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Satyamurti

Posted Sat, 01/06/2007 - 00:15 by admin

Satyamurti was born on August 19, 1887 in Tirumayyan village, in the principality of Pudukottai, now part of Tamil Nadu. His father, Surendur Sastriar, an orthodox brahmin, scholar, and pleader by profession, died leaving his wife, children and aged parents to fend for themselves. Satyamurti was the eldest of the five sons and one of nine children.

Ramprasad Bismil

Posted Sat, 01/06/2007 - 00:13 by admin

Ramprasad Bismil was one of the great Indian freedom fighters, who also participated in the Kakori train robbery. He was also a great poet and has written several inspiring verses. He was prosecuted by the British Government in India. Ramaprasad Bismil joined the select band of martyrs who dreamt of a free India and made the supreme sacrifice, so that the dream might come true.

Rabindranath Tagore

Posted Sat, 01/06/2007 - 00:11 by admin

Rabindranath Tagore, pronounced Ravindronath Thakhur, was born May 7, 1861 or the 25th day of the month of Baisakhi in the year 1268 (Bengali lunar calendar) in Calcutta, amidst turmoil of British and Indian relations. He was the sixth child born to Sarada devi and Mahashri Debendranath Tagore.

Senapati Bapat

Posted Sat, 01/06/2007 - 00:04 by admin

India's freedom fighters seem to have come from all walks of life and from many varied backgrounds. Of those freedom fighters one stands out as a man who had only one goal and only one vision.

Rash Behari Bose

Posted Sat, 01/06/2007 - 00:03 by admin

Rash Behari was born on May 25, 1886, in Palara-Bighati (Hoogly) village. His mother passed away in 1889 when Rash Behari was still a baby. He was brought up thereafter by his maternal aunt Vama Sundari.

Ram Manohar Lohia

Posted Sat, 01/06/2007 - 00:01 by admin

Ram Manohar Lohia was born on March 23, 1910 in a village named Akbarpur in the District of Faizabad. Ram's father, Hira Lal, was a nationalist by spirit and a teacher by profession. His mother, Chanda, died when Ram was very young. Ram was introduced to the Indian freedom struggle at an early age by his father through the various protest assemblies Hari Lal took his son to.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Posted Fri, 01/05/2007 - 23:58 by admin

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, son of Mahadev Sahai, was born in Zeradei village in Bihar on December 3, 1884. Being the youngest in a large joint family "Rajen" was greatly loved and was strongly attached to his mother and elder brother Mahendra. Zeradei's population was cosmopolitan in nature and the people lived together in happiness and harmony. Rajendra Prasad's earliest memories are playing "kabaddi" with his Hindu and Muslim friends. Rajen was married when he was barely 12 years old to Rajvanshi Devi.

Purushottam Das Tandon

Posted Fri, 01/05/2007 - 23:55 by admin

Purushottam Das Tandon is one of the patriarchal figures of the Indian National Congress. He presided over the Congress session in Nasik in 1950. He was a staunch champion of Hindi as a national language. and believed in upholding Hindu ideals.

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Posted Fri, 01/05/2007 - 23:55 by admin

Mangal Pandey

Posted Fri, 01/05/2007 - 23:53 by admin

Mangal Pande (born (presumably): July 19, 1827, died: 8 April 1857),
Also known as Shaheed Mangal Pande (Shaheed means martyr in Arabic and Hindustani), was a sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) of the British East India Company.

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