Tag: Freedom Fighter

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday a national holiday and lamented that the iconic freedom fighter is yet to get his due. “The birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has not yet been declared a national holiday. Cannot we show […]

Rich tributes were today paid to legendary freedom fighter and revolutionary philosopher Jatindranath Mukherjee known as 'Bagha Jatin' who was shot dead by British Police on this day in 1915 at Chasakhand here

Kendrapara (Odisha): Noted freedom fighter Ananta Nath Chatterji passed away at his residence here today following protracted age-related ailments, family sources said.

Nabarangpur: Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Nrusingha Sahu today courted controversy reading out the name of a living freedom fighter while paying tributes to the departed souls who fought for the country’s independence at a district-level flag hoisting ceremony on Republic Day today. Sahu, who was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in […]

Chandigarh: Eighty-eight years after freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged in the Lahore conspiracy case at Lahore on March 23, 1931, efforts are on across the border to prove that the martyrs did not get a fair trial. The Lahore police last week submitted in a Pakistan trial court the first information […]

Bhubaneswar: Followers of Mahatma Gandhi in Odisha have launched a signature campaign supporting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s suggestion of incorporating the word “ahimsa” (non-violence) in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. The campaign was launched at a function marking celebration of August Kranti Diwas here Friday. Noted freedom fighter and Padma Sri Bhabani Charan Patnaik […]

Varanasi: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Thursday inaugurated a temple dedicated to Subhash Chandra Bose in Varanasi. The temple, located in Subhas Bhawan on Azad Hind Marg, was inaugurated on the occasion of the leader’s 123rd birth anniversary. The temple, sources said, will have a Dalit woman as the chief priest and the morning […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent freedom fighter and Gandhian, Padma Shri Bhabani Charan Patnaik, passed away at the age of 98 here on Thursday. He was suffering from old-age related complications and was undergoing treatment at the Capital Hospital in city, his family sources said. Patnaik is survived by two sons and three daughters. The Odisha government announced […]

Bhubaneswar: A 96-year-old freedom fighter has won the battle against COVID-19 and was released from the designated coronavirus hospital in the city where he was under treatment on Wednesday after testing negative, an official said. Loknath Nayak had tested positive for Coronavirus on September 29 and was admitted to SUM COVID Hospital on the same […]

Gurugram: Freedom fighter Jagram Yadav, the gunner of iconic revolutionary Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, died in Gurugram on Saturday morning. He was 97. Yadav died on Saturday morning at his residence in Sector 15, where he was staying with his two sons Colonel O.P. Yadav, Ashok Yadav and daughters Sushila and Omwati. The freedom fighter […]