The British had made a cantonment for soldiers in Jhansi. Indian soldiers and officers used to live in this cantonment. Juhi’s arrival here was on a regular basis. She used to entertain the soldiers by her dance and songs. Because the frequency of her arrival here had been increased, so it gave a great impetus […]
The cases of dacoities were increasing day by day in Jhansi. Mostly people believe Sagar Singh to be the person behind these dacoities; hence they had already filed a report against Sagar Singh with British administration.Within few days, the administration arrested Sagar Singh. He was put behind the bars. Bakshish Ali was the incharge of
After sometime, Rani gave birth to a boy. The whole Jhansi engulfed into happiness. Gangadhar Rao celebrated the birth ceremony of his son with pomp and gaiety. But this happiness was not lived long. The boy died after few months. The death of the boy gave a big setback to Gangadhar Rao. He had got
Not a year had passed of Laxmibai’s marriage and Gangadhar Rao got the whole authority to rule the Jhansi state. People believed, it is only due to the arrival of Rani Laxmibai. Hence soon she became popular in Jhansi. People saw in her a new ray of hope.The people were delighted on getting the whole
When Manu was eight, her father started worrying about her marriage. On seeing her way of gaining education and the development of manly qualities, it was not a simple task to choose a boy according to her needs. Due to this Moropant was a bit more tense. Baji Rao was also worried about her marriage.On
In Maharashtra, there is a famous historical place named Satara. Chattrapati Shivaji’s guru Swami Ramdas’s Sajjangarh Math is located here and he used to live here only. Shivaji generally come here to meet Ramdas for his well-being and also for his consultation. Last Chattrapati Shahu had decided to hand over the whole power of Maratha
Savarkar always dreamed of free India. But the independent India too proved no pleasant experience for him. His agony continued and his soul was troubled.In the very beginning Savarkar suffered the trauma of being accused of the assassination of Gandhiji’s. It was a trying period.His younger brother Narayan was beaten by people when the rumour
In March, 1925 Vinayak Savarkar went to Shirgaon to meet Dr. Hedgewar who had founded Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) to strengthen Hindu society, the same aim as Savarkar had. They had a long talk on Hindutva agenda and agreed at the necessity to spread the agenda countrywide.That was the time when Hindu society suffered
All the prisoners of Cellular Jail were required to wear a token on the chest bearing the number of the prisoner and the date of scheduled release. The date of release of Savarkar would surprise everyone. It was in the year 1960. And they were then in 1920.Some one would ask, “Will you survive to
The British government had decided to send all prisoners serving life sentences to Andeman Island jail notoriously called Kalapaani. The political and revolutionary type prisoners were specially sent there to isolate them from the main land. Savarkar was also earmarked for Kalapaani.Along with other prisoners Savarkar was sent to Madras by train. A ship was
Savarkar’s lawyers wanted the case to be tried in England but his petition was dismissed and the Judge gave a verdict transferring the case to Indian courts.Now Savarkar knew that he would be transported to India. He prepared himself for the departure. He spoke bidding farewell to his friends based in England and France—‘My dear
After the hanging of Madan Lal the police went after Savarkar but he proved to be a slippery customer. The police could not lay its hands on him.Savarkar slipped off to Brighton sea coast and started living there. He wrote different kinds of verses and got them published.Meanwhile, British authorities under Lord Minto had decided
After passing matriculation examination Vinayak Damodar took admission in famed ‘Fergusson College’ of Poona. By now he was well established as a writer of patriotic type and an eloquent speaker. So, he had a kind of young hero aura about him.In the meantime, he got married to the daughter of the famous educationist Chiploonkar who
After the failure of ‘First Freedom’ battle of 1857, the country passed through a long period of depression and hopelessness. The British had brutally crushed the uprising. The defeat was very demoralising.During this period some social reformists and spiritual leaders rose up to revive the spirits of the Indians to make a fresh bid for
In the winter of 1857 and the first six months of 1858, the British slowly retook everything they had lost. With the relief of Lucknow, there were no large pockets of British lives to be saved and no serious possibility of British defeat. Massively reinforced from Britain, the armies which spread out over the north