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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)
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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.

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B BODHI SAI KRIPA
B BODHI SAI KRIPA 2 years 6 months ago

Bheesetty Appa Rao , a patriot of Indian freedom movement. He was born on a remote village namely Anakapalle in the District of Visakhapatnam in a very poor family. He along with his family members came to Jamshedpur in search of job at Tata Steel Limited. He was working with Tata Steel Limited and that time he actively joined the Quit India movement and he was being jailed at Phoolwari Sharif Jail in Patna for 3 whole years. When he was back from the Jail and after the independence he migrated to Visakhapatnam to raise the voice of labourers in Vizag Shipyard Union.
Later he became the first MLA of Anakapalle Town in Visakhapatnam District. He is also credited for starting various Sugar Factories in Anakapalle Area and also paid influential role in Bhoodan Movement along with Acharya Vinobha Bhave in allocating Banjar lands to poorest people in Anakaplle.

Tapan Kanti Mandal
Tapan Kanti Mandal 2 years 6 months ago

Ashutosh Dolui a teenager satyagrahi of salt movement sacrificed his life on 24th April, 1930 at Nila camp of Diamond Harbour sub-division in West Bengal. He was the first martyr in salt satyagraha movement in the country.
Ashutosh was resided at Kankjol village nearby Nila, the place of occurrence. On that very day unprovokedly police fired to the peaceful satyagraha at Nila camp. He belonged to a poor and Schedule Caste family. And for that he is still an unsung hero of the country. Today we salute him and remember with great respect.

Tapan Kanti Mandal
Tapan Kanti Mandal 2 years 6 months ago

Hansadhwaj Dhara, an unsung hero of Indian freedom movement. He was born on a remote village namely Nebutala Lot no.10 of Kakdwip of South 24 Parganas District in West Bengal. He joined the salt satyagraha movement as a volunteer at the age of 15/16 years in 1930.
After passing entrance exam in 1935 he obtained I. A. & B. A. Degree from Bangabasi College of Kolkata. In the meantime he became aquinted with revolutionary Bipin Bihari Ganguly and got training secretly in firearms.
He admitted in M. A. & Ll. B. simultaneously in the University of Calcutta for higher education. But at that time Ganguly's team was arrested allegedly in Duff Street robbery. Police also suspected Mr. Ganguly and Dhara in this incident. Bipin Bihari advised him to leave Kolkata. Then he was shifted to East Bengal and organised revolutionary activities in Jessore and Khulna district. He returned back Kolkata in 1943 and became the General Secretary of undivided 24-Parganas district of Congress Committee.

Sathiyavani_2
Sathiyavani 2 years 6 months ago

Ramasamy was a politician, business merchant, freedom fighter. He was born on 17 September, 1879 in Erode district of state Tamilnadu. He is most commonly known as E.V.R, Periyar, Thanthai Periyar, Naicker—Periyar, Ramasamy. He is the man who started self-respect movement, Dravidian movement

Patel ajaykumar babaldas
Patel ajaykumar babaldas 2 years 6 months ago

Name : बलीदान देने वाले/वाली साथी जो नेता के साथ थे।
साल: सब आंदोलन में
सलाम,जय हिन्द वन्देमातरम

Sreekarpandra_1
Sreekarpandra 2 years 6 months ago

1.NAME : MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI.
2.AGE : LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF EVERY INDIAN BEFORE , NOW. & EVERAFTER.
3.BORN : 2nd OCTOBER , 1869 , PORBANDHAR.
4.STATE : GUJARATH.
THIS "GOD OF A MAN" WAS THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT FREEDOM TO THIS COUNTRY ALMOST SINGLE HANDEDLY OR SINGLE HANDEDLY , BUT , HE WAS CRITICISED AS MUCH AS HE WAS PRAISED FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR INDEPENDENT INDIA.
SO IN MY OPINION I WOULD & EVERY CITIZEN OF INDIA WOULD BE PROUD IF HE IS COMMEMORATED AS THE REASON FOR THIS INDEPENDENT INDIA TODAY & MARK THIS 75th YEAR OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN HIS NAME THIS ENTIRE YEAR & TAKE A VOW BY EVERY INDIAN THAT THIS GREAT MAN OF GOD WILL NEVER EVER BE CRITICISED BY ANY INDIAN & PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE.
JAI HIND - BOLO BHARATH MATHA KI JAI.