PUNE: India did not get independence from British on the strength of a non-violent movement alone as contributions and sacrifices of revolutionaries made over a long period of time were equally important, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has said.
She said the country’s freedom struggle spanned over nine decades starting from 1857.
“Sometimes I feel pained. I don’t want to criticise anybody. There are several things which are important.
“Savarkar (freedom fighter V D Savarkar) has written somewhere that when you think about freedom struggle, you need to think from 1857 to 1947. You need to think of 90 years of freedom struggle,” said Mahajan.
Mahajan was speaking at a function for release of a postal stamp in the honour of freedom fighter Krantiveer Damodar Chapekar at Chapekar Wada in Chinchwad here. (AGENCIES)
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