महात्मा गांधी जी ने कहा था कि हमारी मां बहनों के सहयोग के बगैर आजादी का संघर्ष संभव ही नहीं था.
महिलाओं ने आजादी की लड़ाई को अपने अदम्य साहस से धार दीं. चाहे महावीरी देवी हों या 13वीं 14वींशदी की भारत की शेरनी राम प्यारी गुर्जारी जिसने लंगड़े तैमूर लंग को देश से खदेड़ कर ही दम लिया.रानीअवंती बाई लोधी तो रानीअबकका चौटा जिन्होंनेअपनी देश की रक्षा के लिए सर्वोच्च बलिदान दिया.महिलाओं ने कभी पीछे मुड़करनहीं देखा.आजादी के पूर्व और बाद में संविधान निर्माण से लेकर आकाश में उड़ान भर अप्रतिम योगदान दीं

MUTINY AT RIASC, KURLA, MUMBAI.
My father Hav. M.C. Ramamurthi along with Havildar Awayal Badsha and Lance Naik Mudgal led a strike on 21st Feb 1946 in solidarity with the Indian Naval ratings. After the surrender of the naval ratings on 24th Feb'1946, all three also called off the strike and went back to duty only to be detained by the military police and held in single cells in Santacruz Military Prison. The army headquarters set up a court-martial consisting of Brig. HM Mohite, Maj. Johnson, and Maj Saleem to try for attempt to cause a mutiny. Purushottam Das Tricumdas, chairman of the Indian Socialist Party lead the legal support .
However, all three were tried and the court-martial found them guilty. As luck would have it, due to the assumption of the interim council, all three were discharged. My father wrote to the government of the day with no response. He has inspired all of us to rise to occasion for the cause of the nation. Nation First!

Major Durga Malla was born on 1 July 1913 at village Doiwala in the Dehradun district of Uttaranchal. Durga Malla had drawn inspiration from the poet and social reformer Subedar-Major Bahadur Singh Baral and the musician and playwright Mitra Sen Thapa.Durga Malla was one of those who played an important role in the formation of the Indian National Army. In 1942, he not only joined this Army with a patriotic zeal but also inspired his fellow men to join it. He is known for his last words which he said to his wife, “Sharda, I am sacrificing my life for the freedom of my motherland. You need not be worried and distressed. Crores of Hindustanis will be with you after my death. The Sacrifice I am offering, shall not go in vain. India shall be free. I am confident, this is only a matter of time.”

Radhashyam Chaudhury was a freedom fighter from the village of Denur in Burdwan District of West Bengal. He was an eminent lawyer and patriot.
He was involved in activities against the British for freedom of the nation and had been to jail several times. His mother Srimati Chandan Kuari Chaudhury once signed an affidavit to the British confirming that her son would not participate in any anti British activities and there after ensured release of her son. After coming out of jail, Radhashyam Chaudhury when became aware of his mother's affidavit, he was very depressed. Neither he could go against his Mother's word nor he could stop participating in activities for the freedom of his Motherland. And thus committed suicide in repentance at an early age leaving behind his wife and three kids. His sacrifice and service to India is a motivation for generations to come.

Durgawati Devi and Gulab Kaur are among 20 freedom fighters whose lives have been chronicled in a pictorial book titled “India’s Women Unsung Heroes: The Brave Women of our Freedom Struggle”.Gulab Kaur was a Ghadarite. She and her husband Mann Singh sailed to India from Philippines to mobilise the masses against the British rule. “When her husband developed cold feet, she abandoned him”,during the recent agitation by the farmers against the controversial farm laws, a hall was named after Gulab Kaur by the farmers at their protest site at Tikri border.Durgawati Devi had accompanied Bhagat Singh as his wife during his escape to Kolkata from Lahore after he shot John Saunders. For the escape Bhagat Singh had dressed up in western attire while Durgawati (known as “Durga bhavi” in revolutionary circles) wore a very expensive sari and goggles to play her part as the wife of a fashionably dressed husband. Her child ‘Sachi’, who was then an infant, was with her”,The book, brought out by the mi

Matangini Hazra (19 October 1870 – 29 September 1942[1]) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement until she was shot dead by the British Indian police in front of the Tamluk Police Station (of erstwhile Midnapore District) on 29 September 1942. She was affectionately known as Gandhi buri, Bengali for old lady Gandhi.

Bhikaji Cama

Although there are numerous roads and buildings named after her around the country, only few know who she was and what she did. Not only was she a part of the Indian Independence Movement, she was also a figure for gender equality. She donated most of her personal effects to an orphanage for girls. She also unfurled the Indian flag at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart in Germany, 1907.

Bhikaji Cama

Although there are numerous roads and buildings named after her around the country, only few know who she was and what she did. Not only was she a part of the Indian Independence Movement, she was also a figure for gender equality. She donated most of her personal effects to an orphanage for girls. She also unfurled the Indian flag at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart in Germany, 1907.

Begum Hazrat Mahal
She was a vital part of the 1857 Indian Rebellion. After her husband was exiled, she took charge of Awadh and even seized control of Lucknow during the rebellion.
In Lucknow, Begum Hazrat often called meetings to encourage soldiers, asking them to be brave and fight for the cause. She wrote letters of instruction for the movement and is reported to have appeared on the battlefield in February 1858, mounted on an elephant.
Later, Begum Hazrat had to retreat to Nepal, where she died.

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