Before there was an independent India, there was an Indian identity—and common people who cared enough to stand up for that idea of India, together, in fraternity
By NH Digital
1942: The not-yet nation marching together during the Quit India movement (photo: National Herald archives) National Herald archives
1906: The Congress—here represented by the iconic Lal Bal Pal trio—adopts the Swaraj resolution in its Calcutta session. Lal = Lala Lajpat Rai; Bal = Bal Gangadhar Tilak; Pal = Bipin Chandra Pal (photo: National Herald archives)
1919: Gandhi (centre) walks with followers in protest against the Rowlatt Act (photo: National Herald archives)1923: The Hindustan Seva Mandal is set up, with Jawaharlal Nehru (seated, far right) as its first president. This would later become incorporated into the Congress party as the Congress Seva Dal (photo: National Herald archives)1928: The Bardoli satyagraha, led by Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (seated left to right in the centre of the dais, flanked by their followers, women to the left and men to the right; a child is seen in the far right corner) (photo: National Herald archives) 1929: The Poorna Swaraj resolution is adopted at the Lahore session of the Congress. Jawaharlal Nehru is seen speaking on the dais, with his back to the viewer, and other Congress members standing and sitting around (photo: National Herald archives) 1932: The Civil Disobedience movement is revived, with people courting arrest as the British Raj refuses to accept the people's will for self-determination and self-rule (photo: National Herald archives)1936: Nehru (left) confers with other leaders (right) at the Faizpur session of the Congress, near Jalgaon, hailed as the party's first
‘rural’ session (photo: National Herald archives)1940: At the historic Congress session in Ramgarh (in present-day Jharkhand), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (right) is seen speaking at the mic, while other Congress leaders, men and women, stand behind him on the dais (photo: National Herald archives) 1951: Then prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru finalises the first Five-Year Plan for independent India (photo: National Herald archives)
