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Maniram Dutta Baruah, popularly known as Maniram Dewan (17 April 1806 – 26 February 1858), was an Assamese nobleman in British India.He was one of the first people to establish tea gardens in Assam.
A freedom fighter from kerala. Born in a rich aristocratic family, Ulloor gopi was drawn towards the national struggle by socialist thoughts. He was arrested five times by the British, in Quit India Movement his contributions could be called historical. Umaji Naik Khomane: Umaji was the first Ramoshi Freedom Fighter who fought against British ...
Female leaders like Sarojini Naidu, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Pritilata Waddedar, and Kasturba Gandhi promoted the emancipation of Indian women and their participation in the freedom struggle. Few leaders followed a more violent approach, which became especially popular after the Rowlatt Act , which permitted indefinite detention .
The Gujarati activists Narhari Parikh, Ravi Shankar Vyas, and Mohanlal Pandya talked to village chieftains and farmers and solicited the help of Gujarat's most prominent freedom fighter, Vallabhbhai Patel. Patel had guided Gujarat's farmers during the Kheda struggle, and had served recently as Ahmedabad's municipal president. He was widely ...
A large crowd waits for Bal Gangadhar Tilak at Central Station in Madras, 1917.. The Indian Home Rule movement was a movement in British India on the lines of the Irish Home Rule movement and other home rule movements.
Hemu Kalani was born in a Sindhi family [4] at Sukkur in Sind Division of Bombay Presidency in British India (now in Pakistan) on 23 March 1923. [5] ( His birthday coincides with the day Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru were hanged).
India is a nuclear-weapon state, having conducted its first nuclear test in 1974, followed by another five tests in 1998. From the 1950s to the 1980s, India followed socialist -inspired policies. The economy was influenced by extensive regulation , protectionism and public ownership, leading to pervasive corruption and slow economic growth.
From 1920, Eram was a secret place for Utkal Congress meetings, Gopabandhu Das, Harekrushna Mahatab and other Congress leaders used Eram as a place for public meetings to share the messages about Quit India Movement or Non-cooperation Movement of Mahatma Gandhi and to propagate the Gandhian ideals of freedom struggle among the villagers. [3]