On the 23rd #KargilVijayDiwas, brief life story on 10 of the brave soldiers who risked their lives and went above and beyond the call of duty.
On this day in 1999, the Kargil War, formally came to an end, with Indian soldiers successfully recapturing mountain heights that had
been seized by Pakistani intruders. It was only possible through the valour of the soldiers of the armed forces.
Here are the stories of 10 heroes of Kargil war victory:
1 #CaptainVikramBatra, (13 JAK RIF)
Going into battle, he had said, "I will either come back after raising
the Indian flag in victory or return wrapped in it."
He immortalised himself by turning Pepsi's tagline "Yeh dil mange more" into an iconic war cry while showcasing on national television the enemy's machine guns he had captured in his first gallant exploits in the Kargil war.
"It Takes A Loud Sound To Make The Deaf Hear"
Read the pamphlets which were thrown into the gallery following a smoke bomb.
The 2 Freedom Fighters, #BhagatSingh and #BatukeshwarDutt
stood still.
On 08/04/1929, a Smoke Bomb Exploded in Central Legislative Assembly, Delhi.
They never wanted to escape. They readily accepted imprisonment, as they believed that it would inspire the next generation of revolutionaries to fight for the cause of freedom.
The Painful History of #BatukeshwarDutt, close friend of Bhagath on his Punyatithi.
In the book,
" The Jail Note book & Other Writings" Chamanlal who compiled various letters, incidents wrote that "It was clear from the beginning that these bombs were to be harmless, not designed to kill or injure anyone, but to create an explosion that would make the deaf hear.
“Freedom first, Freedom second, and Freedom always”
That was his motto.
True story :
One Englishman and a Bengalee gentleman were once travelling by the same train .
The Englishman was very proud of himself as he was an Englishman . He looked down upon the Bengalee gentleman,
who however, took no notice off it, and went to sleep in peace . As soon as the Bengalee gentleman was asleep, the Englishman picked up the gentleman's shoes, and threw them outside the window . Then he too fell asleep.
After a while the Bengalee gentleman woke up, he searched
his shoes, but could not find the shoes . He understood all . Then he took the Englishman's long coat on the wall and threw it outside the window and went to sleep again . When the englishman woke up , he is searching the coat and told 'Where is my coat gone?' Then 'Your coat
I didn’t know it was this bad…’ was Rao’s reaction to the briefing on the balance of payments crisis, the unprecedented devaluation of the rupee and the mortgaging of gold bullion, when being updated by his cabinet secretary a day before he was to be
sworn-in as our 10th prime minister.
Rao was not a mass leader; he presided over a minority government in the Parliament; his party colleagues distrusted him and the Gandhi family kept an eagle eye on him. ‘Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power.’
The political importance of Narasimha Rao lies in his demonstrating to the Congress Party that someone from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty can in fact run the party and the government quite successfully.
He was not only the first Congress leader after the Nehru-Gandhis to
I had taken this from archives & do not remember the book name.
But, just read it!
The revolutionary activities have followed the beginning of the democratic agitation in the
country. Like the peaceful mass agitation revolutionary activities also were first visible in this
presidency-Maharashtra—(Constitutional Development—Proof G. N. Singh—Vol. 1, p. 232)
Chapekar brothers' activities (1895) are supposed to be their starting point (Sedition Committee
report). The Shivaji club of Kolhapur (1893) was also started, it appears, with objects similar
to those of Chapekars. (Life of Shahu Chatrapati by A. B. Lathe, p. 291). This club deserves attention
as it appears that it was apparently the first of its kind in the Bombay Presidency & was started
prior to Chapekar's. This was started by Hanamantrao Kulkarni Murki-Bhavikar.