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1/1. Deendayal Upadhyaya, the ideological pillar of Jana Sangh, died in 1968.
57 years later, the truth of his death remains officially “mysterious”.

Why?

1/2. Facts on record:
• Body found near railway tracks at Mughalsarai
• Initial police theory: robbery
• Railway staff & petty criminals arrested
• No convictions
• Evidence contradictory

Ritwik Ghatak didn’t just make films, he sculpted pain into poetry.
His cinema mourns Partition, questions Power and bleeds for Bengal.
A visionary too radical for his time, too human for history.

Here’s the story of the man who screamed through silence:
“Dada… ami bachte chai.”
Thread 🧵👇 1/1. Ritwik Ghatak was not merely a filmmaker — he was a poet of exile, a prophet of loss, a chronicler of Partition’s unhealed wounds.

His life oscillated between brilliance and breakdown, each film a cry from the ruins of a divided homeland.

Here’s a thread on the man who made pain cinematic.

Thread 🧵: The Invisible Shield of the Bose Family — Bivabati Devi

Bharata Bhagya Bidhata — ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা: 1/1. History remembers Subhas Chandra Bose as Netaji.
But behind the storm stood a quiet force, his “second mother,” his shield, his sister-in-law: Bivabati Devi, wife of Sarat Chandra Bose.

Her silence shaped history.

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Bharata Bhagya Bidhata — ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা

Behind every great leader shines a guiding light.

For Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, that light was Basanti Devi, wife of Deshbandhu C.R. Das, but to him, simply “Mother.”

A story of love, courage & sacrifice… 1/1. Their first meeting was in 1917.

A 19-year-old Subhas, expelled from Presidency College after the Otten Affair, visited Deshbandhu’s home with fellow students.
That night Basanti Devi first met the fiery young man who would forever call her “Mother.”

“যাহারা তোমার বিষাইছে বায়ু, নিভাইছে তব আলো,
তুমি কি তাদের ক্ষমা করিয়াছ, তুমি কি বেসেছ ভালো।”
Remembering Santosh Kumar Mitra — a revolutionary intellectual of Bengal whose life and death left a deep scar on our struggle for freedom.
Bharata Bhagya Bidhata — ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা 🧵
1/2. As a young man, he joined the Non-Cooperation Movement (1921).
For this, he faced his first imprisonment.
When the movement waned, he turned to armed revolution, becoming part of clandestine networks aiding uprisings and workers’ struggles.

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Bharata Bhagya Bidhata — ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা

Subhas Chandra Bose in Mandalay Jail (1925–1927)

A story of how the British tried to bury a young nationalist in dust & isolation — only to forge him into an unbreakable revolutionary.
1/1. 24 October 1924, Calcutta.
At just 27, Subhas Chandra Bose, then CEO of Calcutta Corporation was arrested under the draconian Regulation III of 1818.
No charges. No trial. His only “crime”? Awakening the youth and striking fear into the Empire.

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Bharata Bhagya Bidhata - ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা

1/8. Cambridge, Feb 1921
Subhas Chandra Bose writes to Chittaranjan Das —
not a letter, but a vow.

A brilliant student renounces ambition, defies the Empire, and offers his life at the altar of the nation.
2/8. He declares, with chilling clarity:

“I have no interest in serving the British government.”

To Bose, the ICS was a chain of slavery. Resignation was not a career choice — it was rebellion, a strike against the very machinery of the Empire.

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Bharata Bhagya Bidhata — ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা

Gaya Session of Congress, 1922 – A turning point in India’s freedom struggle. A clash of ideologies, new beginnings, and the voice of the masses over classes.
The only meeting where Deshbandhu & Netaji both were present.


1/1. On 26 Dec 1922, the Indian National Congress held its 37th Annual Session in Gaya, Bihar—one of the most sacred cities for Hindus & Buddhists. Despite scarce funds, huge pandals, lodging & sanitation were arranged for 20–25,000 delegates.

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Bharata Bhagya Bidhata — ভারত ভাগ্যবিধাতা

1/1. 1916. Kolkata buzzed with the Presidency Incident.
A young Bengali student rattled the British establishment. Colleges were restless, homes divided — yet all agreed: this boy had fire. 1/2. It began at the Presidency College’s annual function.
President: History Professor Edward F. Oaten.
Students started the opening song:
"Banga Amar Janani Amar, Dhatri Amar Desh"
Oaten’s face darkened in fury.

On this day, we remember the Rebel Poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam.
A voice of fire, resistance & divine love.
He didn’t just challenge the British Empire - he sang to Maa Kali with a heart ablaze.
A thread on Nazrul & Shyama Sangeet. 🧵👇 1/1. Kazi Nazrul was no ordinary poet.
In a colonized India divided by religion, he defied all labels.
A Muslim by birth, he wrote devotional songs to Kali, known as Shyama Sangeet.
And he faced criticism from all sides.

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Truth Versus Propaganda
#TheKerelaStory
#Propaganda - They said women got trapped in #LoveJehad and made to join ISIS.
#Truth - Only 66 from India joined ISIS which includes men and women as per #CIA report. 1.2
The CIA report is further supported by another researched media house which puts the number more or less at 60.
Out of the total 60
Males - 26
Women - 13
Children - 21
Joined ISIS in Afghanistan.

১) বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্য নাটক লিখতেন।
জ্যোতি বসুর মন্ত্রীসভা থেকে পদত্যাগ করার পর "চোরেদের মন্ত্রীসভায় আর যাব না'' বলে দুঃসময়' নামে একটা নাটক লিখেছিলেন তিনি। তারপর ওনার সুসময় এলো, সেই একই চোরেদের নিয়ে মন্ত্রীসভা বানিয়ে নিজেই স্বয়ং মুখ্যমন্ত্রী হলেন। ২) কিন্তু নাটকটা সাহিত্যের মানদণ্ডে এতটাই উচ্চদরের ছিল, যে তৎকালীন তাবড়-তাবড় বামমনস্ক নাট্যকার-বুদ্ধজীবীরাও সেটি একবারের জন্যও মঞ্চস্থ করার রিস্ক নিলেন না।