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BRITAIN’S WORST FAILURE – The Bengal Famine of 1943

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During the course of the 150 years that the British ruled over the Indian subcontinent, they were accused of committing several atrocities against Indians – racial discrimination, lathi charges, and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919.
However, we tend to forget one of the worst of the lot – The Bengal Famine of 1943 which consumed the lives of around 3 million people. What is unique about this famine, is that unlike the 6 other major famines that had struck India during the reign of the British, the one in 1943, was a result of policy failure on part of Winston Churchill’s War Time Cabinet, and not natural factors.
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Subhash Chandra Bose – Dead or Alive?

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23rd August 1945, news of Bose’s sudden death breaks out in British India. However, the Viceroy of India, along with a lot of other Indians, refuses to believe it. Questions and theories start floating across the entire country. Why would the great Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose fake his own death? What was he hiding? What really happened to him on the fateful afternoon of 17th August 1945?
This continues to be one of the biggest questions that haunts India till date. Click on the title above to read more about the theories surrounding Subhash Chandra Bose’s death, as I attempt to unravel this mystery … Continue readingSubhash Chandra Bose – Dead or Alive?

‘Man of peace’ – Lal Bahadur Shastri

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When someone asks you what’s so special about the 2nd of October, what would your answer be? Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. But most of tend to forget about another extremely significant figure who was born on this very day – Lal Bahadur Shastri. Independent India’s Second Prime Minister, was born on this day in 1904 in Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh. Unfortunately, in less than 2 years, he passed away due to a supposed ‘heart attack’, a theory which his wife and family refused to believe in, giving rise to a lot of suspicion and subsequently – several controversial theories. Even today, his death remains clouded in mystery. But, what is even sadder, is that while everybody celebrates Gandhi Ji on the 2nd of October, very few remember this exceptional man.
Click on the title above to read more about the ‘Man of Peace’ – Lal Bahadur Shastri and to access a rare unseen footage from his funeral … Continue reading‘Man of peace’ – Lal Bahadur Shastri

Bhagat Singh – The Young Revolutionary

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On 28th September, 1907, in a small village in Punjab, British India, Bhagat Singh was born to a family of revolutionaries, who inculcated in him, from the very start, the spirit to fight and revolt.

As fate would have it, Bhagat Singh went on to become one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement, who was hung alongside his comrades – Sukhdev and Rajguru, on this day – 23rd March, 1931.

On account of ‘Shaheed Diwas’ which marks the 90th death anniversary of these young martyrs, I present to you – ‘Bhagat Singh – The Young Revolutionary’.

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