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    · Jul 17, 2024 · 03:30 pm
  • Why a Pakistani lawyer wants a court to retry the case that led to Bhagat Singh’s execution

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    · Nov 18, 2022 · 11:09 am
  • Photos: London has been memorialising the homes of Indian reformers and freedom fighters for years

    Photos: London has been memorialising the homes of Indian reformers and freedom fighters for years

    Alexander Williams
    · Jan 24, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • The Goan-origin woman who fought for Angola’s freedom and was killed by its first government

    The Goan-origin woman who fought for Angola’s freedom and was killed by its first government

    Pamela D’Mello
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  • Mamata Banerjee criticises Centre for not naming Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday a national holiday

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    · Jan 23, 2018 · 07:23 pm
  • The state is becoming a true Leviathan: What C Rajagopalachari said after breaking from the Congress

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