BJP members take part in the Tiranga Yatra and (right) chief minister Raghubar Das rides pillion on a bike carrying a Tricolour in Ranchi on Saturday. Pictures by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Aug. 20: Around ...

MONTH of May evokes memories of the 1857 war of freedom: it began on May 10, 1857, and officially ended on June 20, 1858. Aside from the debatable nomenclature used to describe the freedom war --- ...

Mangaluru: The British, who colonized India, tried to divide Hindus and Muslims. The divide-and-rule policy of colonisers started with the Revolt of 1857, said Shamsul Islam, a former associate ...

IT was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan who used the word, ghadar, (deceitfulness, betrayal or treachery) first to describe what was — to many — the first war of independence of India (1857), says Dr Abu Salman ...

Sharad Tripathi, an MP from Uttar Pradesh, said many of those who fought against the British rule in 1857, recognised by many as the country's first war of Independence, are not known much among the ...

Lucknow: To honour martyrs of 1857 freedom struggle at the historic Sikanderbagh gate, a commemorative event was organised by a social awareness group, Aadaab Arz Lucknow, on Saturday. The event ...

A signed letter written by freedom fighter Tatya Tope in 1857 has been discovered in Madhya Pradeshs state archives. The ...

Ajnala (Punjab) : Scores of volunteers are engaged in digging a well inside the campus of a gurdwara here to take out the remains of 282 martyrs who laid down their lives in the First Ajnala (Punjab) ...

New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) A BJP Lok Sabha member has urged the Centre to identify those who fought for the country’s Independence since 1857, and give their family members monetary and other government ...