Saeed Naqvi | Why freedom came early: In August 1947, not June 1948
Instead of August 15, 1947, our Independence Day could well have been June 30, 1948
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Instead of August 15, 1947, our Independence Day could well have been June 30, 1948
Camilla said it’s 'lovely to meet different people from different cultures, you get a different take on life from all of them’
In his seminal publication -- The Men who ruled India (1985) -- Philip Mason, in the last paragraph of the epilogue wrote: “When all has been said, one simple point remains.
The 125th birth centenary of Netaji Subhas Bose has seen a revival of his legacy. Beginning this year, Republic Day celebrations have started from his birth anniversary, January 23. This Independence Day will see a 28-foot-tall statue of Netaji being unveiled under an umbrella near India Gate. Netaji scholar Chandrachur Ghose, who has a new biography out on the incandescent revolutionary, tells Managing Editor Sandeep Unnithan why the entire spectrum of the political class had a problem with Bose’s towering legacy.
Not only me, one day many will be forced to speak out for the sake of people.