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Dedicated to Revolutionary Freedom Fighters of India.
Today youth of our great nation has forgotten the sacrifices of our freedom fighters.
This is a small effort to remember all those brave heros who laydown their life for our country, whatever we do today freely and independently is because of their sacrifices.
Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu (Maruthu Pandiyar)
The Marudhu Pandiyars were chieftains of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the 18th century. They were known for fighting against the East India Company. In 1782, Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, (the Nawab of Arcot) who claimed overlordship over the Southern kingdoms, sent officials from the East India Company to collect taxes from the rulers. When the king refused after long negotiations, he and the queen were killed at their palace one night. However Marudhu Pandiyar and first Queen Velunachiyar escaped, and stayed with Gopala Nayak in Virupakshipuram for 7 years. After this time, an alliance of kingdoms led by the Pandiyar attacked Sivagangai and retook it in 1789. Both Maruthu Pandiyar were given high positions in the kingdom.
The Marudhu Pandiyars, planned to war against East India Company in India. They gave the protection to Velunachiyar who was temporarily seeking refuge from the chaos of war. They along with the war leader Sivagangai and many of their family members, were captured at Cholapuram and were killed at Tiruppattur. They were hanged in the fort of Tirupputhur, which is now Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, on 24 October 1801.
Jayakrushna Rajaguru Mohapatra
(29 October 1739 – 6 December 1806) popularly known as Jayi Rajaguru was a prominent figure of the Indian independence movement in the state of Odisha. A princely-priest by profession at the court of the Khurda kingdom, Rajaguru revolted against the British Raj in the province. Whilst collaborating with the Marathas to recapture the British-occupied province, a Maratha messenger was caught by the British army and Rajaguru’s secret strategies got exposed. Upon failure of his removal from the king’s court, the British force attacked the fort of Khurda and captured Rajaguru. He was later sentenced to death by tying his legs to the branches of a banyan tree in Baghitota, Midnapore.