रास बिहारी बोस का जन्म 25 मई 1886, को एक बंगाली परिवार में हुआ था.
दिल्ली में तत्कालीन वायसराय लार्ड हार्डिंग पर बम फेंकने की योजना बनाने, ग़दर की साजिश रचने और बाद में जापान जाकर इंडियन इंडिपेंडेस लीग और आज़ाद हिंद फ़ौज की स्थापना करने में रासबिहारी बोस की महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई थी.
रासबिहारी बोस उन लोगों में से थे जो देश से बाहर जाकर विदेशी राष्ट्रों की सहायता से अंग्रेज़ों के विरुद्ध वातावरण तैयार कर भारत की मुक्ति का रास्ता निकालने की सोचते रहते थे. 1937 में उन्होंने ‘भारतीय स्वातंय संघ’ की स्थापना की और सभी भारतीयों का आह्वान किया तथा भारत को स्वतंत्र राष्ट्र घोषित कर दिया।
Md. Umar Ashraf is a Delhi based Researcher, who after pursuing a B.Tech (Civil Engineering) started heritagetimes.in to explore, and bring to the world, the less known historical accounts. Mr. Ashraf has been associated with the museums at Red Fort & National Library as a researcher. With a keen interest in Bihar and Muslim politics, Mr. Ashraf has brought out legacies of people like Hakim Kabeeruddin (in whose honour the government recently issued a stamp). Presently, he is pursuing a Masters from AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, JMI & manages heritagetimes.in.
The idea of reservation to OBCs (Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs) came about in 1990 after the Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented. The reservation under article 341 defined only SC community and most of these Pasmanda castes don’t come under this identification.
“This is the Congress radio calling on 42.34 meters from somewhere in India,” spoke Usha Mehta after the Quit India Movement had been silenced by the Britishers.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in her movie Ae Watan Mere Watan.
Read our special feature about India’s bravest Radio Jockey ,fondly known as Radio Ben
In 1839, Samuel Morse, reputed as the telegraph pioneer, laid the first telegraph lines connecting Washington to Baltimore. In India, the same year, O’Shaughnessy completed 21 miles of a telegraph line wrapped around trees and vast stretches which included a river crossing of 4 miles as an experiment.
Democracy is an occidental idea. A Hindu cannot comprehend it as long as he is a Hindu. It is against his religious belief. The divisions of Varna are the basis of his religion. He cannot see without distress a Brahman or Kshtriya serving a Sudra. A Brahman may beg or even may die, yet he will never touch a dish from which a Sudra has partaken food.
