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TopicC. Rajagopalachari

Topic: C. Rajagopalachari

Ruling party must be replaced by a party that respects individual freedom: C Rajagopalachari

On 1 August 1959, C Rajagopalachari addressed the first convention of Swatantra Party in Bombay, criticising the Congress' governance and policies while calling the new party's formation a movement of freedom.

Loyalty to British seemed easier than loyalty to authority of our own democracy: Rajagopalachari

On 20 August 1948, C Rajagopalachari delivered an address in Bangalore, speaking about respecting democratic authority, maintaining order in free India, and everyday civic responsibility.

Communists are shy of daylight. There’s something wrong with their ideology: C Rajagopalachari

On 23 May 1953, C Rajagopalachari delivered a speech at the Malabar District Political Conference in Palghat, examining the rise and fall of communism in India.

Universities should develop personality, otherwise learning is worthless: C Rajagopalachari

On 8 August 1949, India’s last Governor-General C Rajagopalachari spoke about the state of higher education in India and its shortcomings at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

‘I am not Karna’: Rajagopalachari’s great grandson CR Kesavan after resigning from Congress

Journey over because he doesn't relate to way Congress approaches public discourse or what it stands for, adds Kesavan. Denies speculation that he is in connect with other parties.

C R Kesavan, C Rajagopalachari’s great grandson, resigns from Congress

In the resignation letter addressed to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Kesavan said he ‘doesn’t concur with what the party symbolises and stands for.’

Kalki — rebel Tamil literary giant who quit school to join Non-Cooperation Movement

Kalki was a prominent Tamil literary figure in the 1930s and '40s known for cult novels like 'Ponniyan Selvan' and 'Alai Osai'.

Masani, Rajaji and Shenoy — the free-market troika that challenged the Nehruvian State

A new paper by historian Aditya Balasubramanian engages with the economic ideas of three public figures who led the charge against the Nehruvian mixed economy.

Swatantra Party had a lot to say on China after 1962. If only Nehru had heard them

The reaction of Swatantra Party leaders C. Rajagopalachari, Minoo Masani, K.M. Munshi and N.G. Ranga during the 1962 War should be emulated today.

Don’t hang Godse, said Gandhi’s sons. This is how Nehru, Patel and Rajaji replied

Many prominent Gandhians requested clemency for the Mahatma’s assassins. They pointed out that Gandhi wanted to abolish death penalty.

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Our scriptures say that only fools indulge in self-praise: Vajpayee

On 15 August 1998, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, touching upon defence, economic reforms, secularism, corruption, and employment.

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

Navy officer, who entered burning LPG tanker repeatedly to recover missing crew, awarded Shaurya Chakra

Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman