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by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 22, 2021 05:22 AM
BJP supporters at a rally.
Snapshot
The reiteration of nationalistic credentials by the electorate of Barrackpore can hurt the Trinamool very badly at the hustings.
This ancient river port which the British chose to set up as their first military station on Indian soil is looking forward to an end to the convulsions created by a recent mutiny.
Barrackpore has been a seat of mutinies, the first recorded one in 1824 (read this and this), followed by the one ignited by Mangal Pandey in 1857. The latest was the one senior Trinamool leader and former Barrackpore Lok Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi.
BN GoswamyArt Historian
Tribune: An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates; also, a dais or rostrum. — Merriam
Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, Founder, The Tribune Trust
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Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia was the scion of a notable family of Punjab. His grandfather, S. Desa Singh, was the Governor of Doaba and Majha and his father, S. Lehna Singh, was the chief of the Khalsa Army and the Governor of Majha, Amritsar and the Golden Temple. Born in 1849 (there is some ambiguity about the year of birth), young Dyal had inherited more than enough wealth to live a lordly life, full of fun and leisure. However, he chose otherwise. The truly monumental contributions made by the great Sardar, in a rather short life of 49 years, would be far better appreciated if we look back, even fleetingly, at the very difficult time in which he achieved so much despite the highly restrictive policies of the imperial masters.