Showing posts with label Indian Revolutionaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Revolutionaries. Show all posts

Apr 4, 2016

Vintage Postcard of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Lokmanya Tilak was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities derogatorily called the great leader "Father of the Indian unrest". He was also conferred with the honorary title of Lokmanya, which literally means "Accepted by the people (as their leader)". Tilak was one of the first and strongest advocates of "Swaraj" (self-rule) in Indian consciousness. His famous quote, "swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!" is well-remembered in India even today.
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Vintage Postcard of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Source: ebay

Jan 22, 2016

Various Photographs of Subhas Chandra Bose - 1940's Part 1

Subhas Chandra Bose in 1940
 Subhas Chandra Bose in 1940

Subhas Chandra Bose (L) greeting admirers in 1940
 Subhas Chandra Bose (L) greeting admirers in 1940

Subhas Chandra Bose
 Subhas Chandra Bose (C) being greeted w. garland of flowers after his arrival in Victoria Station

Subhas Chandra Bose
 Pro-Japanese, anti-British Indian Nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose (C) enjoying a meal at Bardoli Ashram on his way to the 51st Indian National Congress during WWII in 1940.

Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose, the new President of the 51st Indian National Congress, wearing traditional formal clothing in 1940


Source: Life Archive Hosted by Google

May 23, 2015

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Photographed Secretly at Lahore During his First Arrest - 1927

Shaheed Bhagat Singh 1927

Shaheed Bhagat Singh photographed secretly at Lahore Railway Police Station, during his first arrest 29 May to 4 July 1927 - in connection with Lahore Dussehra Bomb Case (25 Oct 1926) with Gopal Singh Pannu DSP, CID Lahore.

Thanks to Mr Sita Ram Bansal for sending me this photograph.

Aug 25, 2013

Surya Sen, Bengali Freedom Fighter - Early 20th Century


Surya Sen (22 March, 1894 – 1 December, 1934) was a Bengali freedom fighter (against British rule) who is noted for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid In Chittagong of Bengal in British India (now in Bangladesh). Sen was a school teacher by profession and was popularly called as Master Da.
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