There is a significant gap in our understanding of Indian history and the efforts of several heroic individuals in shaping it. We would greatly benefit from renewed attention and research into these topics. By exploring and documenting the lives and contributions of these important figures, we can gain a better understanding of the past and its impact on the present. Let us prioritize the preservation and sharing of this critical knowledge to ensure that it is not lost or forgotten.
Bhai Mati Das (ਭਾਈ ਮਤੀ ਦਾਸ) is one of the great martyrs in Sikh history. He along with his younger brother Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Dyal Das, all disciples of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur, were executed along with Guruji at the Kotwali (police-station) near the Sunehri Masjid in the Chandni Chowk area of […]
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Alluri Sitarama Raju (4 July 1897 or 1898 – 7 May 1924) was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Indian independence movement. After the passing of the 1882 Madras Forest Act, its restrictions on the free movement of tribal people in the forest prevented them from engaging in their traditional podu agricultural system, which involved
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On 3 January 1760, freedom fighter and martyr Veerapandiya Kattabomman was born in Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu. He was a Vatuka (northerner), a loose term for a group of Telugu-speaking castes which includes families who claim to have moved south to settle in the arid Thirunelveli region after the collapse of the Nayaka-controlled Vijayanagara Empire in 1565. The
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A saint in her own right. A guiding force and nurturer to all her brothers. She is highly respected by the Warkari community because she consistently worked for the upliftment of the downtrodden, as she knew what it felt like to be excommunicated / not accepted. As we saw before, Muktabai was the youngest of
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When Rani Abbakka was crowned the queen of Ullal, she decided she would completely stop paying the Portuguese the tribute that all the local rulers paid them. In 1555, a Portuguese envoy was sent to Rani Abbakka to remind her to pay up. Abbakka firmly refused to bow to their demands. The furious Portuguese army
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Onake Obavva was a brave woman in the kingdom of Chitradurga in Karnataka, who single handed fought with the army of Hyder Ali. She just used a pestle called as Onake in Kannada and fought with the army. Her husband, Kalanayak was a security guard of one of the watchtowers located in the fort of
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Pasumpon Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga ThevarIndian Freedom fighter and Politician In 1920, Muthuramalinga Thevar made his fight opposing the implementation of the Criminal Inheritance Act in Madurai, Tirunelveli and Ramanathapuram. Thevar won for the first time in the election of Mudukulathur constituency beating the Justice Party candidate in 1936. Then he became the District board chairman since
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Mai Bhago was a descendant of Pero Shah, the younger brother of Bhai Launga, a Dhillon Jatt who had converted and become a Sikh during the time of Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji. Born at her ancestral village of Chabal Kalan in present-day Amritsar district of the Punjab, she was married to Nidhan Singh Varaich
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Panna Dhai, a 16th century Rajput woman of the Kheechee tribe, nursemaid to Udai Singh, the fourth son of Maharana SANGRAM SINGH I (SANGA) (1509-1527). Her name, Panna means emerald, and dhai means a wet nurse in hindi language. She had been given charge of young Udai, breast – feeding him virtually from his birth
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Lachit Borphukan, was the son of Momai Tamuli Borbarua,the first Borbarua (Governor of upper Assam and Commander-in-Chief of the Ahom army) under Prataap Singha. Lachit Borphukan was educated in humanities, scriptures and military skills. He was given positions of responsibility of the scarf-bearer (Soladhara Barua) of the Ahom Swargadeo, a position equivalent to a Private
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