Dec 10, 2021
He was a naughty and easily irritable child. He used to take good care of marigold plants in his garden. Plucking of only one Jhendu (Marigold) flower for worship by a neighbour irritated him so much that he uprooted all the plants and placed them before her
A troubled childhood - Rajguru: The Invincible Revolutionary
Rajguru was born, about 101 years ago, on Monday, the 24th August, 1908 (Triyodashi of Shravan month of year 1830 according to Hindu Calendar) in village Khed. By way of coincidence, Khudiram Bose (born 3rd December 1889), the great revolutionary, was hanged in the year 1908 only, thus sacrificing his life for the freedom of the nation at an even younger age of 19 years. Was it the unsatisfied soul of Khudiram Bose, which reincarnated itself to finish the remaining job?
Dec 10, 2021
The secret reports being sent by Allahabadi about Nehru's family enable British authorities to have a check on Pt. Moti La! Nehru and his son Pt. Jawaharlal Lal Nehru. The cunning English men used those secret reports to blackmail both father and son.
Cross Agent and the hidden truth of massacre of Jallianwala Bagh - Martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh (Some Hidden Facts)
The most effected and lethal weapon with which "The British Empire" won and ruled Indian Continent was "Secret Services". The entire period from the arrival of East India Company in India till the division of India (15th August 1947) was governed by the use of secret missionaries. Before announcing any new policy the British took the help of these secret missionaries, and the information being given by these missionaries has a great value for the policy makers.
Dec 10, 2021
"Dil se niklegi na marker bhi watan ki ulfat, Meri mittee se bhi Khushbue watan aegi’"
Letter to Shaheed Sukhdev 5th April, 1929 - Collected work of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his Co-patriots
This letter deals with the views of Bhagat Singh on the question of love and sacrifice in the life of a revolutionary. It was written on April 5, 1929 in Sita Ram Bazar House, Delhi. The letter was taken to Lahore by Shri Shiv Verma and handed over to Sukhdev it was recovered from him at the time of his arrest on April 13 and was produced as one of the exhbits in Lahore Conspiracy Case.
Dec 9, 2021
I am inclined to think that politically the country was still dead. It is significant that his heroes—Keshav Chandra and Iswar Chandra —though they were men of the highest moral stature, were by no means anti-Government or anti-British
A bit of History - An Indian Pilgrim (Netaji's Life and writings)
My father was born on the 28th May, 1860 and my mother in 1869. After passing the Matriculation (then called Entrance) Examination from the Albert School, Calcutta, he studied for some time at the St. Xavier’s College and the General Assembly’s Institution (now called Scottish Church College). He then went to Cuttack and graduated from the Ravenshaw College.
Dec 9, 2021
The earliest recollection I have of myself is that I used to feel like a thoroughly insignificant being. My parents awed me to a degree. My father usually had a cloak of reserve round him and kept his children at a distance.
Birth, Parentage and Early Environment - An Indian Pilgrim (Netaji's Life and writings)
My father, Janakinath Bose, had migrated to Orissa in the eighties of the last century and had settled down at Cuttack as a lawyer. There I was born on Saturday, the 23rd January, 1897. My father was descended from the Boses of Mahinagar, while my mother, Prabhabati (or rather Prabhavati) belonged to the family of the Dutts of Hat- khola. I was the sixth son and the ninth child of my parents.
Dec 9, 2021
The office has a new centre to train 1 Cr small businesses and 250,000 creators in the next three years
Meta's Facebook launches its First Standalone Asian Office at CyberHub in Gurugram
Facebook Parent Meta has unveiled its first standalone office in Asia in Gurugram yesterday. Along with the standalone office, Facebook India vice president and managing director Ajit Mohan announced a new centre to train 1 Cr small businesses and 250,000 creators in the next three years.
Dec 9, 2021
Clensta is a personal care and home care D2C ecommerce brand that focuses on a recurrent customer base
Clensta, a D2C Home Care Startup Raises Series A Funding
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) personal and home care products startup Clensta has raised INR 20 Cr (~$2.6 Mn) in Series A funding from Hem Securities Limited, Venture Catalysts and Inflection Point Ventures. Existing investor N+1 Capital also participated in the round.
Dec 9, 2021
Netaji was regarded as having a more sensitive, sympathetic and nuanced understanding of the problems of Assam than other national leaders like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Nehru
Northeast is not the Part of Pakistan because of 'Netaji': Subhas Bose and the ‘special’ case of Assam
It all started in 1937 when the country had a tryst with the General Elections. The elections in Assam saw the Congress gaining the majority. However they still had some task cut out for that final sip between the cup and the lips. For consequent to the partition of Bengal in 1905, administratively Assam was merged with Sylhet, which was earlier with Bengal. But then Sylhet (Surma Valley) wing of the Congress still owed their allegiance to the Bengal Congress. Thus both the divisions of Congress in Assam ie the Assam Congress and the Sylhet Congress didn’t see eye to eye on several matters....
Dec 9, 2021
William Wilberforce was confident of the effects of reason and of the superiority of the principles of Christianity to make men good and happy
Maligning of India by British Raj since the 1800s
2021 is the birth centenary year of the noted Gandhian thinker Dharampal(1). Dharampal is well known for having conducted extensive archival research in Britain and India, and for having published several books later on. His extensive efforts led to a revisiting of conventional views of society, polity, science & technology, and culture, especially at the heyday of British colonial rule in India.