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51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’
The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.
Savarkar wanted Manu Smruti as Constitution for Hindus
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Nehru contemplated a strike on Pak to save J&K in 1947-48? Modi Govt withholds info: RTI
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Remembering Ashfaqullah Khan – Muslim Assertion Against British Imperialism
First published on: October 23, 2018Today marks the 117th...
How the Regime’s Bharat Ratna Nominee, Savarkar, joined hands with colonists to crush Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement (QIM) also known as the ‘August Kranti' (August Revolution)...
How and Why Savarkar filed Mercy Petition to the British
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Young Sindhi Artists re-trace their roots: Sindhustan, Sindhi Boondi
Artists like Gitanjali Kalro and Sapna Bhavnani are doing...
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Yearning for a Mahatma and a Saint
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Who was behind the #Gandhi Jayanti vs #Godse_Amar_Rahe: India’s Twitter War?
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