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It was May 1974 and one man asked 17 lakh Railway Staff to stop working and brought India to a halt for twenty days.
“always for the people and never with the establishment”.
This is how one can tell about George Fernandes in a single sentence, and that was his clout.
#Jayanti
“always for the people and never with the establishment”.
This is how one can tell about George Fernandes in a single sentence, and that was his clout.
#Jayanti
Fernandes was already an iconic anti-establishment figure when he organised the strike of Indian Railway workers in 1974, which was possibly one of the reasons Mrs Gandhi declared the Emergency.
Before that, he had made a name for himself as an organiser of strikes that would
Before that, he had made a name for himself as an organiser of strikes that would
bring Bombay to a halt.
George Fernandes is arguably the most important non-Congress and non-Hindutva politician in post-Independence India.
Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups & downs in his life.
George Fernandes is arguably the most important non-Congress and non-Hindutva politician in post-Independence India.
Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups & downs in his life.
Belated tribute to George Fernandes, whose death anniversary was yesterday. One of my favorite political leaders, a true maverick, rebel, who had a remarkable life, and spent his last years in isolation, cut off from the world.
A Catholic from Mangalore, who represented Muzaffarpur in Bihar 4 times, an anti nuke activist who presided over Pokhran 2, a pacifist who went on to become one of the best Defense Ministers ever. That was #georgefernandes for you.
He was born in Mangalore, to an insurance executive, and sent for training as a Roman Catholic priest when he was just 16. Frustrated with what he saw as double standards and hypocrisy in the Church, he left the seminary. #georgefernandes
In a sense, he was #TheBharataRatna
He was supposed to become a Father at Church but turned as an enemy number one for both Indira & D-I-L Antonio Maino.
#GeorgeFernandes & the brutal days of Emergency & beyond.
#Punyasmaran.
One will wonder what happened to that journalism
He was supposed to become a Father at Church but turned as an enemy number one for both Indira & D-I-L Antonio Maino.
#GeorgeFernandes & the brutal days of Emergency & beyond.
#Punyasmaran.
One will wonder what happened to that journalism
of BBC after reading this?
On the night of June 25-26 1975, as leading politicians were being arrested, a telephone operator, who overheard some telephone conversations about the arrests, tipped off George Fernandes, who was holidaying with his wife Leila Kabir and infant son
On the night of June 25-26 1975, as leading politicians were being arrested, a telephone operator, who overheard some telephone conversations about the arrests, tipped off George Fernandes, who was holidaying with his wife Leila Kabir and infant son
in Gopalpur on Sea in Odisha.
Chandrashekhar was arrested from Rivoli theatre in Connaught Place, where he was watching a late night movie with BP Koirala. The sympathetic police officer took Chandrashekhar to a nearby phone booth, and told him: "I am delaying recording your
Chandrashekhar was arrested from Rivoli theatre in Connaught Place, where he was watching a late night movie with BP Koirala. The sympathetic police officer took Chandrashekhar to a nearby phone booth, and told him: "I am delaying recording your
He was supposed to become a Father at Church but turned as an enemy number one of Vatican's Antonio Maino.
Tribute to BharataRatna deserving legend
#GeorgeFernandes on his jayanti.
#MyHero
The Socialist Crusader, Who Left His Family For One Cause, Fight Against Congress and
Tribute to BharataRatna deserving legend
#GeorgeFernandes on his jayanti.
#MyHero
The Socialist Crusader, Who Left His Family For One Cause, Fight Against Congress and
Communists.
The MAN Who Flew A Sukhoi at his 70s.
The MAN Who Visited Siachen Thrice To Be With Soldier's.
The MAN Whose Image Was Tarnished, Repeatedly Hounded
By Terrorists from Congress and Presstitutes For Being HONEST.
The FEARLESS Defence Minister, Who Possessed
The MAN Who Flew A Sukhoi at his 70s.
The MAN Who Visited Siachen Thrice To Be With Soldier's.
The MAN Whose Image Was Tarnished, Repeatedly Hounded
By Terrorists from Congress and Presstitutes For Being HONEST.
The FEARLESS Defence Minister, Who Possessed
Nothing Except 3 Pairs of Jubba, Pyjama.
The Man, Remembered Nothing When He Passed Away, Not Even The Supreme Court Verdict Which Exonerated Him.
The Shameless Media which castigated him 24/7 didn't tell the viewers & readers of this development.
But, The Legend Stays On
The Man, Remembered Nothing When He Passed Away, Not Even The Supreme Court Verdict Which Exonerated Him.
The Shameless Media which castigated him 24/7 didn't tell the viewers & readers of this development.
But, The Legend Stays On
Homage to BharataRatna deserving legend
#GeorgeFernandes on his Smaran Divas.
#MyHero
The Socialist Crusader, Who Left His Family For One Cause, Fight Against @INCIndia and @cpimspeak
The MAN Who Flew Sukhoi at his 70s.
The MAN Who Visited Siachen Thrice To Be With Soldier's
#GeorgeFernandes on his Smaran Divas.
#MyHero
The Socialist Crusader, Who Left His Family For One Cause, Fight Against @INCIndia and @cpimspeak
The MAN Who Flew Sukhoi at his 70s.
The MAN Who Visited Siachen Thrice To Be With Soldier's
The MAN Whose Image Was Tarnished, Repeatedly Hounded
By Terrorists from Congress and Presstitutes For Being HONEST.
The FEARLESS Defence Minister, Who Possessed Nothing Except 3 Pairs of Jubba, Pyjama.
The Man, Remembered Nothing When He Passed Away On This Day 2 Years Ago,
By Terrorists from Congress and Presstitutes For Being HONEST.
The FEARLESS Defence Minister, Who Possessed Nothing Except 3 Pairs of Jubba, Pyjama.
The Man, Remembered Nothing When He Passed Away On This Day 2 Years Ago,
Not Even The Supreme Court Verdict Which Exonerated Him.
The Shameless Media which castigated him 24/7 didn't tell the viewers & readers of this development.
But, The Legend Stays On Forever In The Minds Of Every Patriots.
George also recognised Antonio who was out to destroy
The Shameless Media which castigated him 24/7 didn't tell the viewers & readers of this development.
But, The Legend Stays On Forever In The Minds Of Every Patriots.
George also recognised Antonio who was out to destroy
The assassinations of #MirwaizFarooq & #AbdulGhaniLone that reveals the ugly face of #Pakistan’s proxy war in #Kashmir. A #Thread
Pakistan is a festered wound in the lives of #Kashmiris that has been eating away the soul of Kashmir for decades now.
Pakistan is a festered wound in the lives of #Kashmiris that has been eating away the soul of Kashmir for decades now.
Some sane leaders in #Kashmir who saw through the devilish design of #Pakistan & tried to save its people from this snake in the grass were either sidelined or worse killed in cold blood.
This includes the two most influential leaders of Kashmir #MirwaizFarooq & #AbdulGhaniLone.
This includes the two most influential leaders of Kashmir #MirwaizFarooq & #AbdulGhaniLone.
What happened with them?
At 7:15 p.m. on 13 Feb 1990, #terrorists shot Lassa Kaul, 45, director of the government-run #television station as he stepped from a vehicle in front of his home.
It shook Mirwaiz Farooq, Lassa Kaul was his dear friend.
#Kashmir
At 7:15 p.m. on 13 Feb 1990, #terrorists shot Lassa Kaul, 45, director of the government-run #television station as he stepped from a vehicle in front of his home.
It shook Mirwaiz Farooq, Lassa Kaul was his dear friend.
#Kashmir
#NanajiDeshmukh, who today was awarded the #BharatRatna, was a pivotal opposition figure in the Emergency years, and in all three episodes I've recently explored – the 'subversive' protests (1975), the 'anti-national' resistance abroad ('76) & the 'unholy alliance' ('77). Thread.
(2) In late '74, JP's 'sampoorna kranti' agitation was gaining momentum in Patna, led mainly by students. On Nov 4, a massive rally was met with a police lathi-charge. According to legend, Deshmukh protected JP from a blow – which nearly broke his arm.
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(3) Emergency was declared in '75. Before #NanajiDeshmukh was arrested, in December, he issued an ‘eight-point programme for Indians abroad’, a manual for what would become the overseas anti-Emergency movement – the original "anti-national" lobby.
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