Episodes
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Sadashiv Rao Bhau
The commander of the Maratha Army at the 3rd Battle of Panipat, a hero often judged harshly for that one failure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers…
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it. Lokamanya #BalGangadharTilak a personality to whom words would do no justice. An inspiration for many revolutionaries. The father of the Indian unrest. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app...
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Pingali Venkayya
The man who designed the Indian national flag. Also a geologist and agriculturist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
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Prafulla Chandra Ray
The father of modern Indian Chemistry, the first Indian to set up a pharma company, and a pioneer of modern chemical industries in India. But Ray was more than just a mere chemist, he worked actively in the fields of education. One of the greatest Indian scientists of modern era. --- This episode...
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Dheeran Chinnamalai
Dheeran Chinnamalai, a rather forgotten hero, of the Polygar Wars in the Kongu region. My tribute to him on this date when he was hanged by the British at Sankaragiri Fort, in 1805. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a…
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Battle of Paavan Khind
The battle of Paavan Khind, India's own Thermopayle, noted for the bravery of Baaji Prabhu Deshpande and his heroic last man stand. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
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Ranjit Singh: Capture of Lahore
A look at Maharaja Ranjit Singh's early life and his capture of Lahore, that would lay the foundation of the Sikh Empire. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Vellore Mutiny
Typically the 1857 Revolt, is often seen as the first large scale armed revolt against the British rule, and is often the most discussed one too. But around 50 years before this, there was an equally bloody revolt on July 10, 1806 by Indian sepoys in Vellore. --- This episode is sponsored by ·...
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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee died a martyr for the cause of India, for demanding, that no indepdendent sovereign nation could have more than one PM or more than one constitution. This was a man who stood up for individual rights, demanded a Uniform Civil Code and built up Kolkata University to what...
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Alluri Sitarama Raju
Alluri Sitarama Raju emerged to fight for the tribal rights in Agency, and mobilize them for an armed revolution. At a very young age,he managed to foment an armed uprising with limited resources and motivating the poor, illiterate tribal against the mighty British empire. --- This episode is...
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Rani Durgavati
The brave Gond queen who refused to surrender to Emperor Akbar, and took on him in the battlefield. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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June 22, 1897- Chapekar Brothers
The assasination of Rand by the Chapekar Brothers in Pune, on June 22, 1897 ignited the revolutionary struggle in Maharashtra. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Ram Prasad Bismil
One of the greatest revolutionaries of India, the mastermind behind the Kakori Conspiracy, man who popularized the lines Sarfarosh Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you...
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Ahilyabai Holkar
Ahilyabai Holkar, the daughter in law of Malhar Rao Holkar, the founder of the Holkar kingdom. Widowed at a young age, took over as queen, she takes her place in history among other great queens like Catherine II of Russia, Elizabeth I of England and Margaret I of Denmark. Known for her wisdom…
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Veer Savarkar- My Hero
My tribute to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, aka Veer Savarkar, writer, thinker, freedom fighter, activist, intellectual. One of the greatest Indians ever of the modern era. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If...
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Maharana Pratap
The greatest of the Rajputs. The lone Rajput ruler who never surrendered to Emperor Akbar. The legend, Maharana Pratap. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Preetilata Wadedar
Firebrand revolutionary, close associate of Master Da Surya Sen, who took part in the Chittagong Raid. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
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Baji Rao I
One of the greatest warriors ever in India History, who expanded the Maratha Empire beyond the Deccan to the North. A man whom Field Marshal Bernard Montogomery rated on par with the great US Civil War General William Sherman,in his book A History of Warfare. --- This episode is sponsored by ·...
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Operation Meghdoot
Siachen, which ironically means “Rose Garden” in local Balti language, located in Eastern Karakoram, it is 75 km long, and is the highest battlefield in the world. The 110 KM line beyond NJ9842 is called the Actual Position Ground Line. One of the most important military operations was Operation...
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Darkness at Baisakhi- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
#LestWeForget The anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre today, when more than a 1000 Indians protesting for independence, were butchered, by General Dyer. What was even worse were the atrocities later inflicted on them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a...
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Sam Manekshaw
Sam Manekshaw, aka Sam Bahadur, first Indian army officer to become Field Marshal, who led the Army to it’s greatest moment of triumph in 1971 as Chief of Army Staff. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If…
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Balaji Vishwanath
Often called the second founder of the Maratha State, Balaji Vishwanath was the one who made the Peshwa all powerful, from a mere Prime Minister to the main power center. As well as ensuring the hold of the Chitpavan Brahmins over the position, primarily from Konkan. He was one of the shrewdest...
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K. S.Thimayya
Kodendara Subbayya Thimayya, nicknamed as Timmy, served as Chief of Army Staff from 1957-61 in the years leading up to the war with China. The only Indian to command an infantry brigade during World War II, and dealt with the repatriation of POWs as head of an UN after the Korean War.Known for…
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Shaheed Bhagat Singh-The trial and the execution.
Bhagat Singh, a man who was an icon of sorts in the revolutionary spectrum of India’s freedom movement. A man who smilingly went to the gallows, whose only purpose in throwing the bomb was to make the deaf hear. A young man, who did not fear death, and for whom violence was only a last resort to...
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Master Da Surya Sen
Masterda Surya Sen. The Bengali revolutionary, who shook the British like none else before. He was the one who led one of the largest ever raids on the British at Chittagong, attacking their armory, cantonment, the exclusive Europeans only club there and the telegraph office there. Never had the...
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Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
Lal Qile se aaee awaaz, Sehgal Dhillon Shahnawaz Teenon ki ho Umar Daraaz Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, one of Netaji's close associates. One of the 3 tried in Red Fort, along with Captain Shah Nawaz Khan and Colonel Prem Kumar Sehgal. Another forgotten hero who deserves his due. --- This episode is...
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Malhar Rao Holkar
Malhar Rao Holkar, founder of the Holkar kingdom of Indore, one of the great Marathas, close confidante of Baji Rao, who took part with him in many campaigns. Built up Indore into a great city. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app…
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Chattrapathi Sambhaji Maharaj
Chattrapathi Sambhaji Maharaj, the son of Shivaji Maharaj,a hero who has not got his due unfortunately. A true Chhava( Lion Cub), who refused to surrender and convert to Islam, and was brutally tortured to death by Aurangzeb. A hero who made the supreme sacrifice for cause of Hindu Dharma.…
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Biju Patnaik
Bijayananda Patnaik, more popularly known as Biju Patnaik, also called the Utkala Shanda, “The Bull of Utkala”, for his stubborn, never say die attitude. What does one make of a man who flew a daring sortie into Dutch occupied Indonesia and sneaked away their Prime Minister? Or made equally…
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Chandrashekhar Azad
My tribute to one of the greatest Indian revolutionaries ever. A legend in his own right. Chandrashekhar Azad. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
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Kanneganti and Uyyalavada
Kanneganti Hanumanthu and Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy, two men from different backgrounds, different eras, both executed on the same date though, February 23. One was from a small village in Guntur’s Palnadu region, led the Pullari Satyagraha there, inspired by the Gandhian methods. Another was…
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Swami Shraddhananda
Swami Shradddhananda, Arya Samaj leader, nationalist, thinker, the original Ghar Wapsi proponent,fiercely independent thinker, social reformer, who saw the dangers of Islamism much earlier. My tribute to a great soul on his Jayanti, do check out and share --- This episode is sponsored by ·…
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20 Loaves and A Forgotten Mutiny
Royal Naval Ratings Mutiny, or what is often called the forgotten mutiny in India’s history, an event which unlike the 1857 mutiny or the Quit India movement, does not really strike much resonance, except among hard core historians. Or Leftists, since they were the only ones to have backed this...
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Battle of Vasai
One of the greatest victories ever in Maratha History, when they captured the fort from the Portuguese in 1739, after a 4 month long campaign between February and May. Led by Chimaji Appa and Malhar Rao Holkar. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast....
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Meghnad Saha
Meghnad Saha, who came up with the theory of thermal ionization. One of the most important landmark in the history of astronomy. He founded nuclear physics as a discipline in India, also built the first cyclotron in India. One of the greatest Indian scientists of modern era. --- This episode is...
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Nana Fadnavis- The Maratha Chanakya
As Prime Minister of the Maratha confederacy, he bought it back to the days of glory after the humiliating rout at Panipat. A man who defeated the British twice with his intelligence and diplomacy, prompting them to call him the Maratha Machiavelli. Nana Fadnavis --- This episode is sponsored by…
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Swami Dayananda Saraswati
My tribute to Swami Dayananda Saraswati founder of Arya Samaji, on his Jayanti. One of modern India’s greatest thinkers, a social reformer, a nationalist, a writer, a man who taught Indians to speak and think fearlessly. Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a truly great son of Bharat. --- This episode is...
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They Lived Dangerously- Sachindranath Sanyal
Continuing my series on Indian revolutionaries, I take a look today at Sachindranath Sanyal, one of the founders of HRA, mentor to both Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public…
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They Lived Dangerously- Manmath Nath Gupta
A new series, that looks at the history of the revolutionary movement in India. It's named after the book written by Manmath Nath Gupta, which explores the revolutionary movement in India. And also looks at the life of this freedom fighter, who took part in the Kakori Conspiracy. --- This episode...
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Tanaji Malusare- Battle of Sinhagad
One of the greatest military operations in the history of vIndia, would be the capture of Sinhagad. On it's anniversary my look at the heroism of Tanaji Malusare, and the audacious assault on the fort. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast....
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Battle of Umberkhind
On the anniversary of the historic battle of Umberkhind in 1661, where Shivaji Maharaj routed the Mughals under Kartalab Khan at Umberkhind, my look at the historic event. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode....
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Ratha Saptami
On the occasion of Ratha Saptami, my look at the festival, it's history, rituals and also a brief look at the Konark Sun Temple. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with…
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Major Somnath Sharma
Major Somnath Sharma became the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, he fought with one arm bandaged, kept off the raiders at bay, and ensured Srinagar airport would not be lost to India. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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K.M.Cariappa
Kodandera M Cariappa also known as Kipper, the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, the only other Indian officer to hold the rank of field marshal, along with Sam Manekshaw --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is…
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Lala Lajpat Rai
Punjab Kesari” Lala Lajpat Rai, one of the members of the Lal-Bal-Pal trio, the others being Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal, the so called extremist faction of the Congress. Founder of DAV. Writer, thinker, educationist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to…
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Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Homi Jahangir Bhaba, the father of India’s nuclear program, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century and founder of iconic institutions like TIFR and Atomic Energy Establishment at Trombay. His life was cut short by a rather mysterious plane crash in 1966. --- This episode is sponsored…
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Capture of Tarapur Fort by Chimaji Appa
January 24, 1739 On this date Chimaji Appa, the brother of Baji Rao, defeated the Portuguese forces and captured the fort here, a significant event in many ways. While many know about Baji Rao, not many have an idea about his equally great brother Chimaji Appa, who played a vital role on West...
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Veer Surender Sai
Veer Surendra Sai was a true valiant warrior against British imperialism, who fought against them till 1862. An inspiring leader of the tribals in Western Odisha, spent 37 years in prison. His aim was to drive the British out of his native Sambalpur, and though he could not succeed in his goal…
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Netaji- The Hero We Lost
On his Jayanti my tribute to one of the greatest Indian heroes ever. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Rash Behari Bose
Rash Behari Bose, one of the masterminds behind the plan to assassinate Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy, a key mover in the Ghadr conspiracy, meant to weaken the British army from inside, a master of disguise, camouflage and the founder of the Indian National Army. --- This episode is sponsored by ·...
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