15/08/2015
It is a time when we must sit back and remember the freedom strugglers, without whom we may never have got our freedom.
Rani Laxmi Bai, the Queen of Jhansi, lead her people into a battle against the British in which she fought like a tiger, and was killed heroically.
Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, lead the country to freedom with his non-violent ideals. He remains a symbol of peace to this day.
Sardar Vallabhai Patel was responsible for uniting the princely states into one country.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, remembered for his court statement in which he proclaimed 'Swaraj is my birthright, and I will have it!'
Bhagat Singh, threw a bomb when the Legislature was in session, and was arrested and hung.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was elected President of the Congress when he was just 35.
Dr. Annie Besant, a Britisher, supported India's freedom struggle wholeheartedly and founded the Home Rule league in India.
Ashfaqualla Khan, a revolutionary who was given the death sentence, kissed the noose before it went around his neck.
