PM Modi releases first ever 'Dictionary of Martyrs' of India's freedom struggle between 1857 to 1947, details inside

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday released first ever "Dictionary of Martyrs - India's Freedom Struggle", a five-volume series identifying names of 14,000 martyrs between period of 1857 and 1947, in New Delhi. 

Ministry of Culture and  Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) have compiled  "Dictionary of Martyrs" showing martyrs' biographical histories from Indian Freedom struggle from year 1857 to 1947 when country achieved independence. 

dictionary defines a martyr as 'a person who died or who was killed in action or in detention, or was awarded capital punishment while participating in national movement for emancipation of India'. 

Speaking on occasion, PM Modi said this five-volume dictionary contains an account of martyrs from India’s First War of Independence in 1857, to India’s Independence in 1947.

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Information of about 13,500 martyrs has been recorded in se volumes.  dictionary includes histories of martyrs of

• 1857 Uprising
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919)
•  nCooperation Movement (1920-22)
• Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-34)
• Quit India Movement (1942-44)
• Revolutionary Movements (1915-34)
• Kissan Movements, Tribal Movements
• Agitation for Responsible Government in Princely States (Prajamandal)
• Indian National Army (INA, 1943-45)
• Royal Indian Navy Upsurge (RIN, 1946)
• Ex-INA or ex-military personnel who died fighting British and many more

Earlier in February, PM Modi dedicate  National War Memorial (Rashtriya Samar Smaarak) to  sacrifice of Indian soldiers and to nation.  memorial is a tribute to soldiers who were martyred while defending peace and harmony of country during Si-Indian war in1962, Indo-Pak wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971, Indian Peace Keeping Force Operations in Sri Lanka and in Kargil Conflict in 1999.

Furrmore, memorial also commemorates soldiers who participated and made supreme sacrifice in UN Peace Keeping Missions, during HADR Operations, Counter Insurgency Operations and Low-Intensity Capital Operation (LICO).

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