Independent India Needs an Independent Press
The News Minute argues that India’s freedom struggle was also a battle for control over information. Newspapers led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Maulana…
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National Herald examines roots and power of resistance
National Herald India has published two analytical pieces on resistance, exploring its historical roots and contemporary forms. One article, by Shailendra Chauhan, argues that resistance is essential to democratic life and that…
Kharge credits Congress, attacks BJP-RSS on Independence Day
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday credited the party’s governments with building modern India and accused the BJP and RSS of dividing people. Speaking at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi on…
How Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah and Faiz Spent August 15, 1947
NDTV’s account examines how four major figures experienced August 15, 1947, from Noakhali to Srinagar and Parliament. Jawaharlal Nehru was delivering his famous midnight speech, while Mahatma Gandhi was elsewhere. Muhammad Ali…
Independence Day 2026: AI Imagines Freedom Fighters in Modern India
Times Now News has used AI-generated images and descriptions to imagine how Indian freedom fighters might engage with present-day issues. The feature marks the 80th Independence Day on August 15, 2026, according…
Hyderabad residents carry freedom icons in their names
Some Hyderabad residents still carry the names of India’s freedom leaders, decades after such names were common in school registers. Telangana’s Tele-MANAS Centre head Jawaharlal Nehru says his freedom fighter father insisted…
Chennai college students joined freedom struggle through boycotts and protests
Students from Chennai colleges played an active role in the freedom struggle from the 1920s, organising boycotts, processions, meetings and picketing, according to archival accounts cited by The New Indian Express. Around…
Modi Pays Tribute to Freedom Fighters on 80th Independence Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted citizens on Saturday and paid tribute to freedom fighters on India’s Independence Day. In a post on X, he said their courage and sacrifice ended colonial rule…
Calls Grow to Preserve India’s Freedom Movement History
The Hindu has called for a National Museum of India’s Freedom Movement ahead of the country’s 80th Independence Day. The proposed institution would document the struggle through letters, photographs, prison records, artefacts,…
Full Vande Mataram now a punishable insult as Parliament passes Bill
President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, granting the full six-stanza version of Vande Mataram the same legal protection as the national…
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