एक आंदोलन जिसमें इस कदर लोगों ने भाग लिया कि सबसे क्रूर और हिंसक रूप अपनाने के बावजूद सरकार को उसे दबाने में 1 साल का लम्बा समय लगा। यह आंदोलन शुरू तो करो या मरो के नारे के साथ हुआ लेकिन जल्द ही इसने मरो और मारो का रूप धारण कर लिया।

'करो या मरो' बन गया 'मरो या मारो'

गिरना भी अच्छा होता हैं औकात का पता चलता हैं, बढ़ते हैं जब हाथ उठाने को, अपनों का पता चलता हैं, जिन्हें गुस्सा आता हैं, वो लोग सच्चे होते हैं, मैंने तो झूठो को अक्सर, मुस्कुराते हुए देखा हैं, सिख रहा हूं अब में भी इंसानों को पढ़ने का हुनर, सुना हैं चेहरे पे किताबों से ज्यादा लिखा होता हैं। - हरिवंशराय बच्चन

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वो जब बोलते थे तो अच्छे-अच्छों की बोलती बंद हो जाती थी क्यूंकि सच को सबूत के साथ पेश करने का हुनर जो उनके पास था वह किसी के पास नहीं था। भारत के 'द ग्रैंड ओल्ड मैन' ने विदेशी देश में उन्हीं की भाषा में उनका ही सच दिखा दिया।

अंग्रेज़ शॉक, दादाजी रॉक्स

In the lower part of Assam, there lies a small, sleepy village, where the only sounds you will be greeted with are the rhythms of weaving looms and flying shuttles. And yet this village is far from ordinary. Since time immemorial, this place has been hitting more than a few headlines on the global platform for its unique craft.

The Village that creates magic with Silk

The dashing and handsome son of a young police officer from Punjab of British India, rushes to Bombay with some money from his aunt to pursue a career in Bollywood. Today, he is considered one of the most celebrated actors in the Indian film industry - Prithviraj Kapoor.


PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR, The Stalwart of Hindi Film Industry

For every Buddhist follower across the world, India remains the most important centre of pilgrimage. The birth of Buddhism took place in the subcontinent, and the Buddha attained both Nirvana (enlightenment) and Mahaparinirvana (death) here, as well. It should not be surprising, therefore, that Vesak, or Buddha Jayanti, or Buddha Purnima is one of the most important annual festivals of India. 

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The rarer the metal, the more precious it becomes. But for the “Green Gold,” its beauty lies in its abundance. It’s the gold that belongs to the poor. Here’s to cherishing the fastest growing, sustainable, resilient and beautiful plant of the world on its anniversary of World Bamboo Day!


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With those chocolate tins, handmade rakhis, sweet messages, real promises, and beautiful moments of laughs and tears, we grew up only to realise that Raksha Bandhan was never an occasion or celebration, but a bond of togetherness that binds us in conjunction.

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Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary, born on February 7, 1908, in Benaras. He was imprisoned at the young age of 13 for 3 months, for distributing pamphlets against the Prince of Wales

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The HPCA Stadium of Dharamsala is one of the most serene grounds built anywhere all over the world. It is also ground with one of the highest altitudes of any in the world. As a result rain, thunder and lightning are frequent sights.

You just never know when a game will get washed out. So when the players do get a game here, it’s important that the players make the most of it. On a day that can be considered a relatively dry one for the place, Adam Gilchrist made sixes and fours rain all over the place.

Punjab’s match against Royal Challengers Bangalore was a completely one-sided affair. After the carnage unleashed by Australian duo Gilchrist and Marsh, any hopes that RCB had were wiped out as Gilchrist put the last nail in their coffin with an incredible catch to get rid of Gayle early.

The game wasn’t about the two teams as much as it was about Adam Gilchrist. For any wicketkeeper-batsman growing up in the 90s and the 00s, he was the pinnacle of what it meant to be one.

Dare we say, he redefined the role of a wicketkeeper in an XI. Earlier, all a keeper was good for was behind the stumps. In front of them, they were just deadwood in the batting order. The southpaw changed that for good. Now every team looks for a talented gloveman who doubles us as a swashbuckling batsman.

 In 2011, Gilchrist was in the twilight of his career. At this point, it had started to look like he had given everything he had to cricket already and there was nothing left. After an average season with the Deccan Chargers in 2010, he hadn’t even been retained by them.

Yet the Kings XI Punjab gambled on him and his experience. Frankly, they could’ve done with a player as distinguished as him in their ranks. Although the gamble didn’t pay off as they would’ve hoped it would, his incredible century versus RCB did show why they bet on him.

He began precariously, giving the young Valthaty the go-ahead to smash as much as he wants to. Up till the seventh over, he was trodding along like a sloth. It looked like his season would be remembered for being a monumental failure.

On the second ball of the seventh over, Mithun banged one short and Gilly pounced on it like a tiger. He had just hit his 100th T20 six. Overcome by the nostalgia of his days of glory, he decided to turn the clock back.

He pulled and cut and drove the ball all over the place. The highlight of his innings came against Charl Langeveldt in the 10th over- three consecutive sixes out of which, the second one was 122 metres long and left RCB captain Kohli with no option but to admire. 

Gilchrist reached his fifty with those three sixes powered his way to 56 more and bring up a vintage century. His whirlwind innings vs Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final proved that on his day, there was nobody more deadly than him. These innings proved that he had still got it. There was and there will be nobody like him.

Gilchrist raising his bat after reaching his century; Image Source: indiatvnews.com 

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There’s nothing much to say about this game except that when Adam Gilchrist hits something, it stays hit.

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