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Hidden Stories: Constant in Pune, this adventurer rebel confidential struck terror into rendering hearts do paperwork British
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Unrepresented histories are unfair to the sacrifices of those like Umaji Naik
Suraj Shankar Jadhav | As we embrace the 75th anniversary of our Independence, we must explore events and people who are missing out on our national narrative of Independence. The Indian Independence movement does not have an exact starting point. Why is Independence meant to be only from the British and not from the social elements which still abuse and have kept a considerable population under its heels?
Some groups and communities in India still claim to be under foreign rule and authority. Independence is yet to reach them. Dr. BR Ambedkar elaborated on prioritising social freedom before political freedom. He tried his best and his words in 'Annihilation of Caste' still make sense. This anecdote allows us to define Independence as a fluid term rather than a concept with a solid start and definite end. Not to take away anything from the mainstream movement and sacrifices or the sacredness of the Indian independence movement, but this article is about where the idea of Independence would have started and how we should reclaim the neglected part of its history.
The beginning of the 19th Century was not a celebrated period for empires and rulers in India. As most of them were falling
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Public execution of an Indian rebel in 1857
When British soldiers hanged Indian rebel Amar Shahid Bandhu Singh from a sacred fig tree in 1857, a legend was born. Local stories say the execution took seven attempts and that, when eventually Singh died, the tree began to bleed.
The public hanging took place in Gorakhpur in what is now the state of Uttar Pradesh. The tree — at which Bandhu Singh had worshipped the goddess Durga — was just one of many sacred fig trees the British used as gallows during their control of the subcontinent.
Many hundreds and perhaps thousands of local people died hanging from these trees — most commonly banyans (Ficus benghalensis) but also peepal trees (Ficus religiosa). Both are species of strangler figs that have played important roles in the culture and religion of the region for thousands of years. Both are sacred to people of diverse faiths, especially Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. They are abodes of gods, and symbols of life, fertility and knowledge.
Yet repeatedly — see list below — the British turned to these trees as gallows. In 1860, in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, they are said to have hanged 257 rebels from the branches of an individual banyan in a single day. These public executions were designed to not only