PINGALI VENKAYYA

PINGALI VENKAYYA. Pingali Venkayya was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was basedwas. He was an agriculture and also an educationist who set up an educational institution in Machilipatnam. In 2011 it was proposed that he be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna..

POTTI SREERAMULU. C hose the path of non-violence. In an effort to protect the interests of the Andhra people Sreeramulu performed a hunger strike for almost 58 days before he died on 15 December 1952..

ARUNA ASAF ALI. She hoisted the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay during Quit India Movement in 1942. Started an underground movement. Her property was seized and sold..

KUNTAL KUMARI SABAT. Kuntala Kumari Sabat fondly called as the Nightingale or BulBul of Orissa ‘Na Tundi’, ‘Kali Bohu’, ‘Parasmani’, ‘Bhranti’, ‘Raghu Arakhita’ are some of her notable work. She also fought for women’s rights and backed the progressive steps taken towards women empowerment. She raised her voice against the social evils in the society and supported the idea of widow remarriage..

RAJKUMARI GUPTA. The woman who supplied guns and pistols for Kakori robbery. She was given the charge of delivering firearms to revolutionaries. She had once said: “Hum upar se Gandhivaadi the, neeche se krantivaadi.”.

MATANGINI HAZRA. Hazra was part of the Quit India Movement and Non-Cooperation Movement. During a procession against the British, she was shot thrice but that did not deter her from marching with the tricolour in her hands. She also kept shouting ' Vande Mataram ' till she breathed her last..

ULLASKAR DUTTA (ASSOCIATED WITH ANUSHILAN SAMITI).

BHIKAJI CAMA. An iconoclast who stood for gender equality during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She donated most of her personal belongings to an orphanage for girls . She also unfurled the Indian flag at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart in Germany, 1907..

KANAIYALAL MANEKLAL MUNSHI. Mushi was also known as Kulpati for his active participation in India's freedom movement. He was a big proponent of the Quit India Movement. He was also the founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan..

PEER ALI KHAN. Peer Ali Khan was one of the initial rebels of India and among the 14 people who were hanged for their role in the mutiny. Even still, his work inspired many who followed. But generations later, his name just faded away..

LAKSHMI SAHGAL. Captain Lakshmi was an officer in the Indian Army who also served in World War II . She also served time as a prisoner in Burma, now Myanmar. She was directed by the high command to form a female regiment called 'Rani of Jhansi regiment, where she was appointed as a Captain..

VELU NACHIYAR. Even before the Sepoy mutiny of 1857, Velu Nachiyar was the first Indian queen to wage a war against the British Raj. The former princess of Ramanathapuram opposed British rule and gave the rulers a good run for their money..

KHUDIRAM BOSE. Khudiram Bose was one of the youngest revolutionaries of India and is often discussed in history books . His contribution to the freedom struggle is also a significant one as he was just 18 years old when the British hanged him for his activities against the Raj..

KUSHAL KONWAR. The President of Sarupathar Congress Committee was an Indian Tai-Ahom freedom fighter from Assam. He is the only martyr who was hanged in the last phase of the Quit India Movement of 1942-43..

BENOY-BADAL-DINESH. Benoy Basu , Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta were 22, 18 and 19 years old respectively when they wore European outfits and entered the Writer's Building. Their target was then Inspector General of Police, Colonel NS Simpson. They succeeded in killing him but were outnumbered by the security personnel. Benoy took a cyanide pill while the other two shot themselves to avoid capture..

DUKARI BALA DEVI. First female fighter to be arrested and convicted under the infamous arms act She began writing poems, with emotion, tragedy, patriotism and devotion as central themes, which are still acclaimed in Assamese literature..

SATISH CHANDRA SAMANTA. Satish Chandra Samanta was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the Lok Sabha from 1952–77. At the age of 15 adopted the life of Brahmacharya and took up a life of serving the people. He started serving through, the activities organized by the local branch of the Indian National Congress..

NALINI BALA DEVI. Nalini Bala Devi known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1957 for her contribution to literature, and 1968 she won the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi for her poetry collection Alakananda . She is the first woman Assamese poet to be awarded with Padma Shri and the first lady to the chair the Assam Sahitya Sabha..

BINA DAS. Das was a member of Chhatri Sangha , a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in Kolkata. She and was sentenced to nine years of rigorous imprisonment . After her early release in 1939, Das joined the Congress party. In 1942, she participated in the Quit India movement and was imprisoned again from 1942 to 1945 . In 1947, she married Jatish Chandra Bhaumik , an Indian independence movement activist of the Jugantar group ..

JATINDRA MOHAN SENGUPTA. Jatindra Mohan Sengupta was an Indian revolutionary against the British rule In 1933, he died in a prison located in Ranchi, India. He also joined in Indian politics, becoming a member of the Indian National Congress and participating in the Non-Cooperation Movement. Eventually , he gave up his legal practice in favour of his political commitment..

PULIN BIHARI DAS. Pulin came from a middle class Bengali Hindu family. From his childhood Pulin was attracted to physical culture. He was a very good lathial . Inspired by the success of Sarala Devi's akhada in Kolkata. He opened an akhara at Tikatuli in 1903 . In 1905, he trained in fencing and lathi khela under Murtaza, the famous lathial ..

MANORANJAN SEN. Manoranjan Das was an influential Indian dramatist,known for his experimentalism and deep socio-political awareness. Amongst his most known work are, Kathagodha (The Wooden Horse) and Aranya Fasal (The Wild Harvest), which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (1971). In a career spanning over four decades, his plays include Janmamati (Land of Birth) written in 1943 and his latest Nandika Kesari which appeared in 1985.

BASANT KUMAR BISWAS. On 23 December 1912, Biswas, disguised as a woman, threw a bomb at Charles Hardinge, who was riding with his wife on an elephant during a procession at Chandni Chawak, Delhi . Biswas was arrested on 26 February 1914 in Poragachha, Nadia while he went to perform the last rites for his father. The trial, which came to be called the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy Case, began on 23 May 1914 in Delhi, and Basanta sentenced to life imprisonment..

abstract. SMT. JANKIDEVI BAJAJ. Smt. Jankidevi Bajaj, a strong proponent of the Gandhian way of life. was known to be charitable and frugal . she relinquished her fine silks and adopted Khadi as her sole attire. During the freedom struggle, she went to jail many times. She promoted the cause of women’s education. She worked tirelessly with Saint Vino Bhave for Koopdan (gifting of wells), Gram Seva, Goseva and the well-known Bhoodan Movement . In recognition of her lifelong work, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Vibhushan in 1956..