Topic: Indian independence
PM to address events on Birsa Munda & Ambedkar as BJP uses Azadi show to reach Dalits, tribals
Committee headed by Amit Shah has approved high-profile events under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav programme, which celebrates 75 years of India's independence.
RSS roadmap before it turns 100: New debate on freedom struggle & radical Islam, expansion
RSS is will complete 100 years in 2025, and so, its second-highest decision-making body has taken some crucial decisions that will be part of the Sangh’s roadmap for the next couple of years.
Premdatta Varma, Bhagat Singh’s co-accused and India’s lesser-known freedom fighter
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav should be the year when Panjab University finally recognises and honours Premdatta Varma’s role as freedom fighter by installing a plaque.
Gandhi’s encounter with a young Romila Thapar in Pune that inspired her activism
In 'The Psychology of a Patriot', journalist Saket Suman delivers an account of modern India, tracing the evolution and contestation of patriotism.
100th year of Chauri Chaura — event that led to Gandhi calling off Non-Cooperation Movement
In 1922, Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement unilaterally after a confrontation between police and protesters turned violent in Gorakhpur district.
Rani Gaidinliu, ‘daughter of the hills’ who spent 14 years in jail for India’s independence
Rani Gaidinliu began her own version of the Non-Cooperation Movement in the 1930s among Naga tribes and made it difficult for the British administration to function in the region.
Why 1921 Malabar Moplah rebellion wasn’t a peasant uprising but an ‘anti-Hindu genocide’
In the run-up to the centenary year of the 1921 Moplah rebellion, a Malayalam movie is set to valorise the chief protagonist, Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji.
Khudiram Bose never got his due as a freedom fighter, ZEE5 just made it worse
After outrage over the wrongful depiction of freedom fighter Khudiram Bose in a ZEE5 web series, the channel went on to issue a problematic apology.
Iconic Akashvani tune to secret station and banned songs — India’s tryst with radio waves
On World Radio Day, a look at how radio played an important role in Indian history.
Pakistan has turned its birth day into a black day. Just to spite India over Kashmir
Pakistanis don’t accept their Indian roots, and prefer being Chinese, Arabs or Turks. Yet it’s India that lives in all our thoughts and actions.
Parag Agrawal of Twitter signals Brahmin clout at IIT ending. Kota is now Baniya phenomenon
Baniyas, with their financial might, have breached the sanctum sanctorum of IITs. Money is playing a bigger role than birth in a certain caste. Change is welcome.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.