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Kumari Maina

13-year-old Kumari Maina faced the British Empire without fear: The forgotten child martyr of 1857

Independence Day 2026: Know the unsung heroines of Bharat Mata; The tribal daughters who took down the British Empire

The Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh along with the Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Defence, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, the Chief of Defence Staff & Secretary Department of Military Affairs, General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of the Army Staff, General M.M. Naravane, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Karambir Singh and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria paying homage to the fallen heroes at the National War Memorial, on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, in New Delhi on July 26, 2020.

The National War Memorial: Hailing the real heroes – Independence Day Special

1857 Indian War of Independence was a collective and countrywide challenge of the People of Bharat against the imperialist British Government (File/Hindustan Times Archives)

1857: Indian War of Independence

Veer Savarkar's 'Indian War of Independence 1857 gained fame as the 'Gita of revolutionaries' and was published by Madame Cama, Lala Hardayal, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh

Rereading Veer Savarkar’s ‘The Indian War of Independence’