Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the patriotic fire ignited by the armed revolution helped the Congress-led freedom movement succeed, but unfortunately these efforts have not been given due recognition in history books.
He also said that only one version of India’s freedom struggle was always told to the world but the fact is that many individuals, ideas and organizations had valuable contribution in achieving freedom for the country.
The Home Minister was speaking at the launch of ‘Krantikariyon: Kaise Ki Doosri Kahani’ India Won Our Freedom”, a book by Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“There are people like me who believe that it was because of the patriotic fire ignited by the armed revolution that helped the Congress-led freedom movement to succeed. I believe this and I can also prove that if there was no parallel stream of armed movement, it would have taken a few more decades to achieve independence.
“It is unfortunate that these efforts, these contributions to the armed revolution have not been given due credit by historians,” he said.
The book collectively tells the stories of freedom fighters such as Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, VD Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rash Behari Bose, Bagha Jatin, Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Subhash Chandra Bose.
Shah said that the history of armed revolution was described as isolated individual endeavours, but after reading this book it would become clear that it was not an isolated individual endeavour, but a well-thought-out plan. Gaya was a collective effort.
Talking about the freedom struggle, Shah said that India’s independence was the result of efforts made by a large number of individuals and organizations.
“If we analyze the freedom movement of India, we see a large number of people, a large number of ideologies and organizations were striving to reach the same destination. It is the result of their collective efforts,” senior the BJP leader said.
However, he added, only one type of narrative of the nonviolent movement has been forced “through education, history, and legends”.
“I do not say that non-violent movement had no contribution to India’s independence, or that it is not a part of history. Non-violent movement played a major role, it was a major contributor to independence. had no contribution.” Shah said.
He blamed those “responsible for telling history from India’s point of view” for making mistakes.
“Those who were responsible for telling the story of India’s freedom struggle from an Indian point of view, I believe they have made some mistakes. The British left but left ‘English’ behind them. And history was written through the prism of ‘Englishness’, which ultimately created all this confusion.
Shah said that people like Shyamji Krishna Verma spread the dream of independence and people like Vinayak Damodar Savarkar worked to bring it to the ground.
“All these efforts were neither thoughtless, disorganized nor unsuccessful. These efforts were done on the basis of a well thought out ideology and were well united, these efforts have contributed a lot to the success of the freedom movement, which no one can deny.
He said that the penance and sacrifice of thousands of people cannot be negated by the glorification of any one movement.
Shah said that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA did not get the respect and place they deserved in the country’s history.
Netaji is that beacon of light who will continue to inspire the youth to become patriots for generations to come. He said that seeing Netaji’s statue on the path of duty today gives immense satisfaction.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Last year, a statue of Bose was unveiled on the ‘Kartavya Path’ adjacent to India Gate.
He said, ‘No one can suppress, erase and hide the history of the freedom struggle of our country.’
The Home Minister said that history should be written on the basis of reality, evaluation of efforts and analysis of all aspects of efforts and only then it becomes complete in itself.
Shah said that on the day Bhagat Singh was hanged, no stove was lit in any house from Lahore to Kanyakumari.
He said that the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh lit such a flame of patriotism in the minds of the people which never got extinguished.
He also called upon the younger generation, educationists and historians to “read history more closely and take its true message to the next generations”.
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