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24 Jul 2023

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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