Swadeshi Memorabilia
Woman weaves cloth under Gandhi's bust
From a picture postcard from 1940s |  |
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Subhash Chandra Bose Making a Radio Broadcast
Picture Courtesy: All India Radio, Bangalore |
Gandhian Freedom Fighters
Pictures of Vaman and Vithal Hodike, Town of Sirsi |  |
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Salt March to Break the Law
A photograph of 1930 from Ankola showing the non-violent civil disobedience movement |
Soldiers of Non-violence Marching to Break Law
The Salt Movement, 1930 |  |
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Satyagrahis squatting on the beach to break law
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Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan
A liberal reformer, Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan belonged to the Democratic party, which formed a coalition with Congress and served as the interim minister for industries. |  |
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C. Rajagopalachari (1878 - 1972)
Well known as Rajaji, Rajagopalachari was close friend of Gandhi, and served several terms in prison for his political activities. Later (1959) he founded the Freedom Party |
Dadabhai Navroji (1825-1917)
Navroji was an important pillar of Indian nationalistc movement and served as president of Indian National Congress during 1886, 1893, and 1906. |  |
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Bhagwan Das (1869-1958)
A myriad minded genius and a Gandhian, Dr. Das was a prominent congressman from Uttara Pradesh. A brilliant scholar, he served as the Chancellor of Kashi Vidyapeeth. |
Portrait of Jamnalal Bajaj
Bajajji was fervent follower of Gandhi and played an important role in industrialization of India after independence. |  |
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Anjali Ammal
Born in a poor weaver's family, Ammal joined Ganhi's call for Satyagraha and served prison sentence. Social worker and reformer. Later she served Madras assembly. |
Narottam Morarji
Portrait of Norattam Morarji, an pro-congress industrialist and a freedom fighter |  |
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Picture of Kamala Nehru
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Kadengodlu Shankar Bhat
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Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944)
Sir P.C. Ray was a great apostle of home-rule (Swadeshi) |
Indira Nehru
A 1938 Photograph shows young Indira |  |
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Annie Besant
Altough of European by birth, Besant inspired many Indians to fight for freedom |
Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Sinha was an eminent Congressman from Bihar |  |
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Congressman Balakrishna Sharma (1897-1960)
Picture of poet, philosopher and a leader Balakrishna Sharma |
Babu Purushottamdas Tandon
Tandon sevred as the speaker of United Province during Congress rule |  |
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V. I. Muniswamy Pillai
Pillai was elected to Madras assembly on a Congress ticket, and served as the Minister for Agriculture |
Balaji Bhawansa Walvekar
(a.k.a Baboorao) Walvekar was a Congress leader from Maharashtra |  |
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B. Pattabhi Sitaramiah (1880 - 1959)
Photograph by Vanguard for 1938 Congress Commemorative Volume |
Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das
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Sardar Vallabhai Patel
President of Indian National Congress, 1931 Karachi Convetion |
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
President of Special Convention of 1923 (Delhi) Indian National Congress |  |
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Deshbandhu Chitta Ranjan Das (1870-1925)
Freedom fighter of India and President of Gaya Convention (1922) of Indian National Congress |
Pandit Motilal Nehru
Nehru served as the President of Indian National Congress during 1919 (Amritsar) and 1928 (Calcutta) Conventions |  |
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Nawasb Syed Muhammad Bahadur
President of Congress Convention of Karachi in 1913 |
Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar
President of Indian National Congress during Bankipore (1912) Convention |  |
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Henry Cotton (1845-1915)
President of 1904 Congress Convention |
N.G. Chandavarkar (1855-1923)
President of Indian National Congress, 1900 Lahore Convention |  |
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George Yule
President of Indian National Congress during 1888 Allahabad Convetion |
Alan Octavian Hume
Founder of Indian National Congress |  |
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March of Satyagrahis in Goa
Press clipping of protestors marching for Goa's freedom |
Da. Pa. Karamarakar
Freedom fighter and leader of Karnataka |  |
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Lohia at Congress Convention
August 8, 1942 |
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882 - 1962)
Dr. Roy was a respected physiciam and an eminent Congressman from Bengal during the Freedom Struggle. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal after freedom. |  |
