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Know of Any Unsung Heroes of the Freedom Movement? Tell Us!

know of Any Unsung Heroes of the Freedom Movement Tell Us
Start Date :
Aug 06, 2021
Last Date :
Aug 15, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
Submission Closed

As part of the 'Bharat Ki Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations, a series of events are being organized by the Government of India to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s ...

As part of the 'Bharat Ki Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations, a series of events are being organized by the Government of India to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence.

Through this MyGov activity, we aim to revisit history and acknowledge our local heroes whose struggles during the Freedom Movement have not received prominence in the conventional storyline. Let's raise awareness about our freedom struggle & the unsung heroes associated with it. It’s time that the contributions of fighters like Veer Gundandhur, Velu Nachiyar, Bhikaji Cama, etc. see the light of the day.

This is your chance to tell the story that must be told and honour the freedom fighters who have played an important role in making our nation free.

Share the stories with all the details and celebrate Bharat Ki Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with us.

Submission of Entries:
• All the entries must be submitted online through www.mygov.in
• No other medium of submission will be accepted
• Share the following details while mentioning the story of our Unsung Fighter so that everybody can know more about them:
1. Name
2. Age
3. Address
4. District
5. State
6. Stories About their Contribution to Freedom Movement
7. Photos (if any)
8. Link to Videos/Audios (if any)

Let’s recognize and honour the unsung heroes of India's Independence!

The last date for the submission of entries is 15th August 2022.

Showing 5483 Submission(s)
PraptiSharma_17
Prapti Sharma 2 years 10 months ago

PINGALI VENKAYYA
Pingali Venkayya, a fervent freedom fighter and the man who designed the Indian national flag, was born on 2 August, 1876.
Venkayya joined the British Indian Army at the age of 19 and took part in the Anglo-Boer war in Africa.It was during the war that Venkayya met Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and formed an association which would last for more than 50 years.The present tricolour was adopted just days before India's independence, on 22 July, 1947. At the Kakinada conference of the Indian National Congress, Venkayya conceived the idea of a national flag back in 1921.
MK Gandhi added the white stripe to Venkayya's saffron and green flag while Arya Samaj movement founder Lala Hansraj contributed the Dharm Chakra.Venkayya died on 4 July, 1963 in Vijayawada.

PraptiSharma_17
Prapti Sharma 2 years 10 months ago

DURGAWATI DEVI

Durgawati Devi also known as Durga Bhabhi was born on 7 October 1907, in Prayagraj. She rose on the horizon of India's freedom struggle wielding tremendous influence on revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Ashfaqullah and Chandrashekhar Azad.One of the earliest female freedom fighters, Durgawati had a deep influence on the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).From assisting the escape of Bhagat Singh from Lahore, to learning how to make a bomb she did it all terrorising the British to a large extent. Durga started living as a common citizen in anonymity and exclusion in Ghaziabad. She went on to open a school for poor children in the Purana Kila area of Lucknow. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru also visited her school in 1956, now known as the City Montessori School. She died in Ghaziabad on 15 October 1999 at the age of 92.

PraptiSharma_17
Prapti Sharma 2 years 10 months ago

Aurobindo Ghose was born on August 15, 1872. He publicly supported non-co-operation but in private he was involved in secret revolutionary activities and helped build the revolutionary atmosphere in the country.Instrumental in the formation of several youth clubs, he also helped in building objectives of the national movement - Swaraj, Swadesh, Boycott and national education.
Ghosh started a daily newspaper Bande Mataram in 1907.An avid supporter of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, He was arrested in the aftermath of many bomb outrages, Aurobindo could only be convicted and imprisoned for writing articles against British rule in India.During his stay in the jail, he had mystical and spiritual experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for spiritual work. Contributing in the world of literature, Aurobindo wrote books like Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol and The Life Divine. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1943 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950

PraptiSharma_17
Prapti Sharma 2 years 10 months ago

Batukeshwar Dutt
He was born on 18 November 1910 aged 54. Along with Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs onto the floor of the Assembly on April 8, 1929. Batukeshwar Dutt was tried in the Central Assembly Bomb Case, and was sentenced in 1929 on life imprisonment while Bhagat Singh was sentenced to death. He was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman which was infamously known as Kala Pani. After his release from prison, Batukeshwar Dutt was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Nonetheless he participated in the Quit India Movement of Mahatma Gandhi and was again jailed for four years. Batukeshwar Dutt outlived all his comrades and died on 20 July 1965 in the AIIMS in Delhi after his long illness.

PraptiSharma_17
Prapti Sharma 2 years 10 months ago

There are many unsung heroes of our freedom struggle. Some of them played a very important role in the struggle but still they didn't got much popularity as the other political leaders. Many freedom fighters have struggled to free India, like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, etc. Still, we have somehow forgotten the other freedom fighters who had struggled for India and are known as Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggles like Peer Ali Khan, Khudiram Bose, Birsa Munda, Kamala Das, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Khudiram Bose, etc. Aurobindo Ghose was born on August 15, 1872. He publicly supported non-co-operation but in private he was involved in secret revolutionary activities and helped build the revolutionary atmosphere in the country. Pingali Venkayya, a fervent freedom fighter and the man who designed the Indian national flag, was born on 2 August, 1876.Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan, was a Pushtun leader of the Indian independence movement.

AMBIKA DAS T
AMBIKA DAS T 2 years 10 months ago

No one can conduct experiment with an abstract noun. Gandhiji authored his book "My Experiments with Truth" All scientists finds out the truth. They are searching the truth through scientific method.. But he is the one who did experiment with truth with the the weapons of Ahimsa and path of Righteousness and brought freedom along with others and left the Gandhi Maarg to follow.

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Gauri Verma 2 years 10 months ago

𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗬𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜
He was born on 30 December 1887 . He was popularly known by his pen name GHANSHYAM VYAS. He participated in Indian independence movement. He was politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat. After independence, he held several important posts like member of Constituent Assembly of India , minister of food and agriculture and governor of Uttar Pradesh. He participated in Salt Satyagraha and the Civil Disobedience Movement.

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Sharath Kashyap R
Sharath Kashyap R 2 years 10 months ago

My suggestion is,
This is a nice initiative Modi.ji. But just by filing up these number of unheard heroes is of no use. Instead, their stories need to be added in the local school text books. Many streets can be named after them. Some of their idols can be built in the circles. Their names can be given to the new government projects, buildings, & other properties. Their stories can be displayed in the Museums. Some of them might be awarded prosthemus National awards. Some of their names can be given to new awards. Likewise, they can be honoured for the sacrifice that they have done for our country.

Give this a thought PM Modi.ji,

Jai Hind!!!

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Sathyanath 2 years 10 months ago

My grandfather Shri Vadlamudi Satyanarayan garu from Kowthawaram village Krishna district Andhra Pradesh

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Siftpreet Kaur 2 years 10 months ago

John Mannual Lobo, son of Francis Lobo was born on 30th January 1930 on Ross Island (now Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island). He got his school education at South Point, affiliated with a Burma university.

He joined the Indian National Army (INA) in October 1943. As the youngest member of the INA, John Lobo was in the squad to present the Guard of Honour before Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Lambaline Airport on his arrival in the Andamans on 29th December 1943. On the morning of the next day (30th Dec) John Lobo’s squad of INA again presented the Guard of Honour to Netaji at the Gymkhana Ground, when he for the first time in Indian History hoisted the Indian Flag. The same day in the evening John Lobo and his squad members presented their third Guard of Honour to Netaji.

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