What does it mean to stand for truth when powerful institutions stand against you? What does it mean to love your country when doing so demands that you leave behind comfort, security, recognition and even your homeland? How many people are willing to dedicate their knowledge, wealth and intelligence to the freedom and welfare of…
Tag: Indian revolutionaries
The Revolutionaries: Read, Watch, Become One of The Revolutionaries
Finally, The Revolutionaries is now streaming on Prime Video. Premiered on 11 September 2026, the series brings to life the stories of India’s young revolutionaries—their courage, sacrifices, struggles and determination to free the nation. We encourage everyone to watch the series, but we would also strongly suggest something more: read the book Revolutionaries: The Other…
Madan Lal Dhingra: The Courage of a Young Revolutionary
Today, 18 September, marks the birth anniversary of Madan Lal Dhingra, a young revolutionary from Amritsar who, at just 25 years of age, became one of the most striking figures of India’s revolutionary movement in Britain. Born in 1883 in Amritsar, Punjab, Dhingra came from a prosperous and well-established family. His father, Dr. Ditta Mal…
Dr. Bhupendranath Datta: The Revolutionary Brother of Swami Vivekananda Who Chose a Different Path
There are families in history whose members seem to belong to entirely different worlds. The nineteenth-century Datta family of Calcutta was one such family. The elder son, Narendranath Datta, would become the world-famous Swami Vivekananda, travelling across the world and carrying India’s spiritual message to a global audience. His younger brother, Bhupendranath Datta, would take…
Ghadar Party Foundation Day
15 July 1913. It was not in Delhi, not in Lahore, not in Kolkata, and not in Mumbai that one of Bharat’s greatest revolutionary movements was born. It was born thousands of kilometres away from the motherland, in Astoria, Oregon, USA, where a group of Bharatiyas who had left their homes in search of work…
Rash Behari Bose: The Father of the Indian National Army
On 25 May, we remember one of the most remarkable yet often overlooked revolutionaries of the freedom struggle—Rash Behari Bose, the man widely regarded as the Father of the Indian National Army (INA), a key organiser of the Ghadar Mutiny, and the founder of the Indian Independence League. Long before the rise of Subhas Chandra…
Kartar Singh Sarabha: The 19-Year-Old Revolutionary
A Teenager Who Chose Revolution Over Comfort At an age when most teenagers are still figuring out who they want to become, one young boy had already decided what he was willing to die for. Today, on 24 May 2026, India remembers one of its bravest and youngest revolutionaries, Kartar Singh Sarabha — a fearless…