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Some Heroes of Indian Freedom struggle

UNSUNG HEROES

 

The words of bravery that burnt down the shackles of slavery into ashes,

still has its fragrance mixed up with the world.

 

Independence! The word that filled up in the pages of History and the brave freedom fighters, who sacrificed their bodies for their Mother land leaving their soul reside in the pages of History, and live alive with the breathe of our Indian flag that fly high in the air.

India is itself the child, the freedom fighters gave birth to!

India itself is the History!

 

Unsung heroes! Popular heritage! What to tell, for, the whole Nation struggled for freedom. No one has seen The sunrise but only the parade of The British to attack them and no one had felt the pleasant Moon night, for they were always under chaos. They never wondered with the darkest shade of the night, for they lived a life, that was much darker than the color of the night!

No wonder, no one heard the chirps of the birds but only the bullet shoots of the British upon the chests of the Indians!

No song was played but only the loud cries of the people bleeding with            the restless fight for our Nation's freedom!

'Love for our Nation' was the only fuel, and so popularly called Patriotism!

 

Unsung heroes!

I would write down the entire population of the Nation. Yes! We all are the ancestors of unsung heroes. We all are from the family of freedom fighters.     We Indians have the Patriotism filled in our blood stream. In the end, we all are freedom fighter's grandchildren.

 

 

 

 

Many are the people,

Who fought for the freedom,

Oh no! the whole nation

What to write about unsung heroes,

I’m afraid, I had to write the entire population!

The whole India struggled for the freedom. But some of them were skilled enough to lead the people with proper guidance and with proper plans. 

And some of them are given below.

 

 

TIRUPPUR KUMARAN:

Tiruppur Kumaran, the man who touched the peak of patriotism, has his name still sung in the mouths of the people. Bravery belonged to  men, but patriotism beyond bravery, was a unique emotion, his blood stream owned. Himself, emerging from the capital of Tamil Nadu, Madras, so called Chennai today, to the parents of Nachimuthu and Karuppaayi, this young man stood in the hearts of the people.

His patriotism made him create a group of people called 'Desa Bandhu Youth Association' to fight against the British.

 

The death of evilness swallowed him, during a protest against The British Government on 11th January 1932, where he when was attacked by the police on the river banks of Noyyal, in Tiruppur.

And as he died, he held the flag upright with his hands which was banned by the British during that period. And therefore, he was tagged with 'Kodi Kaatha Kumaran' in Tamil which means 'Kumaran who protected the flag'!

 

 

 

V.O. CHIDABARAM PILLAI

 

A man who cannot be described with mere words. His bravery of standing against the British and owning a company against The British is said to be the greatest of all!

He was the target for the British, he was the wood, the British wanted to burn down into ashes.

 Valliyappan Ulaganathan Chidabaram popularly called by his initials V.O.C, spelled as Va Voo Cee in Tamil, was a freedom fighter who was called as 'Kappalootiya Tamizhan' so called 'The Tamil Helmsman'.

 

A man of courage, he had a bag of bravery shining on his face and the pride of being an Indian on his chest. He was influenced by Bala Gangadar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai. He was a part of the Swadeshi Movement.

 

His great protests against The British still has them printed and spoken even in the days of our present.

 

Coral Mill strike, a strike against the British company for owning low wages and harsh working conditions on being Sunday also as a working day, happened only with the courage filled speech of V.O. Chidabaram. His speech made the people strike against the British. The strike was of nine-day strike. This strike made a revolution. This made the workers of other European countries to strike against their companies and they also got benefited.

 

His achievements do not end here, he established many institutions like Yuvanesh Prachar, Sabha, Dharmasanga Nesavu Salai, National Godown, Madras Agro- Industrial Society Ltd and Desabimana Sangam.

They say, victory is only after a million failures. But the badge of bravery, never has such. The B.I.S.N.C ship which sailed on the sea as a transport, held more cashes for trips. The people were unhappy for the fare was very high. Looking at this, the man of bravery, Chidabaram itself leased a freighter from Sri Lanka. Realizing the need for the Swadeshi Shipping Company to own its own vessels, he travelled around India selling shares in the company to raise the capital. He vowed "I will come back with ships. Otherwise, I will perish in the sea." He managed to secure sufficient funds to purchase the company's first ship, the S.S.Gallia and then, he was able to acquire S.S.Lavo from France.

 

 

The British were jaw dropped with the Chidabaram's success. They immediately responded by reducing the fare per trip in B.I.S.N.C to Re.1 (16 annas) per head. The Swadeshi company responded by reducing it further to a fare of 0.5 (8 annas). The British again responded by offering a free trip to the passengers with free of cost. But they used the Swadeshi company due to national sentiment. The British finally made a deal to buy the Swadeshi Shipping Company to them. Chidabaram denied the deal.

 

 

We all know how the enemies attack their hatred people. How people who dislike each other react with one another. Anger and envy, the British always had an eye on Chidabaram.

Chidabaram and his comrade Subramanya Siva were invited by the British in the celebration of the release of Bengali leader Bipin Chandra Pal.

The British used this opportunity and made a conversation with him of never participating again in the political revolt. Chidabaram denied this and thus he and his comrade Subramanya Siva were arrested on March 12, 1908.

This arrested of Chidabaram and his comrade reflected in the streets of the people. All the shops, schools, colleges were closed and a revolt broke. His supporters then, were able to raise the sufficient funds for the bail but he denied to leave the jail without his comrade Subramanya Siva. Chidabaram was made to appear in the court and was charged under sections 123-A and 153-A of the Indian panel code.

 

He was charged with sedition and a sentence of two life imprisonment. He was confined in the Central Prison, Coimbatore from 9 July 1980 to 1 December 1910.

 

We can never measure evilness. Evilness is the longest scale or sometimes has no scale. The British people had their anger touch its peak and no wonder how the evil played the game role in the life of Chidabaram. His sufferings were unexplainable, a kind of the King of the evil, the ultimate flames of evilness gifted him the situation of touching the skin of death, like as of a worst nightmare. He was kept in Coimbatore and kannanoor. He was made to do labor work, he was made the yolks (in the place of bulls) to the oil press like an animal and made to work it in the cruel hot Sun. And finally, he was released on 12 December 1912. He saw the face of death and was later released from the jail. His national sentiments of acquiring all the tortures from the British without any hesitation, brings out the most beautiful emotion called ‘patriotism’ beautifully.

 

 

MAHAKAVI BHARATHI

Subramania Bharathi, the greatest poet in Tamil, so called Mahakavi Bharathi for his writings in Tamil are called Protrays rather than ordinary. He is said to be the Pioneer of Modern poetry and is considered as one of the greatest Tamil Literary of all times. His fiery songs included Patriotism songs, Indian Independence Movement songs thus provoking the Patriotism in the hearts of the people. He lit the fire in the hearts of the people with words of love and bravery. He made his words flow in the nerves of the people, draining the variations among them and made everyone come together to save the Nation from the hands of the British. His famous slogan called “Cheppu mozhi 18, nokkam ondru” meaning, “speaking languages 18, yet the target is the same”

He, born in Ettayapuram Tamil Nadu, in 1901. His devotion to Tamil language is unexplainable. He had his own identification. He had a beard and wore a turban due to his Sikh friend. And therefore, he was called 'Mundasu Kavingan' in Tamil called 'Poet in Turban'.  His songs of poetry made the world shake with rays of Patriotism striking on the chests of the people. In December 1905, he attended the All India Congress session held in Benaras. On his way to home, he met Sister Nivedita and Swami Vivekananda's spiritual heir. She inspired Bharathi to recognize the privileges of women. And thus, he started to upgrade women and sang for their rights as well. His writings have equal parts in the fields of upgrading women, speaking for their rights and as well as in the National Movement. He evoked the feelings for our country and spoke about the unity of the people. He is a legend, his words are of things that cannot be compared with anything.

It’s tough to describe a poet with words and even tougher when described about a legendary poet! His songs were a mix of literature with word filled with emotions. His songs were never only songs but the pride of Literature, the pride badge of Tamil!

 

 

THE SHADES OF WOMEN IN INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE:

 

Patriotism was a man

Who ruled the hearts of the people!

Never knew, whether love was in the list,

But, I believed, the love for the nation, took over the love for soulmates!

 

I sometimes wonder, how many people sacrificed their love, for fighting in the freedom of our nation. I wonder, how many people shouted JAI HIND, and left their loved one’s name unsaid! I respect everyone’s own love life. I respect the women who sacrificed their loved ones for freedom struggle. They would have been prouder for they left their love for the freedom of our Nation.

I wonder, how many women told their husbands,

‘Oh dear, I am a woman, and I never have the rights to run out and fight for our Nation. Please do it on behalf of me, please defeat the British for me. Please do it for me!

 

The shackles too broke away with the advent of the courageous woman, JHANSI RANI.

She was the fire, who burnt down the boundaries of slavery that existed in the Nation. Her courageous act is of great talk for no one had the courage to break the rules.

I believe, she was such a woman who had told her husband the words of saving our Nation and finally broke out as of a volcano, waging against the British with fire of anger in her eyes.

 Her courageous act is to be recognised.

 

I have always believed,

Million are the stars on the sky

Yet the moon takes over our attention,

Million would have been the females,

 Who would have fought against The British,

Impressed by the courage of Jhansi rani,

The courage, of not fighting,

But for, breaking the boundaries, 

The society had over women!

 

 

UNSUNG HEROES, NOT BUT NOT THE LEAST:

 

Cruelty was always the root of bravery. Blood was always the route to victory. Whatever so, in the end, we all are humans living a life, a slave to the situations, a failure in the concept of dreams. Not all dreams come true. In a garden of dreams, you wished for, and we pluck our dreams with the limitations given by our life and life situation. Let’s take a moment to respect all the people and the things that helped us in attaining freedom. Some sacrificed their dreams to   bring in the light of success in the dark days of our Nation. while the whole India was in trouble, Our Mother land, struggling to breathe, the whole country, the whole people were the Kings and Queens of the nations and they itself was the soldiers of the nation. Every place had an impact in freedom struggle, every handful of mud have had an impact on the freedom struggle.

 

 

As the handful of mud, taken from our Mother Earth,

You will see the shades of blood,

All over the body of hers,

The rain poured onto it,

Wasted away the stains of the bloods

And dragged it into the mother earth,

Singing the songs in silence,

Believing, their blood is the reason for the birth of new India.

Forever and ever, the world will praise, beneath the sheets of the soil, lies the bloods and sweats of the people.

 

Neither King nor Queen,

But a son of my Nation,

Neither man, nor woman,

But an Indian by origin!

 

Colors of different shades, only the red color rose and flowed over the streets of the nation. The red colored, blood was the art, the history saw, blood was the art, the history suffered to bring birth to the new India and the whole population of the country India were the artists who gave birth to The Free India.

 

By,

Ajola Ganesan

@ajolas_garden_of_quotes

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