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Feb 27 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
A reminder that “585 Indian revolutionaries” were jailed in Andaman's Cellular Jail by the British between 1909 - 1938.

173 Indian revolutionaries died in this dreaded Jail and 99.7 % of them never wrote any mercy petitions. 81% revolutionaries (493 Indians) in Cellular Jail were from Bengal Presidency & Punjab Province.

Legends like Sushil Das Gupta, Trailokyanath Chakravarty, Batukeshwar Dutt, Ganesh Ghosh and Ambika Chakrabarty spent 8-13 years in this jail and they never wrote mercy petitions. Image
Jan 29 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
The original handcrafted copy of the Indian constitution has 22 paintings, including the illustrations of Indus Valley Civilization, Ramayana, Buddha, Ashoka, Akbar, Tipu Sultan and Gandhi.

#Thread Image These are the list of the 22 paintings. The art work by one of our most eminent painters, Nandalal Bose.

From the Indus Valley Cililization to the Indian freedom movement, Nandalal Bose gave us a gallery of some of the greatest figures/events of our history. Image
Oct 2, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
“Godse killed Gandhi because of the Partition” is a LIE repeatedly told over the last few decades.

FACT: Godse tried to assassinate Gandhi twice in 1944, 03 years before partition. In July 1944, Godse was overpowered at Panchgani when he rushed towards Gandhi with a knife.

1/5 i) 'Gandhi, the Forgotten Mahatma' by Jagdish Chandra Jain.

ii) 'Gandhi and the Unspeakable' by James W. Douglass.

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Sep 21, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Tamil Nadu will lose 08 Lok sabha seats. Kerala will lose 08 Lok sabha seats. Telangana and Andhra will lose 04 lok sabha seats each.

How delimitation is unfair to states which had better population control. Image Image
Aug 31, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
The main aim of “One Nation, One Election” is to kill Federalism and regional Parties.

If elections are held together, regional & local issues will be brushed under the carpet & regional parties will lose influence.

The move only benefits BJP and RSS, and Hindi imposition. 1/5 What's my source?

A data-based analysis by Praveen Chakravarty points to the fact that when Union and state elections were held simultaneously, between 1999 and 2014, there was a 77% chance that voters choose the same political party.

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Jun 14, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
"If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine."

Today, 14th June, marks what would have been Ernesto "Che" Guevara's 95th Birthday.

Che Guevara's legacy lives on in the fight against injustice and imperialism across the world. ImageImageImageImage In Jan 1952, a 24 year old Che Guevara (a doctor from a privileged family) travelled across Latin America on a motorcycle and his life changed when he met the Indigenous population of Peru.

He then left his job, family and his love and went to Gautemala in 1953. Image
Jun 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The Hindu population of the Travancore Kingdom, which extended from Kanyakumari in the South to Piravom in North, was 83% in 1816.

After 110 years, the Hindu population of Travancore fell to 61.5% in 1931.

Why? Kerala had the worst caste system in the Indian subcontinent. 1/5 Image This is one area of Kerala's history that both the Sanghis and Liberals willfully ignore.

Casteism in Kerala was one of the worst in British India. And in the 1941 census, the Hindu population again went down to 60.21%.

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May 31, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Tovino Thomas.
Nikhila Vimal.
Anjali Menon.
Aishwarya Lekshmi.
Suraj Venjaramoodu.
Aparna Balamurali.
Shane Nigam.

These are the Malayalam actors and director who took to social media to voice out their support and solidarity to the Indian wrestlers.

നിലപാട്. Well done. 👏🏼 ❤️ The Malayalam cinema industry once had the strongest voice in India in the 1980s and 90s, with bold actors and directors.

They will be proud today.
May 31, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The Indian Cricket team taking a knee in support of 'Black Lives Matter' on 24th October 2021.

The same cricketers, who have so much power & fame in India, have remained mute on the Wrestlers' protest. To them, supporting BLM is more important than the lives of ordinary Indians. Image Only TWO Indian Cricketers supported the wrestlers when they began to protest at Jantar Mantar on April 24th.

Kapil Dev (27th April) and Harbhajan Singh (28th April).

And many Indian footballers are taking a stand for the wrestlers. So much respect for them.
May 29, 2023 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
18-year-old Khudiram Bose was martyred in 1908. And Savarkar was in London from 1906 to 1911.

Netaji Bose repeatedly criticized Savarkar & Hindu Mahasabha. Savarkar also didn’t utter a word about Bhagat Singh’s hanging while Nehru and Bose tried their best to save him.

#Thread Khudiram was martyred one year before Madanlal Dhingra assassinated Wyllie in 1909. He was a 16-year-old Muzaffarpur boy inspired by local leaders during the Bengal partition movement of 1905 and by Anushilan and Jugantar.

Inspired by Savarkar?
May 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Time spent in Cellular Jail in Andaman:

Sushil Das Gupta: 9 years
Trailokyanath Chakravarty: 12 yrs
BK Dutt: 13 yrs
Ambika Chakrabarty: 13 yrs

Mercy Petitions written by the above four: Zero

How many Mercy Petitions did Savarkar wrote during his 10 years in Cellular Jail? Image Mahavir Singh, Mohit Moitra and Mohan Kishore Namadas and many more died in Andaman's Cellular Jail during their Hunger strike.

173 Indian prisoners died in this dreaded Jail. And 99.7% of Indian prisoners never wrote any mercy petitions.

Compare Savarkar with them. Image
May 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Henry Kissinger celebrates his 100th birthday today.

Remembering the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in #India, known as the world's worst industrial disaster. The tragedy caused over 7000 deaths & exposed another half-million to toxic gases.

Untold Crimes of Kissinger. 1/n ImageImageImageImage Methylisocyanate (MIC), one of the most toxic gas, then and now, spewed from the factory owned by the US chemical giant Union Carbide (UCC) in 1984 in Bhopal, India.

In 1975, the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, helped Union Carbide set up its chemical plant in Bhopal. Image
May 24, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
How can an Indian be a White supremacist?

In 1931, BS Moonje (the 1st president of Hindu Mahasabha) visited fascist military academies in Italy and met Benito Mussolini. Moonje considered the Italian dictator as his idol.

Moonje was also the mentor of KB Hedgewar and Savarkar. Image "Far from being indigenous, the RSS has championed chauvinist ideas from Europe."

- Foreign hand in the Sangh, Indian Express.

indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
May 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Everyone pays INDIRECT tax. India’s poorest 50% pay 2/3 of GST and indirect taxes contribute nearly 49% of our total tax collections.

The rich elites - who benefit from huge tax breaks and reduced corporate tax - will then cry that freebies will lead to poverty & bankruptcy. If Mr. Pai needs some source 👇🏽👇🏽 Image
May 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Former Kerala Finance Minister, Thomas Isaac, was one of the first Indian politicians to call Modi's bluff, just hours after Demo was declared on 8th Nov 2016.

The Malayalam Media hounded him for weeks as they believed the Masterstroke.

In the end, Com. Thomas Isaac was right.
May 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Oct 1990: Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav wrote a letter to the Kerala CM in Hindi, without a copy in English.

Kerala CM EK Nayanar replied with a letter in Malayalam to Lucknow, without a copy in English.

Mulayam was furious & wrote a letter again in English to Nayanar. Today is the 104th Birth anniversary of Comrade EK Nayanar.

When it comes to wit, grace and intelligence, noone came close to the legendary Nayanar.

In the pic: EK Nayanar reading People's Democracy. Photographer P Musthafa clicked this photo at a Politburo meeting in Delhi. Image
May 17, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
An unsung national hero.

90 years ago, on May 17th 1933, Mahavir Singh was tortured and killed by the British at Andaman's Cellular Jail, when he refused to break his hunger strike. He was a member of HSRA & a close friend of Bhagat Singh.

But Mahavir Singh is not known as VEER Image When Bhagat and Rajguru killed Saunders in 1928, Mahavir Singh drove the car by which they both escaped.

Mahavir Singh was arrested in 1929 and deported to Andaman's dreaded Cellular Jail. Prisoner 68.
May 1, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
The 8-hour work system was first implemented in Asia in Pondicherry, when the Mill workers rose in rebellion, led by CPI. 12 workers lost their lives when the French Army opened fired on July 30 1936.

On Oct 31st 1936, the French agreed to an 8-hour work system.
#Mayday #History Image The first Labour Day (May Day) in India was celebrated on May 1, 1923 in Marina Beach in the city of Madras, which was the winter capital of the Madras Presidency.

The event was organized by the Labour Kisan Party. (Led by M Singaravelar).
Apr 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
False equivalency.

The movie "Kerala Story" is a propaganda film made on lies and imaginary numbers. The BBC documentary is about the 2002 Gujarat riots. Equating the two together is a disgustingly hysterical false equivalency.

Freedom of speech isn't about peddling lies. According to the United Nations, around 40,000 militants joined ISIS from across 110 nations. 5,000 were women. 87% of them were from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

So where did Sudipto Sen get this 32,000 figure?? @anilkantony Image
Apr 4, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
“This white marble structure in Agra appeared out of nowhere in 1653 AD.”

- New NCERT Textbooks. “This red sandstone structure in Delhi appeared out of nowhere in 1648 AD.”

- New NCERT Textbooks.
Apr 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
There are 46 chapters in NCERT history textbooks from class 6th to class 10th. And only 'TWO chapters' talk about Mughals [chap. 3 & 4 in Class 7th History].

And this insensitive regime is even afraid of those two chapters.

When jokers rule, they turn the nation into a circus! Unless you are a humanities student in class 12th, you won't be learning about the Mughals after class 7 in NCERT.

The reality is that 99.9% Bulbul boys were sleeping during their history class in school.