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There was this reporter from Reuters who wanted to know the strategy which Subhas would adopt. Subhas just smiled. “By hook or crook”; he simply said, “else Assam is culturally finished”
| Satyaagrah | Subhas Chandra Bose
What a climax, on one hand a friend (Sukhdev) was sending Bhagat Singh to death while another friend (Azad) was trying to save him from the hands of destiny. How long? At last logic and sense of duty prevailed upon the emotions and names were changed for the job. Thus Sukhdev has provided a chance for Bhagat Singh to become a true MARTYR
| Satyaagrah | Bhagat Singh
The lions moved out of their cages, had a good look at each other and then leaped to have a warm embrace. The smile over their faces signified the grace with which they had lived and now were welcoming the death.
| Satyaagrah | Rajguru
There are many passionate Indian citizens and NRIs who want to know and find out more about the unsung Heroes of Indian freedom fight but cannot do so due to lack of resources and dedicated time required for it
| Satyaagrah | Diary
Mahatma Gandhi himself acknowledged these atrocities as part of Islam’s holy war. He referred to the mujãhids as ‘God-fearing Moplas’ and said: “They were fighting for what they consider as religion and in a manner which they consider as religious”
| Satyaagrah | Jihad
Gandhi: "It was an anti-imperialist cry. As a lad, when I knew nothing of Anandamath or even Bankim, its immortal author, Vande Mataram had gripped me, and when I first heard it sung it had enthralled me. I associated the purest national spirit with it. It never occurred to me that it was a Hindu song or meant only for Hindus… It stirs to its depth the patriotism of millions"
| Satyaagrah | Dharm / Sanskriti
It is sad, unfortunate, and scandalous that the very first election that would decide the leader of free India was manipulated. It wasn’t only the election but the future of India that was rigged
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Nathuram Godse said that ideals of non-violence are ’...implicit in every constitutional and public movement’, but Gandhiji made his version of non-violence ineffective, absolute and communal and thus, faltered
| Satyaagrah | Mahatma Gandhi
Nehru had adopted Mountbatten as his guru and guide. Mountbatten ensured that as GG he did not remain just a titular head. He manipulated to get himself appointed as the ‘Head of the Defence Committee of India’ ensuring that the C-in-C of both the Indian and the Pakistani Army and the Supreme Commander, Auchinleck, reported to him
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi moved from place to place asking Indians and offering himself to participate in the war too. That Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi preached Ahimsa is a myth. He only misused it to his advantage, forcing it to only Hindus when the fight against British gained momentum
| Satyaagrah | Mahatma Gandhi
Former journalist, Anuj Dhar, who is also the author of the book 'Conundrum: Subhas Bose’s Life after Death', stirred up a controversy on social media on Saturday
| Satyaagrah | History
Nehru further states that Mahatma Gandhi was not in favour of the partition and neither was he. “But ultimately I decided like others did. It is better to have partition than this constant trouble"
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Gandhi’s community praying rituals went so far as to include the chanting of the Muslim Kalma. But there are no reports or historical evidence that suggest Gandhi had tweaked Quranic verses to allay concerns of Hindus or fiddled with the Muslim Kalma to make it compatible with his avowed stand of mutual coexistence and communal harmony
| Satyaagrah | Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was anguished that India's Constituent Assembly rejected Lord Mountbatten's flag proposal which included Union Jack in the canton of India's tricolour flag
| Satyaagrah | Mahatma Gandhi
Savarkar warned his audience: "Before passing this resolution, just bring before your mind's eye the dreadful prison walls, and the dreary dingy cells"
| Satyaagrah | Diary
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the then Education Minister and great friend of Nehru, opposed the idea and in one of the Cabinet meetings argued that the ruins should be handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to be preserved in the same ruinous condition as a historical monument
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Annie Besant wrote her experience in ‘New India’ in the year 1921 that a pregnant woman carrying a seven months baby was cut through the abdomen by a rebel and she was seen lying dead on the way with the child protruding out of her womb. In another incident, Annie Besant writes that a six months old child was snatched from her mother and cut into two pieces in front of her. Many also report that women were raped in front of their brothers and husband
| Satyaagrah | Hindu Genocide
These were not “riots” as often labelled, but a planned genocide, because it was spread over the entire geography of Maharashtra, not just one mohalla or city, using arson, which is not lying around in everyone’s backyard every day. The “mobs” attacking Brahmins knew who they were, where they lived, and had the means to attack them
| Satyaagrah | Hindu Genocide
He bragged that he was capable of “lying naked with naked women, however beautiful they may be, without being in any manner whatsoever sexually excited.” Gandhi also endeavored to bring his "feminine" side to the surface and extolled androgeny
| Satyaagrah | Mahatma Gandhi

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