Balkrishna Sharma: A freedom fighter & poet admired by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Balkrishna Sharma campaigned vigorously for Hindi to be declared a national language of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1960.
Lokanath Misra: Politician who opposed freedom to propagate religion as fundamental right
Lokanath Misra served as governor of three 3 northeastern states. As member of the Constituent Assembly, he highlighted need to protect Hindu culture & religion.
VT Krishnamachari: India’s master planner who laid the foundation of panchayati raj system
A civil servant, Krishnamachari donned many hats in pre- and post-Independent India, with the most notable being his stint at the Planning Commission.
Algu Rai Shastri: The socialist who vociferously denounced English as a foreign language
Algu Rai Shastri, a member of the Constituent Assembly, was against forced religious conversions and known for denouncing views of religious minorities.
Durgabai Deshmukh: The brave woman from Andhra who ended her own child marriage
Durgabai Deshmukh, one of 15 women in the 299-member Constituent Assembly, was a feisty individual who studied law to help the wrongfully convicted.
Sardar Hukam Singh, a minority rights champion in Constituent Assembly
Sardar Hukam Singh, who served in first three Lok Sabhas, refused to sign draft of the constitution as he felt it failed to secure...
The Kerala governor who openly pushed Indira’s case for PM
Ajith Prasad Jain also served in a Nehru Cabinet and backed the abolition of the zamindari system.
Gokulbhai Bhatt, the Constituent Assembly member who called the Constitution ‘un-Indian’
Gokulbhai Bhatt, who quit college to join the non-cooperation movement, was a staunch proponent of the Gandhian Panchayati Raj.
Muhammad Ismail, Indian Muslim League pioneer who wanted Hindustani as official language
During Constituent Assembly debates, Ismail pushed for Hindustani because it was the most spoken and understood language in India.
Hiralal Shastri, the man who pushed for equal rights within Constituent Assembly
The first chief minister of Rajasthan, Shastri also co-founded the all-women Banasthali Vidyapith.
One in three people at Congress rallies may not have voted for the party: Lokniti-CSDS
Survey data from BJP and Congress rallies during 2019 election suggest that huge crowds are deceiving and don’t translate into votes in favour.
Does Congress have a future in India after 2019 Lok Sabha election results?
The Congress party faced a crushing defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections at the hands of Narendra Modi-led BJP.
Defence
IAF workhorse AN-32 gets a fuel that’s green and creates jobs for tribals
The IAF will now run its AN-32 transport aircraft on a blended bio-fuel partly derived from trees. It plans to widen the experiment over the next two years.
Modi era begins in politics as caste factor fades. Here’s why he won’t be easy to beat
BJP's Mandir politics has subsumed Mandal under Modi-Shah and created a pan-Hindu vote. Modi's challenger has to invent a new politics.