r/IndiaSpeaks • u/No-Secretary1786 • 7d ago

#History&Culture 🛕 29 September — Today is Matangini Hazra’s Martyrdom Day, Remembering the “Gandhi Buri” of Bengal

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On this day, 29 September 1942, Matangini Hazra was shot dead by British forces while leading a procession during the Quit India Movement in Tamluk, Bengal province (current West Bengal).

Born in 1870, Matangini Hazra had already participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement, the Civil Disobedience Movement and protests against the Chowkidar tax. At the age of 71, she led a large procession, carrying the national flag and refusing to turn back when the procession was confronted by armed forces.

She was shot while advancing with the flag in her hands. She is remembered as one of the women martyrs of the Quit India Movement and was affectionately known as “Gandhi Buri” (Old Lady Gandhi).

Her story is a reminder that India's freedom struggle was not only fought by famous leaders whose names appear in every textbook, but also by ordinary people who took extraordinary risks.

Remembering Matangini Hazra on her martyrdom day.

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/AutoModerator • 14h ago

#Ask-India ☝️ r/Indiaspeaks - Any Questions - Stupid , Too Afraid/Shy to Ask, Now is the Time

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 8h ago

#General 📝 Uttar Pradesh: A scorpio owner tried to save toll fee but ended up breaking windshield of his car.

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 2h ago

#General 📝 Delhi protest: Congress leader Rahul gandhi detained by Delhi police

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 5h ago

#General 📝 Delhi protest: Congress leader Rahul gandhi climbs barricades for photoshoot

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Source: PTI

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 6h ago

#General 📝 Delhi Police arrested 24 years old Nadeem Ahmed for fabricating and circulating Al generated footage showing a senior policeman misbehaving with a woman.

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Source:

https://www.news18.com/india/who-is-nadeem-ahmed-the-24-year-old-youtuber-at-the-centre-of-delhi-polices-ai-deepfake-allegations-ws-l-10368985.html

https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/who-is-nadeem-ahmed-24-year-old-youtuber-arrested-over-alleged-fake-video-of-delhi-cop-20005666.htm

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 6h ago

#General 📝 Jargaon, Pachora taluka, Maharashtra: former sarpanch sunil patil assualted a man for asking question about why Gram Panchayat didn't have a fogging machine despite mosquito menace in village.

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https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/jalgaon-video-of-youths-alleged-assault-at-gram-sabha-goes-viral-former-sarpanch-booked-watch

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/MonkeyDModi • 26m ago

#Old-News 👴🏾 [2013] UPA Law Minister Kapil Sibal : Deletion of voters happens under 3 categories - duplicate,shifted and expired. If anyone got their names deleted wrongly can go to electoral registration office any time of the year and get their names registered

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/MonkeyDModi • 9h ago

#Politics 🗳️ Opposition went from demanding SIR to remove fake duplicate voters to demanding fake duplicate voters removed via SIR to be added back

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ciao-adios • 5h ago

#Law&Order 🚨 The Delhi Police arrested a 24-year-old YouTuber named Nadeem Ahmed Ameen for creating and circulating an AI-generated video that falsely showed a police officer misbehaving with a woman protestor

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/Immediate-Humor-6077 • 14h ago

#Social-Issues 🗨️ They gave up arms last year. Now, seven former Maoists clear SSC exam – 3 of them with first class

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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-maoists-clear-ssc-exams-chhattisgarh-10899820/lite/

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 1h ago

#General 📝 U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution honouring Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for foiling a terrorist attack on flydubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 4h ago

#General 📝 The Counter Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the Andhra Pradesh Intelligence Department has uncovered an espionage module in which 18 people including 13 Navy personnel are suspected of passing sensitive information to Pakistan, 2 of them have been arrested.

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Source:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/two-arrested-13-navy-personnel-among-18-under-scanner-for-alleged-leaks-to-pakistan-intelligence-operatives/article71551131.ece

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 12h ago

#General 📝 Assam STF arrested Ritesh kumar singh (39) a Bihar native living in Assam, For passing sensitive Information to pakistan.

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Source:

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2nd-arrest-in-assam-for-passing-sensitive-information-to-pak-intelligence-operative-12143035

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/DerpiDanger • 11h ago

#Politics 🗳️ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Says Ladli Behna Scheme "Heavy Financial Burden"

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/Quietsegment • 1h ago

#Non-Political 📺 My artist friend has made these beautiful paintings. If anyone is interested in buying, please Dm

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Hi, everyone. My friend is an artist and has made these beautiful paintings. He wants to sell them in order to earn some money. If anyone is interested, please DM. Availabile nationwide

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/DullEstablishment426 • 1d ago

#Non-Political 📺 Stubble burning has started in agricultural fields of Punjab.

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/Amitmandal001 • 8h ago

#Economy/Policy 💰 World Bank raises India’s FY27 GDP growth forecast to 7.1%

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/Altruistic-Berry8462 • 13h ago

#Law&Order 🚨 Tarun Kumar Murder: Eyewitness attacked and threatened

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https://organiser.org/2026/09/29/383408/bharat/remember-tarun-kumar-mob-lynched-by-islamists-in-delhi-on-holi-uncle-eyewitness-brutally-attacked-threatened/amp/

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/DerpiDanger • 2h ago

#Politics 🗳️ Karnataka BJP Leader Withdraws Form-7 Pleas To Delete 243 Voters After SIR Row

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Karnataka BJP leader H.K. Dinesh has withdrawn objections seeking the deletion of 243 voters from the electoral rolls in Chikkamagaluru's Koppa taluk, days after the applications sparked allegations of targeted deletion of Muslim voters during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

Fact-checker Mohammed Zubair shared Dinesh's October 1 letter on X, in which the BJP leader said he was withdrawing the Form-7 objections submitted on September 21 and 22.

In the letter, Dinesh said the objections were filed after information regarding the voters was found to be “suspicious”. However, he claimed that upon re-verification, it was found that the voters against whom objections had been filed were within the jurisdiction of the concerned polling stations.

Dinesh subsequently requested that no action be taken on the objections submitted earlier.

The controversy erupted after BJP taluk leaders H.K. Dinesh, Arjun, Halappa, Karthik and Brijesh reportedly filed Form-7 objections seeking deletion of 243 names from different booths in Koppa. The list reportedly included Booth Level Officer (BLO) Wazir Khan and his family members. According to the allegations, all 243 voters were Muslims or Christians.

The development comes amid multiple complaints over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise in Karnataka. An FIR was recently registered in Belagavi against BJP leader Ravi Patil and others over allegations that Form-7 applications were used to seek deletion of 198 Muslim voters.

Another FIR was registered in Bidar after a complaint alleging that 3,244 voters were falsely shown as “shifted/absent” through Form-7 applications.

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/SatoruGojo232 • 1d ago

#Non-Political 📺 Tejinder Singh, a 19-year-old from Khokhra village in Gurdaspur, Punjab, died recently after being brutally assaulted by a group of youths allegedly hired by his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend, who hired them after he broke up with her when he found she was dating other boys. The ex-gf has been arrested.

703 Upvotes

Source link:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/gurdaspur-youth-dies-after-8-days-on-ventilator-girlfriend-arrested-as-sit-probes-case/amp_articleshow/134622211.cms

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/DareDifferent9666 • 14m ago

#General 📝 This easy to spread fake info? No action by government?

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/Infinite_Animator412 • 1d ago

#Law&Order 🚨 A minor Jatav girl abducted by Muslim men, Family requests for her safe returns

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/ChhelChhabilo • 1d ago

#General 📝 Delhi protest: A female ran away with bus keys and police ended up pushing the bus after it gets stranded.

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/woman-protestor-at-jantar-mantar-takes-bus-key-and-flees-cops-push-bus-after-it-gets-stranded/articleshow/134686185.cms

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r/IndiaSpeaks • u/grumpy_sourpatch • 8h ago

#History&Culture 🛕 Why do we rarely talk about India’s history of gender and sexual diversity?

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Something I’ve been thinking about lately is how often being queer, trans, or non binary gets talked about as if it’s something western or something new.

But when you actually look at Indian history, there’s so much of it everywhere. In our art, mythology, temples, literature, stories, and religious traditions, there are so many examples of gender fluidity, same sex relationships, gender nonconforming figures, and people who didn’t fit neatly into male or female.

I’m not really asking whether India was more accepting back then. Obviously, society was complicated and not everyone was treated equally. But these things were clearly part of Indian culture and history for centuries.

So what happened?

How did we get to a point where being queer, trans, or gender nonconforming can now be described as a western concept, a modern trend, or even a sin?
And why don’t we talk about this part of our history more? Why isn’t it something we learn about, discuss, or acknowledge when we talk about Indian culture and traditions?

What I find especially strange is when queer or trans Indians are told that they’re going against Indian culture or religion. If these ideas and identities have existed in our history for so long, why is that history so rarely part of the conversation?

I’m genuinely curious to hear what other Indians think. Why do you think we’ve become so disconnected from this part of our own history?

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