Kalpana Datta, an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the armed independence movem
Kalpana Datta (Bengali: কল্পনা দত্ত) (27 July 1913 – 8 February 1995) (later Kalpana Joshi) was an Indian independence movement activist...
Col Nizamuddin who drove around Netaji dies at 116
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s driver and INA veteran ‘Colonel’ Nizamuddin died on Monday in his native village of Dhakwa in Azamgarh...
INA's soldier lives in oblivion in Vadodara
His eyes are misty. his vision is failing. he can hardly hear. his once strong body is now frail. yet, every evening as the sun sinks in...
Basanti Waddedar, Begs job for her son.
Ranaghat Aug. 15: At 105 she still sings the songs which once worked as inspiration to the freedom fighters. However, it could no more...
104-yr-old freedom fighter passes away
An Indian Army freedom fighter and a close associate of Neta Ji Subhash Chander Bose, Hoshiyar Singh, of Bara village of Dehra...
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Mahal's maiden name was Muhammadi Khanum, and she was born at Faizabad, Awadh, India.[2] She was a courtesan by profession and had been...
Matangini Hazra
Matangini Hazra (Bengali: মাতঙ্গিনী হাজরা; 19 October 1870 [1] – 29 September 1942[2]) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in...
Feisty at 90: Momota Mehta, her memories of the charismatic leader and what keeps her going
She turns 90 in five months, but you'd never know from Momota Mehta's erect posture and her forthright way of airing her views. At the...
eCard from Vietnam-Mme.Nguyen Thi Binh
Breaking stereotypes, she captivated the world. During the Vietnam War, US leaders had the people in the West believe that the Viet Cong...
She Fought The British For Freedom, But Has Been Disowned By Her Own Family
Kamla ben Trivedi , a Gandhian, fought against British rule in the 1940s. But now, at 88 years of age, she has lost to the heartlessness...