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India's 80th Independence Day: A look at protests in its 79-year journey till 'cockroaches' hit the streets

India's post-independence history showcases persistent dissent and public mobilization. Students, farmers, and citizens have repeatedly challenged governments through protests. These movements have influenced policies on caste, environment, and governance.

The Economic Times

Future generations must know Emergency's dark deeds: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has lauded NCERT's decision to include the Emergency period in Class IX textbooks. This move aims to educate future generations about the "dark deeds" of that era, ensuring such events are not repeated. The new Social Science textbook highlights the suspension of fundamental rights and…

The Economic Times

NCERT introduces section on Emergency in Class IX textbook for first time, flags it as 'Challenge to Democracy'

For the first time, NCERT has introduced the Emergency of 1975-77 in a Class 9 textbook, labeling it a significant challenge to Indian democracy. The chapter details the suspension of fundamental rights, press censorship, and arrests, alongside the role of Jayaprakash Narayan. This inclusion, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of…

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UP: JP Narayan Centre sealed, police deployed ahead of Akhilesh visit

Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) has been sealed. Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Modi pays tributes to Jayaprakash Narayan, Nanaji Deshmukh on their birth anniversaries

JP, a noted freedom fighter, was a pioneer of "total revolution" to mobilise masses against Indira Gandhi govt. PM Modi paid tribute to him & Nanaji Deshmukh on their birth annivs.

The Hindu

M.K. Premnath, former MLA of Vadakara in Kerala, passes away

M.K. Premnath, former legislator and senior LJD VP, passed away at 73. He represented Vadakara Assembly (2006-11) and was active in politics, literature, and cooperatives. He was inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan and was arrested during Emergency. He was editor of Swathanthra Bhoomi.

The Hindu

Move to convert poet Gurajada’s house in Vizianagaram into museum remains a non-starter

Govt urged to convert Gurajada Apparao's house into museum. House handed to Archaeological Dept but maintenance poor. House purchased from Raja for ₹2,500, used as tax collection centre. Wooden material damaged due to pest attacks & aging. Great grandson & wife urge govt to take concrete steps to convert into…

The Hindu

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Varanasi-based Gandhian institute to start ‘Virasat Bachao Nyay Yatra’ against demolition

Gandhian activists from across the country will participate in the yatra, set to commence from Vinoba Bhave’s birth anniversary on September 11

The Hindu

Panel discussion on governance

Hyderabad panel discussion at ASCI focused on reflections on governance. K.M. Chandrashekar, K. Padmanabaiah, Shantha Sinha & Jayaprakash Narayan discussed opportunities in Civil Services, systematic failures in Indian governance, & the need for electoral reform.

The Hindu

Parties doing politics in the name of JP and Lohia colluding with Congress, says Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 25 targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Janata Dal (United) and other Opposition parties and alleged that while these parties called themselves followers of socialists Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, they were colluding with the Congress, which…

The Hindu

Opposition Meet: Meeting begins in Patna to finalise strategy against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The Opposition picked Patna as a venue for its meeting as it represents the 1974 call of total revolution by Jayaprakash Narayan. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Review of Abhishek Choudhary’s Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977; The right man in the right party

Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977

The Hindu

Bihar ruling party leaders are taking names of JP but sitting in the lap of Congress, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah also unveiled a life-size statue of Jayaprakash Narayan at his village

The Hindu

'Disciples' of JP sacrificed his ideology, joined hands with Congress: Amit Shah

SUTAB DIARA: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that those who claim themselves disciples of Jayaprakash Narayan have sacrificed his socialist ideology, in an apparent dig at the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar.

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Amit Shah to visit Jayaprakash Narayan’s village in Bihar on October 11

The Union Home Minister’s visit would be his second to the State in three weeks

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Decentralised development need of hour, says Jayaprakash Narayan

Centralised funding of projects without people’s direct participation will not succeed, he says

The Hindu

Centre should undo injustice done to Andhra Pradesh, says Jayaprakash Narayan

Every promise, including SCS, made in Parliament has to be implemented, he asserts

The Hindu

A march towards affordable housing for urban poor

Since inception 52 years ago, the achievements of TNUHDB have been a mixed bag

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar turns nostalgic over JP movement

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday took a trip down the memory lane, recounting his days as a student activist when he bore witness to history being made by freedom fighter and socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan with his evocative call for "total revolution".

The Hindu

When the ‘Lion of Kashmir’ landed in Kodaikanal

The former Chief Minister of J&K, Sheikh Abdullah, was kept under arrest in Kodaikanal from July 1965 to June 1967

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