Not Gandhi but Japan Kicked out Britain from India
Mass desertions of loyal Indian soldiers to the Japanese-trained INA precipitated Britain’s withdrawal from India. On 15 November 1941, less than a month before Pearl Harbour, the Japanese leadership approved More...
Gandhi’s assassination and Godse’s truth
Ever since the BJP’s ascension to power, attempts have been made to eulogize Nathuram Godse as a sterling patriot who committed an outrageously bold act in national interest. Hindu nationalists are understandably More...
Announcement: New Series on forgotten freedom fighters
The 67th Indian Independence Day is just around the corner. It goes without saying that 15th August of every year is not only a solemn occasion but one that reaffirms what millions of Indians gave up in the past More...
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee: a heartfelt tribute
Early life and career Syama Prasad Mookerjee was born in a Bengali family on 6 July 1901 in Calcutta (Kolkata). His father was Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, Bengal, More...
The only Sardar of India
“Just imagine the most difficult and delicate situation in which we were placed at the time of attaining independence, with some 600 Indian States of all shapes and sizes and in different degrees of advancement More...
Bhagat Singh: an Impartial Assessment
The revolutionary movement was an epic of bravery and self-sacrifice, and this deserves to be celebrated. Indians proved that they were willing to fight and would no longer put up with the ignominy of foreign rule. More...
Indian Communists’ Attack on the Vision of India
I had always held and now repeatedly reiterate that the communists, especially the members and leaders of the Communist Parties and their bandwagoners, have of late reduced themselves to becoming the intellectual More...
RSS wasn't associated with freedom struggle: Telegraph
Note: As part of IndiaFacts’ call to the public to send us instances of distortions about facts relating to Hinduism and India, we are delighted to inform that Mr. Seshadri from Chennai has sent us the following More...
The Myth of Hyderabad’s “Hidden Massacre”
BBC correspondent Mike Thompson in a recent article on the annexation of Hyderabad claims that in September-October 1948—that is, soon after its annexation—tens of thousands of Muslims were butchered in Hyderabad. More...