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Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Nation
BRAVE WARRIORS WHO
SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR
FREEDOM
Countless Indian warriors sacrificed their
lives for India's freedom. There were RAMVRIKSHA BENIPURI:
crazy people in the freedom struggle
who dedicated their entire lives to the A LITERARY
cause of liberty. This freedom struggle GIANT AND A
was fought in both non-violent and
revolutionary ways. Not only that, but GREAT FREEDOM
writers also played an important role in
this fight, as their writings gave a boost FIGHTER
to the movements in the country. Among
such writers are Ramvriksha Benipuri
and Sakharam Ganesh Deoskar, who Born: 23 December 1899, Died: 9 September 1968
revived the spirit of devoting everything he great writer and social reformer
to the freedom struggle through the TRamvriksh Benipuri, who held the torch of
revolutionary edge of words rather than revolution with the edge of words for India's
the sword. The stories of Ramvriksha independence, was born on December 23,
Benipuri, Sakharam Ganesh Deoskar, 1899, in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Upset by
revolutionary Rajendra Nath Lahiri, the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh, he jumped
and Gandhian Krishna Ballabh Sahai into the freedom movement. Benipuri first
took an active part in the movement against
are featured in the Amrit Mahotsav of the Rowlatt Act, and when Mahatma Gandhi
Independence series in this issue.
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