Among the two others hanged to death along with Bhagat Singh was Shivram Hari Rajguru.
The Bengal partition of 1905 had led to an explosion of militant activities by revolutionary nationalists under Anusheelan Samiti and Jugantar. Far away from Bengal, in the deep south, a bunch of Tamil youths were also inspired by the Bengali revolutionaries. One such revolutionary was Vanchinatha Iyer.
The tradition of handing over medals, conferred every 25 years, began in 1947. The last time such a medal was awarded was on August 15, 1997, when India celebrated 50 years of independence. The design of the medal and ribbon is yet to be revealed.
Lakshmi was the second daughter of a freedom fighter, Ammu Swaminathan and S. Swaminathan, a top lawyer in Madras.
The Punnapra Vayalar uprising was an agitation against both the native royal government as well as the foreign colonialists. It was also the first movement by the organised working class against both indigenous and foreign authorities.
It is well known that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the heart and soul of the Indian National Army. But it was another Bose from Bengal who handed over the reins of INA to Netaji. Rash Behari Bose.
Aruna Asaf Ali courted arrest for participating in the Salt Satyagraha. She even held a fast in Tihar jail for the rights of political prisoners leading to her solitary confinement.
A disciple of Dayananda Saraswati of Aryasamaj and a Sanskrit scholar, Varma turned to revolutionary nationalism.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-foot-tall bronze statue of freedom fighter Alluri Sitharama Raju during his visit to Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
Tirot Sing declared war and fought against British for attempts to take over control of the Khasi Hills.
