Shivram Hari Rajguru was born in an average middle-class Hindu Brahmin family at Khed in Poona district in 1906. He came to Varanasi at a very early age where he learnt Sanskrit and read the Hindu religious scriptures. He loved physical exercises and was associated with a number of such associations. He had great admiration […]
India’s freedom fighters seem to have come from all walks of life and from many varied backgrounds. Of those freedom fighters one stands out as a man who had only one goal and only one vision. His fight centered not on the issue of whether to use violence or not in the struggle, nor was
Sarojini was a great patriot, politician, orator and administrator. She had an integrated personality and could mesmerise audiences with her pure honesty and patriotism. She was a life-long freedom fighter, social worker, ideal housewife and poet.She was born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad. Her father, Dr. Aghornath Chattopadhyaya, was the founder of Nizam College
Born in 1899, Ramprasad Bismil was one of the great Indian freedom fighters. He was also a great poet and has written several inspiring verses. He was prosecuted by the British Government in India. Ramaprasad Bismil joined the select band of martyrs who dreamt of a free India and made the supreme sacrifice, so that
Rash Behari was born on May 25, 1886, in Palara-Bighati (Hoogly) village. His mother passed away in 1889 when Rash Behari was still a baby. He was brought up thereafter by his maternal aunt Vama Sundari.Rash Behari’s was initially educated at Subaldaha under the supervision of his grandfather, Kalicharan, and later in Dupleix College at
Ram Manohar Lohia was born on March 23, 1910 in a village named Akbarpur in the District of Faizabad. Ram’s father, Hira Lal, was a nationalist by spirit and a teacher by profession. His mother, Chanda, died when Ram was very young. Ram was introduced to the Indian freedom struggle at an early age by
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was born on February 2,1889 in Lucknow. She was the daughter of Raja Harnam Singh of the Kapurthala royal family. She received her higher education in England.After completing her education, she came in contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Mahatma Gandhi. After that she entered the freedom struggle of India. She became
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, son of Mahadev Sahai, was born in Zeradei village in Bihar on December 3, 1884. Being the youngest in a large joint family he was greatly loved and was strongly attached to his mother and elder brother Mahendra. He was married when he was barely 12 years old to Rajvanshi Devi.He was
Born on August 1, 1882, Tandon had his education in Lahore. He entered the legal profession in 1906. He joined the Congress in 1899 even as a student. He was associated with the Congress committee which inquired into the Jallianwalla Bagh incident. He was imprisoned in 1928 for active participation in the non-cooperation movement. He
Father of the most powerful political leader i.e. Jawaharlal Nehru, Motilal Nehru was born on May 6, in the year 1861 in Delhi in a Kashmiri Brahmin family and was son of Gangadhar and Jeevarani. He couldn’t even see his father as he died before his birth. It was Nehru’s elder brother Nandlal in Allahabad
Morarji Desai was born on February 29, 1896 in Bhadeli village, now in the Bulsar district of Gujarat. His father was a school teacher and a strict disciplinarian. From his childhood, young Morarji learnt from his father the value of hard work and truthfulness under all circumstances. He was educated St. Busar High School and
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or more respectfully known as the Mahatma, the father of the Indian nation was born in the town of Porbander in Gujarat on 2 October, 1869. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser to the local ruler.At thirteen he was married to Kasturba. His father
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born in the year 1888 in Mecca. His forefather’s came from Herat (a city in Afghanistan) in Babar’s days. Azad was a descendent of a lineage of learned Muslim scholars, or maulanas. His father’s name was Maulana Khairuddin and his mother was the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad Zaher Watri.In 1890,
Master Tara Singh, a veteran Akali leader and freedom fighter, was a prominent figure in Sikh politics for more than forty years, was born on 24th June, 1885 in village Haryal, Tehsil Gujarkhan, Distt. Rawalpindi now in Pakistan. His earlier name was Nanak Chand. His father Bakshi Gopi Chand was a village patwari and belonged
Manilal was second of Gandhiji’s four sons. He was born in Porbandar after Gandhiji returned from his educational tour of England, on October 28, 1892, and came to South Africa as a young child when Gandhiji decided he was going to stay in South Africa for more than the year he was contracted for. By