Monami Banerjee
You all have heard of a country, namely “India”, India- the name given by the
Greeks to the country “Bharatvarsh”, India, the nation which is unique, the nation which
was famously known as the ‘Golden Bird’,
the nation which bore legendary sons and
daughters, the nation which has always depended on spirituality, the nation which taught never to
accept defeat, never to step back from facing the difficulties, the nation whose strength lay in her
values, the nation which has always been invaded by invaders, the nation which not only created
Warriors but heroes and heroines in the true sense, she
is none other than our motherland, “Bharat Maa”, (“Mother India”).
May be you all have heard these facts about
India, but do you all understand these facts?
Do you all realize these facts? Do you all
wish to analyze these facts? Then, let me tell
you some true facts regarding Indian freedom
struggle, which will inspire you, which will
surprise you, which will make you emotional,
which will give you the strength to fight, which will introduce you to some popular legends of
India, which will make you face the truth.
The nation has always received greatest betray from its own people, in the same way
the worthiest children fought till their last
breath to save their motherland from invaders, and punish the betrayers, our
dear motherland suffered 190 years dependence by the British, knowing the reason of which we
will have to go back to
the past; It was the Battle of Plassey, 23rd June, 1757, when British captured Bengal,
killed Nawab Siraj- ud- daulah, with the help
of his commander Mir Zafar, the culprit for
whom the Sun in India set for long 190 years!
The struggle for independence started since then, many tribes revolted, many poor people
revolted, many wealthy people revolted, many students revolted, many teachers revolted, many
children revolted, many women revolted, many kings revolted, many
queens revolted, but still the British suppressed them, the British tortured them
ruthlessly, snatched the womanhood from
the women, and did all sorts of evil works.
Then the first blow of division came to
India, in 1905, in the form of Partition of
Bengal, the revolution reached its zenith,
freedom fighter Khudiram Bose became the
first teenage martyr, then the brave freedom
fighter Bagha Jatin lost his life in the famous
Battle of Buribalam, Rash Behari Bose escaped to Japan, amidst all these revolts,
Little Subhas was growing up, who later became “The Great Netaji.”
Violent revolution continued, the more British
killed freedom fighters, the more new freedom fighters emerged, they were guided
by dynamic leaders, however there were few
so called leaders, who were British agents but
people failed to understand that. Do you want
to know the names of those betrayers? One
of them was so called worshipper of non- violence, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and
the other was Jawaharlal Nehru, who is well- known for his relationship with Lady Mountbatten.
So finally, how did India achieve her independence? The man who crossed all
limits, all barriers, fooled the British by escaping from house arrest, went to unknown lands to
free Bharat Maa from the clutches of
the British, crossed the Kabul River by a leather bag without knowing swimming, mobilized
Hitler and General Tojo
to help in Indian freedom struggle, who led
the Azad Hind Fauj, who formed the provincial government of Arzi- Hukumat-e-Azad-e-Hind,
who was the Prime
Minister of “Undivided India”, who was a world leader, whom every single person of the world
respected, whose intelligence went
above the shrewd British and others, who united the Indians, who created a new path when there
was no path, who took all kinds of risks in his life, only and only to bring us freedom, he is none
other than our National
Hero, the Liberator of India, the real Father
of our nation, the Great Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who is immortal, whose death
is still a mystery, a mystery which I am
dedicated to solving.