Major Hoshiar Singh
…minefields on both sides and protected by well-fortified defence by the Pakistani army. Major Hoshiar Singh, Commander of ‘C’ Company, was ordered to capture the Pakistani locality of Jarpal. The…
Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 – 17 November 1928)
…that it was important for the national cause to organize propaganda in foreign countries to explain India’s position as the freedom struggle had taken a militant turn. He left for…
Aruna Asaf Ali
…Muslim) and age (a difference of more than 20 years). Freedom struggle: Early days She became an active member of Congress Party after marriage and participated in public processions during…
Lance Naik Karam Singh
…evacuation and continued to hold on to the first-line trenches. When enemy soldiers secured a position close to the frontline, Karam Singh jumped out of his trench and bayoneted the…
Rama Raghoba Rane
…and tireless diligence of 2nd Lieutenant Rane, who worked ceaselessly, our column could not have reached Chingas – an important feature which secured for us a vantage position to advance…
Taj Mahal
…these words:[11] Should guilty seek asylum here, Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin. Should a sinner make his way to this mansion, All his past sins are to…
R Venktaraman
Ramaswamy Venkataraman(Tamil: ராமசுவாமி வெங்கட்ராமன்) (4 December 1910 – 27 January 2009[1]) was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter and politician who served as a Union minister and as the eighth President of…
Sardar Bhagat Singh (28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931)
…freedom and civil liberties. They decided to oppose these by throwing a bomb in the Central Assembly Hall (now Lok Sabha). For this the British arrested Bhagat Singh and his…
C. Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972)
C. Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972) C.R. or ‘Rajaji’ was close to Gandhi. A stalwart, who imbibed Gandhi’s ideology and practiced it privately & publicly. Rajaji was…
Captain Vikram Batra
…in the Indian Army as a Lieutenant of the 13 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles at Sopore, in Jammu and Kashmir. He rose to the rank of Captain. Param Vir Chakra…