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Yusuf Meherally, The Forgotten Freedom Fighter For Whom Bombay Once Stood Still
To honour this nation’s Independence Day, we bring you the fascinating stories of #ForgottenHeroes of #IndianIndependence that were lost among the pages of history. India’s fight against colonial rule...
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The Making of A Nation: How Sardar Patel Integrated 562 Princely States
Present-day India owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the vision, tact, diplomacy and pragmatic approach of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the indomitable man who integrated 562 princely states with...
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10 IAS Officers Who Made 2017 Better With Their Brilliant Initiatives
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had famously described the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) as the “steel frame” upon which the rest of the bureaucracy would rest — a bastion of India’s best and brightest...
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How This ‘Lion of Odisha’ Took On the British & Helped Sardar Patel Unify India!
To honour this nation’s Independence Day, we bring you the fascinating stories of #ForgottenHeroes of #IndianIndependence that were lost among the pages of history. Mainstream media in India has done...
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70 Years Ago, Hyderabad Acceded to India: What Unfolded in Those Crucial 109 Hrs
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the day the erstwhile Hyderabad State merged with the Indian Union. At noon on September 17, 1948, the 2,12,000 square kilometre-large kingdom of Hyderabad ceased to...
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Jailed By the British, Rajasthan’s First CM Fought For the Rights of The...
Hiralal Shastri, the first chief minister of Rajasthan, was a notable figure of the Indian freedom movement who not only took on the British but also challenged the princely states ruling over vast...
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5 IAS Officers Who Live up to Sardar Patel’s ‘Code of Conduct’ for Civil...
On 21st April 1947, a few months before India achieved independence, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of the country, addressed the first batch of officers of the Indian Administrative...
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IAS, IPS, IRS: Meet The 10 Officers Whose Initiatives Made 2018 Better
The Better India Presents ‘Spotlight 2018’: A celebration of trailblazers, champions, and pioneers of change! Ordinary folks whose extraordinary and inspiring actions have made the world stand up to...
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Republic Day 2019: 9 Constitutions That Inspired The Ideals That Define...
Did the Constitution of India borrow ideas and many of its stand out features from the constitutions of other countries? Yes, after intense scrutiny, it turns out that our founding fathers liberally...
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VP Menon, Sardar Patel’s Right-Hand Man & Unsung Hero of India’s Unification
In 1947, as the struggle for India’s freedom was raging on, the Indian National Congress and the Government of India declared one objective—to politically integrate the country. Artisans form the...
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The Great Indian Onion Crisis: Not Just Us, Gandhi & Patel Loved The Humble...
“An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.” ― Will Rogers The onion may be a humble ingredient but, in India, it is a bulb of a food that launches...
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Forgotten By History Books: The True Story of the 1946 Naval RIN Mutiny
Although it was an episode that actually lasted less than a week and remains largely forgotten in public memory today, the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny of February 1946 was arguably the single most...
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Bardoli Satyagraha: When Non-Violent Farmers Brought The British to Their Knees
Among the most pivotal moments in the Indian freedom struggle was the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928. For four months starting from February 1928, farmers from 137 villages in this 600-sq-km taluka of...
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‘Only I Know…’: Sardar Patel Wrote This Letter On Nehru’s 60th Birthday
Despite what some might say today, the mutual admiration between Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel has been well-documented. This is not to say that political disagreements did not exist,...
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How Independent India’s First Woman Pilot Rescued Indians During Partition
The de Havilland Dove, a British short-haul airliner, is considered one of Britain’s most successful postwar civil designs. In and around 1946, it was noted for its modernity and load-carrying...
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