controlled much of India through many native sepoys,…
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Santhal Hool Revolt: The story of the valour of Tilka Manjhi, Sidho & Kanhu Murmu and the other Santhal tribals
Today is Santhal Hool Diwas, the anniversary of the Santhal revolt against British rule. Indian history considers the 1857 revolt as the first uprising against the British. Despite ample pieces of evidence in the public domain, Indian historians did not care to write a word about the Santhal revolt. You would be surprised to know…
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak : The Father of Indian Unrest !!
“Swaraj humaara janmsiddh adhikar hai” (Self-rule is our birth right) roared Tilak, the Lion of India, which inspired millions of Indians. His book Geeta-Rahasya, a classic treatise on Geeta in Marathi was written by him in prison at Mandalay in Burma. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, on 23rd of July 1856 was…
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Forgotten Liberators: Masterda Surya Sen
Surya Sen, also known as Masterda, was a prominent revolutionary and was the chief architect of the anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong, Bengal (now in Bangladesh). On January 12, 1934, the British officials entered the cell of their captured revolutionary and brutally tortured him by breaking all his teeth, limbs, and joints with a hammer. The torture…
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