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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

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NBDA condemns attack by SFI activists and police search of Malayalam news channel Asianet

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What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore

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Manusmriti fellowship? Join Benaras Hindu University (BHU)!

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#BadSources – How Indian news agency ANI quoted sources that do not exist – EU DisinfoLab

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In his Twitter exchange with a journalist, Vivek Agnihotri makes Islamophobic remarks about Muslims

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IIT-Bombay grilled on counsellor posting: NCST 

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IIT Bombay Dalit student death: Dr Bhalchandra Mungekar, ex Rajya Sabha member, demands SIT probe into his death 

On February 12, Darshan Solanki B-Tech first-year student, had died by suicide, serious claims of caste discrimination were made, countrywide protests followed

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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

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