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Around 260 Opposition Leaders, Including Rahul Gandhi, Detained During March to Election Commission
About 260 opposition leaders were detained for nearly two hours in Delhi on 6 October 2026 while marching to the Election Commission…
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Aruna Asaf Ali Biography: Early Life, Quit India Heroine, Underground Years, Mayor of Delhi and Bharat Ratna
Aruna Asaf Ali biography: born in 1909, she hoisted the national flag in Bombay on 9 August 1942 to launch the Quit…
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V. O. Chidambaram Pillai Biography: Early Life, Swadeshi Shipping Company, Prison, Tamil Scholarship and Legacy
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai biography: born in 1872, the Tamil lawyer launched an Indian shipping company against the British monopoly in 1906…
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Surendranath Banerjee Biography: Early Life, ICS Dismissal, Indian Association, Congress President and Legacy
Surendranath Banerjee biography: born in 1848, the teacher and orator founded the Indian Association in 1876, led the campaign against the partition…
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Shivaram Rajguru Biography: Early Life, HSRA, the Saunders Shooting, Martyrdom with Bhagat Singh and Legacy
Shivaram Rajguru biography: born in 1908 near Pune, the marksman of the HSRA shot the police officer Saunders in Lahore and was…
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Bipin Chandra Pal Biography: Early Life, Lal Bal Pal, Swadeshi Movement, Journalism and Legacy
Bipin Chandra Pal biography: born in 1858, the orator and journalist of the Lal-Bal-Pal trio was a leader of the Swadeshi movement…
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Sukhdev Thapar Biography: Early Life, HSRA, Lahore Conspiracy Case, Martyrdom with Bhagat Singh and Legacy
Sukhdev Thapar biography: born in 1907, the revolutionary organiser of the HSRA in Punjab was hanged with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru on…
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Biography: Early Life, Revolutionary Years, Cellular Jail, Hindutva and Legacy
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar biography: born in 1883, the revolutionary who spent ten years in the Cellular Jail later formulated the ideology of…
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Alluri Sitarama Raju Biography: Early Life, Rampa Rebellion, Tribal Uprising Against British Rule and Legacy
Alluri Sitarama Raju biography: born in 1897, the young ascetic led the hill tribes of Andhra in the Rampa Rebellion against British…
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Kamala Nehru Biography: Early Life, Marriage to Jawaharlal Nehru, Freedom Struggle, Illness and Legacy
Kamala Nehru biography: born in 1899, the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru and mother of Indira Gandhi led women in the freedom movement…
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Himanta Biswa Sarma Biography: Age, Early Life, Education, Congress to BJP, Assam Chief Minister and Family
Himanta Biswa Sarma biography: born in 1969, the former Congress minister joined the BJP in 2015, built its base across the North-East…
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General K. S. Thimayya Biography: Early Life, Burma, Kashmir and Zoji La, Korea, Army Chief and Legacy
K. S. Thimayya biography: born in Coorg in 1906, the general took tanks over the Zoji La in 1948, won praise in…