Frederick Joubert Duquesne volunteered to spy for Germany for both World Wars due to his hatred of the British, specifically their treatment of Boer children and women. Known for the moniker “Black Panther,” he also claimed to have sabotaged and sunk the HMS Hampshire, which carried Lord Kitchener on his way to Russia in 1916. […]
A Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje was not only a leading authority on Islam, but was also a famous spy who used his knowledge of Islam and the Aceh culture in ending the 40-year Aceh War. Under the name “Haji Abdul Ghaffar,” he gathered intelligence and devised strategies that significantly
Thomas Miller Beach was an English spy who enlisted in the Northern army during the American Civil War. His services enabled the British Government to take measures which led to the fiasco of the Canadian invasion of 1870 and Kiel’s surrender in 1871. He supplied full details concerning the various Irish-American associations, in which he
A well-born Richmond, resident of Virginia, Elizabeth Van Lew operated a widespread spy ring for the United States during the American Civil War from 1864 to 1865. She earned the “Crazy Bet” moniker for effectively posing as mentally ill by wearing old clothes and bonnets so that people might think that she was crazy. Elizabeth
A spy for the Confederate Army in North Carolina, Pigott organized fishermen to spy for her as she hid secret messages in her skirt and carried them from New Bern through the sea ports to be transmitted to the proper authorities. Though she had been arrested by the Union forces several times on charges of
Maria Isabella Boyd or the “Cleopatra of the Secession,” was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War operating from her father’s hotel, the Front Royal. She conveyed valuable information to General Stonewall Jackson in 1862 through her slave Eliza Hopewell as she charmed military secrets out of one of her Union sentries. She was
A slave owned by William Armistead of Virginia, he became the first African-American double agent during the American Revolution. He volunteered in 1781 to join the army under General Lafayette after getting the consent of his master. His first mission was to spy on Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold, who had defected from the Continental Army
John André (2 May 1750—2 October 1780) was a BritishArmy officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold’s attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.Andre was a favourite in colonial society during the British occupation in both Philadelphia and
Famously known as the “first American spy,” Hale was a soldier for the continental Army during the American Revolutionary War in 1775. He was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut after he had volunteered to go behind enemy lines and observe the movements of the British during the Battle of Long Island. Disguised as
On 14 April 2010 Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi launched the Congress’ biggest campaign to revive it in UP. The date was carefully chosen, Ambedkar Jayanti, because he was trying to win over Dalit votes in UP. The support base of Congress in UP was made up of a rainbow coalition of Brahmins, Muslims and Dalits. The Congress has to woo these communities again
One of the burning ambitions of Mayawati has been to create grand memorial public parks to commemorate the Dalit movement and its leaders like Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, E.V.R. Natka Periyar and of course, Kanshiram and Mayawati herself. It has been her cherished dream for whatever reason. In June 1995 when Mayawati became the
Money collection, fund raising and amassing of wealth has kept Mayawati ever under attack from her detractors and opponents. Fund raising has been one of the passions of Mayawati. She had made her birthdays the events for raising huge funds for her BSP mission. Mayawati openly asked for the monetary gifts from party workers and
Dalit issues should not be viewed as concerns of Mayawati and Dalits only. Even after Mayawati becoming CM and BSP gaining power the Dalits at ground level suffers some tragic fate as before. The persecution of Dalits continue, the exploitation goes on, they are still untouchables, temples are barred for them, they are beaten and
The social engineering, a political strategy devised by Mayawati is a kind of political snakes and ladders game. According to a political observer—‘In UP assembly polls BSP got only 9.41 percent of the total votes polled which infact was the lowest of all the four major political parties in 1989. But 18 years later, in
Before 2009 Lok Sabha polls the popularity chart of BSP supremo Mayawati was soaring high. She had become a national leader of a high stature and an international figure. The world was curiously watching the rise of an untouchable to an amazing height in the country bogged down in casteism even in 21st century. It