Train To Pakistan is written by Khushwant Singh and is India’s best known writer and columnist . He has been founder-editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India ‚ and National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He was a member of parliament from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In 2007 ‚ he was awarded the Padma Bhushan . Among the other awards
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Baba Banda Singh Bahadur (16 October‚ 1670 - 9 June‚ 1716) (Lachhman Dev alias Madho dass Bairagi)‚ originally from the Jammu region‚ is revered as one of greatest Sikh warriors as well as one of the most hallowed martyrs of the Khalsa Army. The Khalsa were engaged in a prolonged fight against the cruel Mughals‚ who were practising their tyranny and terrorism. His confrontation with the Mughal administration in Northern India‚ though brief‚ was strong and vigorous enough to shake the foundations
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Toba Tek Singh is a satire on partition and its repercussions. The narration is reliable but not omniscient as the narrator is unaware of the motives and unspoken thoughts of various characters in the story. The story is set up in a time frame of two or three years after partition. The language is simple and deliberately repetitive. Toba Tek Singh is one of the most famous stories by Manto on partition and is among his last ones. It was published in Maktab-e-Jadid in Lahore in 1955. Toba Tek Singh
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Bhagat Singh ( 28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian nationalist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh‚ the word Shaheed meaning "martyr" in a number of Indian languages. Born into a Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj‚ as a teenager Singh studied European revolutionary movements and was attracted to anarchist and marxist
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Shaheed Udham Singh (1899-1940) Udham Singh‚ a revolutionary nationalist‚ was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899‚ at Sunam‚ in the then princely state of Patiala. His father‚ Tahal Singh‚ was at that time working as a watchman on a railway crossing in the neighbouring village of Upall. Sher Singh lost his parents before he was seven years and was admitted along with his brother Mukta Singh to the Central Khalsa Orphanage at Amritsar on 24 October 1907. As both brothers were administered the
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is covered in the selected book . It is significant as it is all about the inner view into the Dr Manmohan Singh being the prime minister of India and his unique character generally difficult to know from outside with the tiny details and observation. The author being a journalist by profession and editor for the financial columns in leading economic news papers‚ he was an admirer of Dr Singh from the early days of his journalism and that reflects in the narration of the book. Author starts with introducing
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Ramdhari Singh ’Dinkar’ (September 23‚ 1908 – April 24‚ 1974) was an Indian Hindi poet‚ essayist and academician‚ who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. Dinkar emerged as a rebellious poet with his nationalist poetry in pre-Independence days. His poetry exuded veer rasa‚ and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi ("National poet") evoking the spirit of nationalism on account of his inspiring patriotic composition.As a mark of respect for him‚ his portrait was unveiled in
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written to a close personal friend by Bhagat Singh on a post card in English. It has the stamp of Lahore post office of February 24‚ 1930. This letter is also self-explanatory. ____________________________________________________________________________________1 Very urgent No. 103 Central Jail condemned cell‚ Lahore My Dear Sahar Gull Khan! We are missing the all we celebrate including hunting and lunch with you Kulbir and Kultaar Singh at your lands. Your gardens oranges were delicious
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Classic Poetry Series Ramdhari Singh Dinkar - poems - Publication Date: 2012 Publisher: PoemHunter.Com - The World’s Poetry Archive Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974) Ramdhari Singh ’Dinkar’ (ीीीीीीी ीीीी ’ीीीीी’)was an Indian Hindi poet‚ essayist and academic‚ who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He remerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded
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like Bhagat Singh. In response to this‚ the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association planned to explode a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the ordinance was going to be passed. This idea was originated in the mind of Bhagat Singh‚ who was influenced by a similar bombing by a martyr anarchist Auguste Vaillant in the French Assembly. Tha plan was to send Bhagat Singh off to Russia‚ while Batukeshwar Dutt should carry on the bombing with Sukhdev. Sukhdev then forced Bhagat Singh to call
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