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  2. Tilka Majhi - Wikipedia

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    Tilka Manjhi was born as Jabra Pahadia, into a Santhal [a] family on 11 February 1750 in a small village called Tilakpur located in present-day Sultanganj, Bihar.His name,Tilka, meaning "person with angry red eyes" in Pahadia language was given due to his fierce nature.

  3. Swadeshi movement - Wikipedia

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    The Indian National Congress used this movement as arsenal for its freedom struggle and ultimately on 15 August 1947, a hand-spun Khadi tricolor Ashoka Chakra Indian flag was unfurled at Princess Park near India Gate, New Delhi by Jawaharlal Nehru. [4] The government's decision to partition Bengal was made in December 1903. The official reason ...

  4. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The Indian textile industry also played an important role in the freedom struggle of India. The merchandise of the textile industry pioneered the Industrial Revolution in India and soon England was producing cotton cloth in such great quantities that the domestic market was saturated, and the products had to be sold in foreign markets.

  5. Revolutionary movement for Indian independence - Wikipedia

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    The India House was the beginning of a number of noted Indian revolutionaries and nationalists, most famously V. D. Savarkar, as well as others of the like of V.N. Chatterjee, Lala Har Dayal, V. V. S. Iyer, The house came to the attention of Scotland Yard's work against Indian seditionists, as well as the focus of work for the nascent Indian ...

  6. List of Indian independence activists - Wikipedia

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    He was a writer in Hindi, an editor for Socialist Leader, and a liberation fighter. [25] Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav: A veteran freedom fighter, Shri Yadav participated in India's freedom struggle. [26] Ram Prasad Bismil: The founder of the HRA, he led the Kakori conspiracy in an attempt to raise funds for revolutionary operations. Ramesh Chandra Jha

  7. Champaran Satyagraha - Wikipedia

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    The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India and is considered a historically important rebellion in the Indian independence movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent , during the British colonial period .

  8. Vasudev Balwant Phadke - Wikipedia

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    Vasudev Balwant Phadke (4 November 1845 – 17 February 1883) was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary who sought India's independence from colonial rule. Phadke was moved by the plight of the farming community and believed that Swaraj was the only remedy for their ills.

  9. Sukhdev Thapar - Wikipedia

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    Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian freedom fighter who fought against the British government for the freedom of India. He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He was executed along with Shivaram Rajguru and Bhagat Singh on 23 March 1931.