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Lokmanya Tilak

Recently, the Prime Minister paid tributes to Lokmanya Tilak on his Jayanti.
The epithet ‘Lokmanya’, means the beloved of the people.
News Papers: Kesari (“The Lion”), The Mahratta.
Literary Works: Gita Rahasya, ‘The Arctic Home in the Vedas’.
Mahatma Gandhi called him“the Maker of Modern India”, and Jawaharlal Nehru described him as “the Father of the Indian Revolution”.

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Prime Minister paid tributes to legendary freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad on his birth anniversary.
Becoming Azad: When apprehended by the police at age 15 while participating in Mohandas K. Gandhi’s noncooperation movement (1920–22) , he gave his name as Azad ( “Liberated”) and his address as “prison.”
Organization and contribution: Member of Hindustan Republican Association.He was involved in the Kakori Conspiracy(1925) and murder of a British police officer(1928) .

News Source: Hindustan Times

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