Azadi ke Deewane: Unveiling India's Heroes by Manni Sharma Audio Pitara

The atmosphere is heating up in the country regarding the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, from 19 April to 1 June, the results of all these phases will be declared by the Election Commission on 4 June 2024. Lok Sabha elections have been divided into seven phases. These Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in seven phases across India. On the basis of these elections, the next Prime Minister of India will be announced. Meanwhile, the discussion of One Nation One Election is also intense, but Do you know when elections were held for the first time in India?
You will be surprised to know that the first elections in India were held long before independence. When the British government was ruling the country. Congress had won in this election. India’s Lok Sabha elections are considered the biggest elections in the world. Lakhs of employees work in it and crores of voters vote.
About 17 crore people participated in India’s first general elections, in which 85 percent people could not read and write. Overall, elections were held for about 4500 seats, of which 499 were for Lok Sabha. Listen to Azadi ke Deewane with Manni Sharma by Audio Pitara.
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Brave Durga Bhabhi who tricked the British by becoming the wife of Bhagat Singh
Durga Bhabhi is also called the ‘Iron Lady’ of India.
Durga Bhabhi used to open the trunk of the clothes that were sent to the co-revolutionaries in jail and send them messages written in code words.
Durga Bhabhi’s arrest
At 12 noon the police arrested him from his residence. Later, Durga Bhabhi said in an interview, “The police came to arrest me in three lorries. I was taken to Lahore Fort. There SSP Jenkins threatened me and said, “We will get to know everything about you from your colleagues. Already happened. We have all your records.” I immediately replied, “If you have evidence against me, then prosecute me, else leave me.”
After the hanging of many fellow revolutionaries and the martyrdom of her husband, Durga Bhabhi was left completely alone. But he did not lose courage. Worked as a teacher at different places for a few years and then also joined the Congress. Later she continued teaching poor children in Ghaziabad and on 15 October 1999 she said goodbye to the world.

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Today I will talk about a person who was a freedom fighter born in the land of Saharanpur, who not only happily endured the tortures of the British rule to protect his motherland, but also went to jail several times. The salt law was broken on the call of Thakur Arjun Singh, He was a freedom fighter, a writer, a publicist, the first chairman of Saharanpur district and knowledgeable in many languages.
He was dedicated to the country since childhood and started actively participating in the freedom movement, due to which he went to jail several times and endured torture by the British government.
The first arrest took place in Mora village in March 1930. You all must have read in history that there were many movements under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi to achieve independence. One of them was the Civil Disobedience Movement. In which the issue of salt was made the central issue and plans were made to break the salt law at many places.
 
After this, Thakur Arjun Singh's case was heard in the jail itself and he was sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment.
He was released on 4 March 1931 under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, also known as Babasaheb, was a visionary leader and architect of the Indian Constitution. Born in 1891 into a Dalit family, he overcame immense social discrimination to become one of the foremost intellectuals and reformists of India. Ambedkar earned multiple degrees, including doctorates from Columbia University and the London School of Economics. He was instrumental in the fight against caste discrimination and worked tirelessly for the rights of the marginalized. As India's first Law Minister, he advocated for gender equality and labor rights, embedding these principles into the framework of the Indian Constitution. Dr. Ambedkar's legacy as a champion for social justice continues to inspire movements and policies aimed at equality and inclusivity. Listen to Azadi ke Deewane with Manni Sharma by Audio Pitara.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is also known as Shivaji or Shivaji Raje. Shivaji Maharaj launched the first invasion to establish the Hindu Empire at the age of just 15 years. Due to his powerful army which had won 260 kg in 8 years, he became a prominent leader of the freedom struggle of Maharashtra. He was born on February 19, 1630 in Pune. He was a great warrior and strategist of India. He built a powerful navy. Shivaji was an expert in making war strategies. It was Shivaji who formed a professional army of Marathas. Shivaji actually fueled a movement that sowed the seeds of the decline and ruin of the Mughal Empire. He was a proponent of guerrilla warfare. It is said that Shivaji was the first to start this war in India and this war means raiding.

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From 1868 to 1885 AD, Bharatendu created many plays, acted in many plays himself, built many theatres and tried to establish Hindi theatre. In 1944, late actor Prithviraj Kapoor started Prithvi Theatre.
Staging of street plays was not so easy in slave India.
• Many times actors were arrested,
• Every actor was prepared. They had only one objective – to arouse opposition among the people against British rule.
Safdar Hashmi was murdered while performing street play, his incomplete play was completed by his wife after 48 hours. The name of the play was ‘Halla Bol’.
Only two things are necessary for theatre, the audience and the actor. All other means can be abandoned.”
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