Reddy joined the Indian struggle for independence from the British Raj following Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Anantapur in July 1929 and dropped out of college in 1931. He was closely associated with the Youth League and participated in a student satyagraha. In 1938, Reddy was elected Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Provincial Congress Committee, an office he held for ten years. During the Quit India Movement, he was imprisoned and was mostly in jail between 1940 and 1945. Released in March 1942, he was arrested again in August and sent to the Amraoti jail where he served time with activists T Prakasam, S.
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Role in the Indian independence movement
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Role in the Indian independence movement
Reddy joined the Indian struggle for independence from the British Raj following Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Anantapur in July 1929 and dropped out of college in 1931. He was closely associated with the Youth League and participated in a student satyagraha. In 1938, Reddy was elected Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Provincial Congress Committee, an office he held for ten years. During the Quit India Movement, he was imprisoned and was mostly in jail between 1940 and 1945. Released in March 1942, he was arrested again in August and sent to the Amraoti jail where he served time with activists T Prakasam, S.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Role in the Indian independence movement
He was involved in the freedom struggle of India at a very early age and as a part of the same he left the government run school at his home town. He established a national school for the students who had boycotted government schools in response to the call of the Indian National Congress. For this he was arrested and imprisoned at the young age of 16 since it amounted to participation in Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements. He worked closely with the Indian National Congress throughout as a youth leader and even took part in the students' agitation against the Simon Commission during its visit to Calcutta in 1928.
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari | Participation in freedom struggle of India and pre-independence period works
At that time, the independence movement was steadily growing and at the center stage of the movement was the Indian National Congress led by Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. P. Tandon, the then President of Indian National Congress, advised Hanumanthaiah to give up his active practice at the bar and to devote himself to the freedom struggle. With the inspiration of Gandhiji and the persuasion of Tandon, Hanumanthaiah joined the freedom movement and became active in the then Mysore Congress. During the movement, he was jailed more than 7 times. He was unanimously elected as the leader of the Parliamentary Party wing of the Congress Party in Mysore Assembly in the year 1948.
K. Hanumanthaiah | Political career
While at college, Jatindra Nath (Jatindra Nath Banerjee) began developing interest in political activities of India. He was drawn towards radical and revolutionary methods of attaining independence. He felt that revolutionary methods were necessary to attain independence and he became the first to preach the adoption of revolutionary methods for attaining independence. For using revolutionary methods, a large army was needed and so martial training of countrymen was essential. So Jatindra Nath left his studies halfway in search of martial training. He tried to get himself enlisted in the British army but did not succeed.
Niralamba Swami | Freedom struggle
P. Narsa Reddy was an Indian freedom fighter, participated in the struggle to liberate Hyderabad from Nizam's Rule.
P. Narsa Reddy | Pre independence
In this position, he played a pivotal role in inspiring the people by traveling widely to lecture. In 1923, he joined the Swarajya Party formed by Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Council as a candidate for the Andhra Congress from the Nandyala constituency.
Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao | Role in the Freedom Movement
Only after the ruling of the Indian Supreme Court declaring the PDA unconstitutional, Rajeshwara Rao was ultimately freed months later. He served as the Acting District Secretary of the CPI till 1956 and subsequently got elected D.C. Secretary.
Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao | Freedom struggle
He had been the member of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the constitution of India from 1946 to 1950.
Lala Achint Ram | Participation in freedom struggle
Reddy, then only 14, participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested for taking out a students' procession protesting Gandhi's arrest. He later participated in the Hyderabad Peoples' Movement in 1947 where he organised a satyagraha movement against the Nizam's Rule for which he was arrested and imprisoned at the Chanchalguda Jail for 6 months. During his time in prison he edited the "Payam-e-Nav", a weekly he circulated among his prison mates.
B. Satya Narayan Reddy | Freedom Fighter
In response to Jayaprakash Narayan's call for a Total Revolution, Reddy emerged from his political exile in 1975. In January 1977, he was made a member of the Committee of the Janata Party and in March, he fought the General Election from the Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency) in Andhra Pradesh as a Janata Party candidate. He was the only non-Congress candidate to be elected from Andhra Pradesh. The Congress Party led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was defeated, ending 30 years of Congress rule in India and a five party coalition with Morarji Desai as its leader came to power.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Return to active politics (1975–82)
When the Government of India set up an editorial Committee to author a history of the freedom struggle of India, he was its principal member. But, following a conflict with the then Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on the Sepoy Mutiny, he left the government job and published his own book, "The Sepoy Mutiny & Revolt of 1857". According to him the origins of India's freedom struggle lie in the English-educated Indian middle-class and the freedom struggle started with the Banga Bhanga movement in 1905. His views on the freedom struggle are found in his book "History of the Freedom Movement in India".
R. C. Majumdar | Views on the Indian independence movement
Jairamsingh Daulatram became a participant as an activist in the Home Rule Movement led by Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, demanding "Home Rule", or self-government and Dominion status for India within the British Empire. He also joined the Indian National Congress, which was the largest Indian political organisation. Daulatram was deeply influenced by the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, which advocated simple living, and a struggle for independence through "ahimsa" (non-violence) and "satyagraha". perhaps Gandhi's sweetest relations were with Jairamdas. At the Amritsar session of the Congress, 1919, acute differences had arisen on the reforms resolution between Gandhiji on the one hand and Tilak, C.R.
Jairamdas Daulatram | Freedom struggle
He took part in Indian Independence Movement and was imprisoned several times during 1922-23 and 1933. In 1951, he opposed the Government of PEPSU and then involved in Punjabi Suba Movement and imprisoned for both movements. He participated in Delhi Gurudwara reform movement of Akali Dal and in 1975 opposed declaration of Emergency in India. He became General Secretary of Akali Jatha in Nabha State and also served as President, of Akali Dal for the erstwhile PEPSU State.
Dhanna Singh Gulshan | Freedom Movement
Amruthur was involved in India's freedom struggle from the British empire. Even before Mysore State Congress was formed, delegates from Amruthur attended the 1924 Belgaum Session of the Indian National Congress where Mahatma Gandhi was also present. Many people from Amruthur had participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement and had been arrested by the British government and Shri Obedulla khan shirani & Shri. ramurti Inoor, shri. gulli gawuda, had a key role in developing the village.
Amruthur | Freedom struggle
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the Indian independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India—as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister—before becoming the youngest-ever Indian president. Born in present-day Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, Reddy completed his schooling at Adayar and joined the Government Arts College at Anantapur. He quit to become an Indian independence activist and was jailed for participating in the Quit India Movement.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Introduction
As a student Rajeshwara Rao joined the Telangana Armed Struggle against Nizam of Hyderabad and actively participated in Freedom Movement of India. He worked under veteran Telangana Armed Struggle leader Ravi Narayana Reddy. Due to his active participation in the Telangana Rebellion against the ruling Nizam of Hyderabad, Rajeshwara Rao lived underground from September 1947 till October 1951 when he was arrested under the Preventive Detention Act (PDA). In this period of underground and jail life, Rajeshwara Rao, his wife Lalitha, their two daughters Aruna and Kalpana, both born in this period, and his brother Ch. Hanumantha Rao faced severe hardships.
Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao | Freedom struggle
In 1933, he left for Kolkata to attend the Rashtriya Adhivation (national meeting) of Congress, but was arrested and sent to Asansol jail with other national leaders such as Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya, Swaruparani Nehru, Devdas Gandhi, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai etc.
Shriram Sharma | Participation in Indian Freedom Movement
A freedom fighter and a trade unionist, Shri Nand Kishore Bhatt actively participated in the freedom struggle and was imprisoned during the Quit India Movement.
Nand Kishore Bhatt | Freedom Struggle
But they again resigned in 1939, as did all Congress governments in the country, over the question of involving India in the Second World War without the consent of the Indian people. He was among the first freedom fighters to respond to Gandhiji's call for Satyagraha in 1940–41. He was arrested by the British authorities and imprisoned in the Hazaribagh Central Jail in 1942. In 1944 he was released and devoted himself to serving the epidemic-ridden people.
Anugrah Narayan Sinha | Freedom movement
He was again arrested. His 90-year-old mother, four brothers and their wives were imprisoned for two years. He again sat on fast till death in jail and continued it for 65 days when he got fainted for 10 hours, and then he was released. In 1947 the farmer’s movement for freedom and abolition of Jagirs was in full swing. He was arrested along with 8000 participating farmers and left in unknown forest. Later he was arrested and punished with hard imprisonment for one year. To enhance the hardships in jail, snakes were left in his room. He was released only after India got freedom in 1947.
Hanuman Singh Budania | Role in Freedom movement
Attracted by the ideals of Gandhiji, she visited his Ashram at Wardha when she was studying in Lahore. As a student she took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and worked with Aruna Asaf Ali. During this time, she relocated to Delhi where she went underground and edited a journal ‘Hamara Sangram’. She was arrested and after serving time at the Lahore Women's Central Jail, she started working among industrial workers. During the communal riots that ensued in the wake of Partition she helped set up a peace volunteer organization,‘Shanti Dal’ which became a powerful anti-communal force during those troubled times.
Subhadra Joshi | Role in the freedom struggle
Arutla Ramchandra Reddy was an Indian freedom fighter. He was among the leaders and fighters in the armed freedom struggle against the rule of Nizam (the last ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad). The communists joined with the poor peasants in the present day Telangana state during the 1940s to overthrow the Nizam's feudal regime. It was a sub-movement in the larger independence struggle of India, his wife Arutla Kamala Devi was involved in Freedom Struggle and she too was a Member of Legislative Assembly for 3 terms .
Arutla Ramchandra Reddy | Introduction
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari was also an accomplished journalist, writer and poet. He was editor of Urdu weekly "Al-Islah" (The Reform) and an Urdu monthly "Musawat" (Equality) in the preindependence days.
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari | Participation in freedom struggle of India and pre-independence period works
M. Obaidullah, S.R. Rahim, Badruddin Tyabji, Abid Hasan and Moulvi Abdul Hamid. Until 1920, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, later the founder of Pakistan, was a member of the Indian National Congress and was part of the independence struggle. Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher, was a strong proponent of Hindu–Muslim unity and an undivided India, perhaps until 1930. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was also active in the Indian National Congress in Bengal, during his early political career. Mohammad Ali Jouhar and Shaukat Ali struggled for the emancipation of the Muslims in the overall Indian context, and struggled for independence alongside Mahatma Gandhi and Abdul Bari of Firangi Mahal.
Islam in India | Role in the Indian independence movement
The Jalianwalla Bagh Massacre of 1919, which caused a profound impact on the collective psyche of the Punjab, left Swami Keshawanand profoundly moved. He started attending the meetings of the Indian National Congress, joined the Indian Independence Movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, and participated in the non-co-operation movement, for which was imprisoned for two years (1921–1922) at Ferozepur. In 1930, he was given charge of Congress activities in Ferozepur district. He was again arrested the same year, but was soon released pursuant to the Gandhi-Irwin pact.
Swami Keshwanand | Freedom fighter
Mohani participated in the struggle for Indian Independence (end of British Raj); and was jailed in 1903 for many years by British authorities. At that time political prisoners were treated like common criminals and forced to do manual labor. In 1904, he joined the Indian National Congress Party. He was the first person in Indian History who demanded 'Complete Independence' (Azadi-e-Kaamil) in 1921 as he presided over an annual session of All-India Muslim League. In December 1929, his campaign for 'complete independence' resulted in the shape of Indian National Congress session in Lahore. Mohani opposed the partition of India. After complete independence from the British rule, Maulana Hasrat Mohani wanted a confederal set up on the pattern of Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR).
Hasrat Mohani | Struggle for Indian independence
Shri Kamal Nath Jha participated in the Indian independence movement. He was originally associated with the Socialist Party, offered Satyagraha, and courted arrest during college days for the same. He gave up his studies and joined the freedom movement in 1942. Being a natural leader, he organized the underground armed resistance force known as "Azad Dasta" in Purnea district - intended to merge with the Azad Hind Fauz once it entered India, which never happened. In the aftermath of the failure of Azad Hind Fauz to enter India, Jha destroyed arms worth crores of rupees in those days lest they fell into the hands of the British.
Kamal Nath Jha | Independence movement
When he turned 18, Nittoor Srinivasa Rau joined the Indian National Congress. In the 1930s and 1940s, he participated in the Indian independence movement. He worked for the Mysore state unit of the Congress and actively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement. In 1932, he also ran the Congress state unit office in Dharwad. During the Quit India Movement of 1942, he provided shelter to Congress leaders such as Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, R. R. Diwakar, and U. S. Mallya.
Nittoor Srinivasa Rau | Freedom Movement
Despite his efforts, India was partitioned for which he blamed the British bureaucracy.
M. C. Davar | Role in the freedom struggle
He resigned from his official position in 1952 to embark on Parliamentary career by contesting the first general election of independent India from Tellicherry constituency, and winning with a thumping majority. During his tenure in the Lok Sabha (1956), he was part of a Parliamentary delegation to China when Prime Minister Zhou Enlai was in power.
Nettur P. Damodaran | Early years and the freedom struggle
He was again detained for participating in the Quit India movement in 1942 and placed in Vellore and Thanjavur prisons.
Gottipati Brahmaiah | Freedom fighter
In 1916, he met the cotton mill workers based in Rajnandgaon. He learned that the workers were mistreated by the British officers and that they had to work 12 hours each day. Their plight made Thakur Pyarelal start an organization to help the workers. In 1909 he began Saraswati Pustkalaya in Rajnandgaon. In 1920, Rajnandgaon Mill Workers, led by Thakur Pyarelal Singh started a strike that lasted more than 37 days. This was India's first long-term strike and it managed to reduced the worker's working hours. With the creation of the non-cooperation movement by Mahatma Gandhi, he left his legal practice and began to campaign for Indian independence from Britain.
Thakur Pyarelal Singh | Role in freedom struggle
In 1935, she served as the President for Ryots Mahasabha in Kulada, Ganjam. She was a prominent activist in the Khadi Movement and distributed khadis free of charge to the poor. She was also an active participant in the Quit India Movement of 1942. When India achieved independence, she was serving a sentence at a jail in Cuttack, where many notable freedom fighters were imprisoned during the swaraj movement. A memorial to freedom fighters was inaugurated at the jail site by Honorable Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on 23 January 2010, but the development appears to have stalled.
Adruti Laxmibai | Participation in Indian freedom movement
On 7 July 1930 he joined and conducted a three-and-half months' long students strike in Pitambar High School, as part of the school-college boycott call given by the Indian National Congress. After the successful strike, he was rusticated from the school for participating in the strike. In the same year, he was imprisoned under a false libel suit filed by police under Section 107, Indian Penal Code. After being imprisoned for 6 months, he was set free. In March, 1931 the case was withdrawn following the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
Samar Mukherjee | Early Life & Freedom Movement
Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone (1710–1757), from Kattalankulam in Thoothukudi District, was an early Chieftain and freedom fighter against the British presence in Tamil Nadu. Born into a Konar Yadava family, he became a military leader in the town of Ettayapuram, and was defeated in battle there against the British and Maruthanayagam's forces. He was executed in 1757.He was considered as one the first freedom fighter of india and earliest Indian, tamlilian to show opposition for British rule and considered as First freedom fighter of India. Tamilnadu Government and The late chief minister J. Jayalailtha inaugurated his statute in Chennai, opposite to The famous Egmore Railway station in his remembrance and his Birth date recognised every year by the tamilnadu government as a gesture to honour him.
Indian independence movement | Early rebellion
Lala Achint Ram joined the Congress party in his youth and took active part in its movements. He was imprisoned by the British government for his participation in the freedom movements from 1930–32, 1939, 1940, and 1942–45. He had been the member of Congress Working Committee and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, All India Congress Committee. He was also the president of Punjab Provincial Election Tribunal and National Industrial High School for a period of two years. He had also been the vice-president of All India Postmen and Lower Grade Staff Union, secretary of the Servants of the People Society and member of the provisional parliament of India from 1950–52.
Lala Achint Ram | Participation in freedom struggle
Subsequently, when the idea of "independent Travancore" was mooted, Majeed was a staunch opponent of it and took part in the agitation against the move. He was incarcerated again for several months. When the INA hero Vakkom Kadir was sentenced to death by the British, Majeed visited him in the Madras Central jail. It was Majeed who brought Kadir's last letter to his father before the hanging.
Vakkom Majeed | Freedom struggle
Kishenji did not view the independence from British rule to be genuine freedom, rather he believed that it has only strengthened the rich ruling class and brought no meaningful change in the life of poor and tribal people. His classmates says that he had a strong aversion towards feudalism. His political career launched when he joined the Telangana movement and volunteered as a member of the "Telangana Sangarsh Samiti". He subsequently founded the Radical Students Union (RSU) in Telangana. He became a full-time member of the People's War Group in 1974. He decided to go "underground" to participate in the revolution when the Emergency was declared in 1975.
Kishenji | Early political life
As a social activist he participated in freedom movement of India in 1942 under Gandhi's leadership and also suffered imprisonment for 21 months when the Indian government had suppressed all civil and political rights and imposed emergency in 1975–77. As a result, he was elected to the Parliament of India with a margin of 186,000 votes against his formidable rival, who was later Chief Minister of Bihar. He has also raised his voice against inhuman blinding of under-trial prisoners in jail before the Supreme Court of India and had moved a Public Interest Litigation in the High Court for the protection of the rights of the landless people.
Ramjee Singh | Freedom movement and social activism
Gurjar participated in the Indian freedom struggle. The financial position of his father, Ram Karan Gujar was not strong, which created problems in proper arrangements for his education. Gurjar acquired working knowledge of Hindi. The political atmosphere of the town inspired him and as a result he started to attend the public meetings of the congress party which he joined formally during session 1935-36 and became its active worker.
Arjun Singh Gurjar | Role in Independence of India
He took active part in the Indian Independence movement. He discontinued studies in 1930 to join Salt Satyagraha movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and suffered imprisonment; participated in (i) Civil Disobedience movement; (ii) Individual Satyagraha movement; (iii) Quit India movement; and was imprisoned for more than three years
O. V. Alagesan | Indian Independence Movement
The formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 led to increased agitation for Indian independence from British rule. was the earliest leader of the organisation from Kerala, and twice served as its General Secretary. He was well known as editor of the "Madras Standard" and as an activist for civil rights in Travancore State. A forceful writer and orator, he had wide contacts in Britain as well as India. Mahatma Gandhi acknowledged the help and guidance given to him by Pillai in the South African Indian issue and also in the temperance movement.
G. P. Pillai | Participation in Indian freedom struggle
He took active part in freedom struggle therefore has to drop his studies in between. In 1940 has gone underground, was once arrested by police but was able escape from the police custody. All Bihar Congress Leader has trust in him and ask him to lead Youth Congress Wing in the year 1942 he toured the entire Bihar to encourage the youth to join the India's Freedom Struggle. After the independence he was made the first Youth Congress Wing President in the year 1947.
Ambika Sharan Singh | Struggle in Indian independence
He was a champion of kisans, backward classes, weaker sections and one of the most prominent leaders of his time. He was arrested at a very young age of 21 when he participated in the Salt Satyagraha at Palasa. Latchanna also participated in the Quit India Movement. He was conferred the title of sardar for his fearless fight against the British Raj. He was the born leader of masses, freedom fighter and social reformer. Till Independence, he fought against British. After the end of British Raj, it was on political and social fronts for the sake of farmers, labourers, and the working class.
Gouthu Latchanna | Freedom fighter and people's leader
Even in exile, Satguru Ram Singh worked endlessly to keep the freedom struggle alive even sending his Suba (Lieutenant) Bishan Singh to Moscow, in order to gain the support of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, in removing British rule in India. Suba Bishan had made contact with Maharaja Duleep Singh who was also in Moscow at the time looking to gain support of the Russian Czar in order to rid the British from India, and re-institute the once flourishing Sikh Empire. However, due to the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) the Russians were not keen on supporting any Indian nationalist in going to war against the British Empire.
Namdhari | Role in Indian freedom movement
He also remained President of Servants of the People Society (Lok Sevak Mandal), a social service organisation founded by Lala Lajpat Rai, in 1921. He worked as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the present-day Uttar Pradesh for a period of 13 years, from 31 July 1937 to 10 August 1950. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946.
Purushottam Das Tandon | Freedom struggle
His active involvement with the masses and their problems and his tireless struggle for their emancipation have naturally earned him in equal measure the love of the people and the wrath of the powers that be. He is one of those select freedom fighters of our country who were imprisoned by the feudal lords and the alien rulers before the attainment of Indian Independence and also by the native leaders thereafter. He has consistently fought for the democratic and responsible government. His commitment to human rights made him an active member of the Tarkunde Committee. Although opposed to power and the trapping of office Kaloji looked upon elections as a democratic exercise.
Telangana Language Day | Movements
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (1 July 1905 – 18 January 1973) was a participant in the freedom struggle of India. He was known for his commitment to national integration, secularism and communal harmony. He was a leader who worked against the demand of Muslim league for creation of a separate Muslim nation from India as an independent state.
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari | Introduction
Desai then joined the freedom struggle under Mahatma Gandhi and joined the civil disobedience movement against British rule in India. He spent many years in jail during the freedom struggle and owing to his sharp leadership skills and tough spirit, he became a favourite amongst freedom-fighters and an important leader of the Indian National Congress in the Gujarat region. When provincial elections were held in 1934 and 1937, Desai was elected and served as the Revenue Minister and Home Minister of the Bombay Presidency.
Morarji Desai | Freedom fighter
From a very young age, he had actively plunged himself into national movements for freedom of India. In 1907, he established Vardhaman Jain Vidyalaya, which became an important center of independence activists. Besides religious education, the students were steeped with revolutionary and political ideology. A Shikshan Samiti, which he established, had its network of Pathshalas in Jaipur. He worked as Kamdar in Jaipur State, but soon left the service, distressed with the behavior of the English with the Indian people. Independence-minded Arjun Lai Sethi answered the call of his heart to serve the country. He was an active participant in revolutionary movements between the years 1905-12.
Pandit Arjun Lal Sethi | Involvement in India's Freedom Movement
She worked to aid soldiers affected by the Indo-Chinese War of 1962. During the Emergency she protested by bringing out her own newspaper along with Harekrushna Mahatab and Nilamani Routray. The Gram Sevak Press, was banned by the government and was arrested along with other leaders from Orissa like Nabakrushna Choudhuri, Harekrushna Mahatab, Manmohan Chowdhury, Smt. Annapurna Moharana, Jaykrushana Mohanty, and others.
Ramadevi Choudhury | Role after independence of India
On Joseph's return from London, he initially set up practice at Madras before shifting to Madurai. He hosted at his house in Madurai several leaders of the freedom struggle including Gandhi, C. Rajagopalachari, Srinivasa Iyengar and K. Kamaraj during their visits there. Subramania Bharati composed the "Viduthalai", a well known patriotic song while staying at Joseph's residence.
George Joseph (activist) | Role in the freedom struggle
He was so greatly moved by the dedication, courage, and conviction of Mahatma Gandhi that as soon as the motion of Non-Cooperation was passed by Indian National Congress, he retired from his lucrative career of lawyer to aid the movement.
Ravishankar Shukla | Struggle for Indian independence (1909-1935)
When her health improved, she was returned to Yeravda Jail. In March 1946, she was released, the first political prisoner to be released in Bombay, at the orders of Morarji Desai, who was at that time the home minister in the interim government.
Usha Mehta | Role in freedom movement
C. P. also edited Annie Besant's newspaper "New India" during her incarceration. at the same time, campaigning vigorously for her release. C. P., later, distanced himself from the Indian Independence after disagreeing with Mahatma Gandhi over the Swadeshi and Non-Cooperation movements.
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer | Indian Independence Movement
In 1924, Thakur Pyarelal Singh resumed his legal career in Raipur. In 1930, Congress assigned the responsibility of the boycott movement to Thakur Pyarelal Singh including the picketing of liquor stores. As a result he was sentenced one year's imprisonment by the British Government. Upon his release he continued his campaigning and in 1932 was again imprisoned for two years, losing his privileges to practice law. Released from prison in 1934, he was elected minister of Mahakoshal Provincial Congress Committee. In 1936 he was elected to the assembly for the first time. Mahatma Gandhi invited him for a discussion on new teaching methods.
Thakur Pyarelal Singh | Role in freedom struggle
He left the practice and joined the Congress party. He was secretory of the first Andhra Mahasabha conference held at Bapatla in 1913 and president of the Nellore conference in 1917. He was president of Guntur district congress committee and rose to the position of secretary of All India Congress Committee in 1923. He was president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee between 1918 and 1923. He actively participated in various activities of the Indian freedom movement and was jailed in 1930, 1932 and 1942. He translated "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" (1856) by John Lothrop Motley, into the Telugu language in 1922, while a prisoner in Cuddalore jail.
Konda Venkatappaiah | Indian Freedom Movement
Daulatram Saran was educated at the government high school in Sardarshahar. He joined the Indian independence movement in response to the efforts of Mahatma Gandhi. 1945-48: He was connected with "Bikaner Rajya Praja Parishad" as a member of Pratinidhi Sabha. He took part in the formation of popular government in the princely state of Bikaner. He played an important role in the awakening of farmers of princely state Bikaner and united them against the exploitation by Jagirdars. He always had problems of farmers in his mind and struggled for them, due to which he was very popular among the farmers of the region.
Daulatram Saran | Freedom fighter
His release, along with 600 of his fellow prisoners, came in March 1931 following the Gandhi-Irwin pact. Once free, he organised an anti-British movement and edited a revolutionary journal, "Ujjivanam", because of which an arrest warrant was issued on him and he left Kerala. Hope this is helpful. Thank you.
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer | Freedom struggle involvement
Prior to this, on many occasions Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congressman Prakash Chandra Sethi requested him to accept the Freedom Fighter Pension, which he humbly but strongly denied. He was entirely not interested to accept any pension for his participation in the Independence struggle of India. This sets him apart from many other Independence activists who held high offices in independent India is his complete insulation from material desire. He refused to accept any pension and never applied for the same till it was declared as Sammaan Nidhi by the government. Only after being declared as Samman Nidhi he accepted the recognition from the government for being an Independence activist even when he had no source of income and would not accept any favours from any well wisher.
Guru Radha Kishan | Narmada Ke Sacche Sapoot
In 1921, at the age of 17, Sri Manthena Venkata Raju, walked out of the National College and gave up education to participate in the Freedom Struggle of India. Since that year, he participated in several Campaigns and Satyagraha movements until India achieved Independence. He was jailed on several occasions during his participation in the Freedom Struggle. He occupied several important positions in the Andhra Congress party during this period. He served as Sceretary and President of the Guntur District Congress and was the General Secretary of the Andhra Congress Party. Among the notable leaders of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, Sri Alapati Venkataramaiah and Sri Venigalla Satyanarayana were all introduced to politics by Sri Manthena Venkata Raju.
Manthena Venkata Raju | Freedom Fighter
In 1942 Quit India movement, Brijmangal Rai played an important role conducting organisational activities. He was served an arrest warrant within a week of spearheading the movement. But he got underground and was not arrested until four years. As a result, the entire property of his family was attached. In the year 1946 he was arrested but British Government was packing its bags from India. All the independence activists were being released, therefore all the charges were withdrawn against Brijmangal Rai and subsequently he was released.
Brij Mangal Rai | Freedom fighter
He was drawn to the heroic saga of the Dutch led by William the Silent in 16th century against the Spanish. He also wrote his autobiography in two volumes. He wrote "Adhunika Rajyanga Samsthalu", which was published in 1932. When Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil disobedience movement in 1930-31, he was president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee and in charge of the movement in the State.
Konda Venkatappaiah | Indian Freedom Movement
Sukhadia along with other activists traveled across remote tribal areas and villages of the region, established direct contact with local peasants and tribesmen, edified them about their constitutional rights and encouraged to espouse the national movement. Fearing the torment of their zamindars, most of the locals were reluctant to shelter national activists in their houses. Public workers were not allowed to enter Bhil villages as zamindars considered contact of activists with simple-minded peasants undesirable. Often they were beaten and arrested by police for entering Bhil villages. In 1946, Praja Mandals of various states merged to form a statewide organization and named it Rajputana Prantiya Sabha.
Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Contribution in freedom struggle
G.V. Chalam was fired by patriotic zeal and threw himself into national struggle for freedom from British colonial rule. As a graduate student, Chalam was caught distributing seditious ‘anti British’ literature by the police and was imprisoned for 14 months in the Vellore jail, in then Madras province, India.
Guduru Venkatachalam | Afreedom fighter
This village had multiple members who participated in India's Independence Movement.
Sailo Jharapada | Freedom Fighters
He was a member of Indian National Congress since his student days in 1899. In 1906, he represented Allahabad in the All India Congress Committee. He was associated with the Congress Party committee that studied the Jallianwala Bagh incident in 1919. In the 1920s and 1930s he was arrested for participating in the Non-Cooperation movement and Salt Satyagraha respectively. He and Jawaharlal Nehru were among the people arrested even before Mohandas K. Gandhi returned from the Round Table Conference at London in 1931. He was known for his efforts in farmers' movements and he served as the President, Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1934.
Purushottam Das Tandon | Freedom struggle
Rajeshwara Rao worked closely with famous Urdu poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin when they all lived in underground dens in Sabzeemandi and chikkadpally, before being arrested. While underground, he organised different student actions, like hosting the Indian flag on Independence day, 15 August as well as the training of students for the armed struggle of Telangana. In 1948, he got elected General Secretary of the AHSU in a secret meeting and led a delegation to the South East Asian Youth Conference in Kolkata the same year. He also attended the second congress of the CPI in Calcutta in 1948. After he was released on parole in February 1952, Rajeshwara Rao advocated the implementation of the Tenancy and Land Reform legislation and was soon rearrested.
Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao | Freedom struggle
During the thick of the freedom struggle, Kumarji was the President of the Travancore Congress Committee and was also in charge of Gandhiji's Travacore tour more than once. He served on the AICC and on the working committee of the TC-PCC/ KPCC heading its Constructive Work Committee during crucial years of the freedom movement. Besides Mahatma Gandhi, Kumarji had close ties with Rajaji, Pandit Nehru, C.R.Das and other prominent leaders. Late Shri Kurur Neelakanthan Nampoothiripadu (Ex MLA and veteran Gandhian) observes: "Kumarji was one of the most strenuous of our freedom fighters who took active part in practically all agitation for Indian freedom".
K. Kumar | Into the thick of Freedom Struggle
Soon thereafter he was trapped on the Koshi Bridge by British troops along with his comrades and shooting ensued. Despite being wounded and in high fever, Shri Jha jumped into the raging Koshi river. He was later arrested at a train station when he was trying to escape. His arrest was as a security prisoner under D.I.R. in 1944 and detained in Bhagalpur Central Jail and released in 1946 after the case against him- likely to yield death by hanging or kala pani (life imprisonment in the Andaman Islands) was inconclusive, Indian independence being nigh also played a role.
Kamal Nath Jha | Independence movement
When Dinkar stepped into his adolescence, the Indian freedom movement had already begun under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. In 1929, when after matriculation, he entered Patna College to study intermediate; this movement started becoming aggressive. In 1928, the Simon Commission, against which nationwide demonstrations were being held, arrived. Demonstrations were held in Patna too and Dinkar too signed the oath-paper. Thousands came to the rally at Gandhi Maidan in which Dinkar also participated. During the protest against Simon Commission, the police of the British Government mercilessly lathi charged the Lion of Punjab, Lala Lajpat Rai, who succumbed to the injuries.
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Creative Struggle
Brahmaiah was one of the pioneers of the Zamindari Ryot Movement. He participated in the boycott of the Simon Commission in 1927. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and six months in 1930 for participating in the black flag demonstration against the then Governor’s visit to Machilipatnam. He was imprisoned in Rajahmundry, Berhampore and Vellore jails. He again took part in the civil disobedience movement and was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in Rajahmundry, Bellary, Madras and Cuddalore jails. He was responsible for the temple entry of dalits at Ghantasala in 1933. He was General Secretary of Andhra Provincial Congress Committee during 1937-1940.
Gottipati Brahmaiah | Freedom fighter
After the independence of India, he continued his freedom struggle to leave no stone unturned to attain real freedom which consists in social justice and economic equality. He discharged his duties to all constructive programmes connected with national integration, social reform, religious harmony, propagation of Khadi, prohibition, basic education, anti-dowry movement, removal of untouchability and eradication of casteism.
Tallapragada Prakasarayudu | Introduction
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Dukkipati Nageswara Rao | References
In his early days, C. P. was an admirer of Gopal Krishna Gokhale and desired to join the Servants of India society in Poona. In 1912, he fought on behalf of Jiddu Narayaniah against Annie Besant for the custody of his sons J. Krishnamurti and Nityananda in the famous Besant Narayaniah trial and won. Besant, however, later got the verdict annulled by appealing to the Privy Council in England. However, as a result of this case, C. P. developed an admiration for Annie Besant and collaborated with her in organising the Home Rule League and served as its vice-president. In 1917, he became the Secretary of the Indian National Congress.
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer | Indian Independence Movement
Golam Jilani, during his student life got involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj and fought for the independence of India from the Great Britain. He became the Assistant Secretary of Bengal Nationalist Muslim Party and the Councillor of All India Muslim League at the age of 27. He was a great patriot of his country and this was proved when he refused to serve as the Deputy Magistrate under the British Government. In the Galimpur village, Golam Jilani and the revolutionary leader Asab Ali Beg called for a meeting where they invited the people to join the revolutionaries against the British Raj for the independence of India from the Great Britain.
A.K. Golam Jilani | Indian independence movement
He also communicated with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the capacity of the Secretary of the District Congress Committee and was also responded to through letters.
Garapaty Satyanarayana | Associations with other leaders of the <a href="Indian%20independence%20movement">Indian Freedom Struggle</a>
He was attracted to the social reform movement of his uncle, Vakkom Moulavi, as well as Narayana Guru. He came to politics in his early school days. When the Indian National Movement emerged in Kerala, Majeed was in the forefront of its leadership. He was one of the early architects of the Indian National Congress in Travancore. As a young man, he also became greatly involved in the social reform movement. Majeed was one of the few Congress leaders in Travancore who exhibited enormous courage by participating in the Quit India movement in 1942 and got arrested. He remained in jail for several months.
Vakkom Majeed | Freedom struggle
Horniman served as vice president of the Home Rule League under Annie Besant and called for a satyagraha campaign against the Rowlatt Act in 1919 through The Bombay Chronicle and at public meetings. When Gandhi formed the Satyagraha Sabha to launch a national campaign against the Rowlatt Act, Horniman was made its vice-president. His decision to print an unofficial, smuggled report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in defiance of government censorship resulted in his deportation to the United Kingdom by the British colonial government.
B. G. Horniman | Role in India's freedom struggle
On 14 August 1947, she sang "Vande Mataram" in the Independence Session of the Constituent Assembly a few minutes before Nehru delivered his famous "Tryst with Destiny" speech. She was also the founder of the All India Mahilla Congress, established in 1940.
Sucheta Kripalani | Freedom movement and independence
In 1930, he was sentenced for 2 years in jail for writing the book 'Sindhudo' that contained songs to inspire the youth of India that was participating in the struggle for Independence against the British Raj. It is during this time that he wrote 'Kavya Triputi' based on Gandhiji's visit to London for the round table conference. During this period he also started writing short stories independently and served as editor for 'Phoolchaab' magazine.
Jhaverchand Meghani | Contribution to the freedom struggle
Ponnada Subba Rao became a member of the Indian National Congress in 1920. During 1921-1922 he suspended his law practice and joined the Non-Cooperation Movement. During this period he served as Secretary of the Vizagapatam District Congress Committee.
Ponnada Subba Rao | Struggle for Independence
Many students left Raj-sponsored public schools during the non-cooperation movement, and many lawyers abandoned their practices. Many Indian national schools were established during this period under Thakur Pyarelal's supervision, including the Madhyamik School in Rajnandgaon. His father, Mr. Dindayal Singh was Deputy Inspector of Schools for Rajnandgaon, Kawardha, and Chuikhadan. In 1923, the Flag Satyagrah Movement was announced by Congress, and Thakur Pyarelal led this movement in various regions of Chhattisgarh (formerly known as Madhya Pradesh). Innumerable satyagrahis from all over the state joined him in generating public awareness. In 1924, a second mill workers' strike in Rajnandgaon led by Thakur Pyarelal Singh saw violent demonstrations against the British Government resulting in further concessions to the workers.
Thakur Pyarelal Singh | Role in freedom struggle
Mahadaji Scindia, Nana Fadnavis, Rani Lakshmibai, Nana Sahib, Tantia Tope, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Dadabhai Naoroji, Bhikaiji Cama, Shyamji Krishna Varma, Annie Besant, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Rajaji, K. M. Munshi, Bhagat Singh, Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pritilata Waddedar, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Sare Jahan se Accha (drawing) | Independence activists
Belliappa entered politics in 1921 as a member of the Coorg Planters' Association. He later joined the Congress Party and became one of its prominent members. A staunch Gandhian, satyagrahi and freedom fighter he courted arrest during the freedom struggle. His wife Pandyanda Seethamma Belliappa was also a freedom fighter who courted arrest. He was also the editor of a periodical called the 'Kodagu'. At his invitation, Mahatma Gandhi, his secretary Mr. Thakkar, the President of the Dalit Sangha, a German journalist, Miss Jamnalal Bajaj and others came to Gonikoppal in Coorg.
Pandyanda Belliappa | Freedom Struggle
In India's pre-independence days, freedom fighters Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Vallabhbhai Patel influenced Gadgil. Spiritual leaders Swami Ramkrishna Paramhans and Swami Vivekanand also made a deep impression on him. He joined the Indian National Congress immediately after obtaining his law degree and started his active participation in the national freedom movement. He suffered imprisonment from the ruling British government eight times for the participation. In India's pre-independence days, Gadgil served as the secretary of Poona District Congress Committee (1921–25), the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (1937–45), and the whip and secretary of the Congress Legislative Party (1945–47).
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil | Activities before India's independence
A Political and Social worker he organized a school for adults, a girls school, a study centre and a labour organization and became member of Congress Socialist Party, in 1934, and National Committee of Students Federation, 1939–44. He was President of the Banaras University Mandal Congress Committee and Member of District Congress Committee(D.C.C.). He was president of Student Congress during 1942 Quit India movement, and led protests in and around Varanasi district in UP. Initially he was "underground" for three months and later arrested on 28 September 1942, during Quit India Movement and detained till 1945.
Raj Narain | Activities during India's Freedom Movement
Brij Basi Lal was an Indian freedom fighter, participated in the Indian independence movement. He was a part of the Satyagraha and Quit India movements and was imprisoned in 1941 and 1942 for participating Satyagraha and Quit India movements respectively.
Brij Basi Lal | Pre <a href="Independence%20Day%20%28India%29">independence</a>
Not much is known of her early life apart from that she was born in the small village of Hogla, near Tamluk in 1869, and that because she was the daughter of a poor peasant, she did not receive a formal education. She was married early and became widowed at the age of eighteen without bearing any offspring In 1905, she became actively interested in the Indian independence movement as a Gandhian. A notable feature of the freedom struggle in Midnapore was the participation of women. In 1932, she took part in the Civil Disobedience movement and was arrested for breaking the Salt Act.
Matangini Hazra | Early life and involvement in the freedom movement
Kumaranand became a member of the All India Congress Committee in 1920, and was a key figure in the left-wing of the Congress. Together with Maulana Hasrat Mohani, he co-tabled the first motion to call for full Independence for India at the Ahmedabad session of the AICC in 1921, a move Gandhi rejected at the time. Kumaranand was noted for having distributed copies of the "Communist Manifesto" at the event. He was one of the leading figures of the Salt Satyagraha in Beawar, and was arrested for his role in this agitation.
Swami Kumaranand | Independence struggle
Singh Chhina visited Calcutta and met Netaji. Bose further suggested to Singh Chhina to approach Soviet premier Joseph Stalin for armed help for India's struggle against independence. In order to vouch for his intentions to seek Soviet support for India's freedom movement, his speeches should be studied and not the changes in his political principles. For this purpose Singh Chhina visited the Frontier Province to make arrangements for his escape to Russia. In June 1940 Singh Chhina and Kishan met Bhagat Ram Talwar in his village in North West Frontier. Talwar was member of Forward Bloc and was engaged in secret activities of Kirti Party.
Ram Kishan | Freedom struggle
Gopalakrishnayya returned to Guntur in 1917 and worked as a teacher Government College at Rajahmundry and at the National College at Machilipatnam but he also became involved in Annie Besant's Home Rule Movement. In 1919 he gave up his teaching career to become a full-time political activist. He attended the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress in 1920 where he was attracted to the idea of non-cooperation that the Congress endorsed.
Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya | Freedom fighter
He left his studies in 1920 at the call of Mahatma Gandhi to join the Non-cooperation movement. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. In jail he acted as Lala Lajpat Rai's personal secretary. In 1924 he became the editor of Bhai Parmanand's weekly Hindi language paper "Akashvani". He participated in the Satyagraha movement and was in jail for about nine years on different occasions. His wife was in jail for six months and his eldest son, Ramesh Chandra, was arrested during the Quit India movement.
Lala Jagat Narain | Freedom struggle
He was involved in the freedom movement from childhood when he was studying in school in village Narsara. The senior leaders of Jaipur Praja-Mandal in Skekhawati, Ladu Ram Joshi, Kishan Singh Batar, Bhinw Raj Dugar had once organized a meeting in village Harsawa for the awakening of the villagers. The villagers insulted these leaders which hurt Hardev Singh and from that time he joined the leaders of ‘Jaipur Praja-Mandal’ and motivated the villagers and got their meeting held.
Hardev Singh Nehra | Freedom movement
The Gowdas were historically involved in a rebellion against British rule in Canara and Coorg. Guddemane Appayya Gowda, whose family was given lands in Kodagu, along with others from Kodagu and Kedambadi Rame Gowda from Sulya rebelled against the British and hoisted "Jangama" (Lingayite monk) Kalyanaswamy's flag in "Bavuta Gudde" in Mangalore and ruled for 13 days. This was one of the earliest Indian independence struggles against British rule 1834.
Tulu Gowda | Indian national Freedom movement
Gandhi's Circular letter of October 1919, calling for a nationwide hartal with reference to the Khilafat movement was addressed to 28 of India's leading Independence activists, among them Motilal and Jawaharlal Nehru, C. Rajagopalachari, C. F. Andrews, Rajendra Prasad, and also V. A. Sundaram. Sundaram built up close and cordial relationships with leading Independence activists of Tamil Nadu, namely C. Rajagopalachari, C. Vijayaraghavachariar and Sir Subramania Iyer. Under their guidance and with Gandhi's support, he engaged in the cause of the Bengal internments of 1917, in the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1925, the Salt Satyagraha of 1930 and the civil disobedience campaigns of 1930 and 1931.
V. A. Sundaram | An Independence activist
In 1916, Sait was elected to the Madras Legislative Council by the South Indian Chamber of Commerce. He joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the Khilafat agitations in 1919 and was imprisoned for six months. He was arrested and imprisoned once again in 1921 for his participation in the Non-Cooperation Movement. On his return from jail in 1923, he resigned from the Congress and founded the Madras Province Muslim League. This move was prompted by Sait's preference for Dominion Status when the Congress declaration of independence as its primary goal. As a result, no Muslim leader from the Presidency participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Yakub Hasan Sait | In the Indian Independence Movement
During his various jail terms, he developed a close association with several leaders of national level such as Mohan lal, Pratul Chandra Ganguli, Jeevanlal Chaterjee, Shri Bhattukeshwar Dutt, a close associate of the legendary Sardar Bhagat Singh, Shri Kanneganti Hanumanthu, a close associate of the revolutionary legend Shri Alluri Sitarama Raju. He also shared jail terms with leaders such as Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, and Dr. R. Venkatraman who went on to become the Presidents of Independent India, during the terms (25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982) and (25 July 1987 – 25 July 1992) respectively. He was also instrumental in bringing Mahatma Gandhiji during 1937 and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in 1940 to Eluru town and responsible for holding massive rallies in support of them.
Garapaty Satyanarayana | Associations with other leaders of the <a href="Indian%20independence%20movement">Indian Freedom Struggle</a>
Ram Narayan Singh often referred to as Babu Ram Narayan Singh (1885-1964) was a noted freedom fighter, social worker and politician from Hazaribagh. He and his brother Sukhlal Singh was among the early Congress workers from Chatra, who lead in Non-co-operation movement with other young congress leaders like Krishna Ballabh Sahay, Raj Ballabh Singh, Badri Singh of Koderma. They also propagated Khadi and mingled with Santhal leaders like Opan Manjhi, Bangma Manjhi for the social reform movement. He and Krishna Ballabh Sahay were firstly imprisoned for a month by British during 1920-21. The India's district gazetteers also makes a note that notable participants in the independence movement from Chhatra district include Babu Ram Narayan Singh, and Babu Shaligram Singh, who lead the Quit India movement and were impassioned several times by British for their national activities.
Ram Narayan Singh | Introduction