Max Cement launches “Builders of India” – A Social Media Campaign to Honour the Unsung Heroes of India’s Freedom Struggle The campaign #BuildersOfIndia is designed keeping in mind the Government of India’s initiative, “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India’s independence and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements.

Max Cement’s “BuildersOfIndia” campaign started as a 75 days countdown to the upcoming Independence Day and it will alive the stories of the unsung heroes of our freedom movement whose supreme sacrifices have made freedom a reality for us. The idea of this campaign is to pay homage to these unsung builders of India by whose unique action and selfless patriotic duty India stands today as a giant amongst nations.

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In today's fast-moving world and tough competitive day-to-day life,the youth hardly find time for remembrance of our rich heritage and past.This becomes most crucial whilst the nation celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.Max cement has been able to recreate and recall the stories of such #buildersofindia and garnered over 5 million views on its Social Media campaign.

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Hemu Kalani

Hemu Kalani (23 March 1923 – 21 January 1943) was a revolutionary and leader of Swaraj Sena. He was one of the youngest to be martyred for the nation's freedom struggle. He found out that a train with troops and supplies would be passing through his local town and decided to derail it. Hemu was caught, imprisoned, and tortured by the British, but he refused to divulge any information. Sentenced to death, he was only 19 when executed.

Tantia Tope

Tantia Tope or Tatya Tope (February 1814 – 18 April 1859) was a general in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. Despite lacking formal military training, he was considered as the best and most effective rebel general. A personal adherent of Nana Saheb, he came to the relief of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and with her, he seized the city of Gwalior. Tope was executed by the British Government at Shivpuri on 18 April 1859.

Chengjapao Doungel

Chengjapao Doungel, was born in 1868 at Aisan village in Sadar Hills, Manipur.He was a member of the Indian National Army under the leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He organised the Kuki people (tribes of Mizoram) to fight against the colonial and feudal authority of the British under the banner of Indian National Army.

Nabin Chandra Bardoloi

Nabin Chandra Bardoloi (1875–1936) was a visionary, great statesman, an extraordinary freedom fighter of Assam. An Indian independence movement activist, he was a prominent leader from Assam in the Non-cooperation movement (1920–1922). He implemented all forms of measures to make Assam a provincial state. In fact, he had travelled all the way to the UK to plead to the colonial rulers that Assam be give the same status at par with the other States.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar(28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while imprisoned at Ratnagiri. He was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew

Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, born on 15 January 1888, played an integral role in the Khilafat Movement. When the British passed the Rowlatt Act of 1919, he became the face of the protests. He was recognised for his impressive work in the Indian freedom struggle, for which he spent a cumulative 14 years in prison. He was an educationist, who played a stellar role in the founding of Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Mailara Mahadevappa

Mailara Mahadevappa, born on June 8, 1911, in Motebennur village in Byadgi Taluk in Haveri.He was the only representative in the historic ‘Dandi March, led by Mahatma Gandhi In the then Mysore (Karnataka) state. He achieved martyrdom when the British shot him on April 1, 1943, when Britishers were breaking open the treasury by collecting land revenue forcefully from farmers in Hosaritti Village Veerabhadra Swamy Temple.

Matangini Hazra

Matangini Hazra (19 October 1870 – 29 September 1942)was an Indian revolutionary. She participated in the Indian independence movement. She was affectionately called ‘Gandhi Buri,’ She became actively interested in the Indian independence movement as a Gandhian. As part of the Quit India Movement, Hazra led a procession of 6,000 supporters. She was shot and wounded but kept advancing with the tri-colour and chanting Vande Mataram till her last breath.

Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was one of the greatest heroes of the Indian Freedom struggle. He revamped the Indian National Army (INA), which comprised of Indian prisoners of war, who were captured by the Japanese in the Battle of Singapore. The INA was then raised after the fall of Singapore. Netaji took the command of the Kohima battle and the hilly terrains of Imphal became the brutal war field, where thousands of Japanese and INA soldiers laid down their lives while fighting against British Forces.

Ram Prasad Bismil

Ram Prasad Bismil was born on 11 June 1897. He was an Indian poet, writer and revolutionary who participated in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918 and the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925. He fought against the British Raj and played an active role in India's freedom struggle. He was hanged on 19 December 1927 by the British for his revolutionary activities. He immortalised the lines of SARFROSHI KI TAMANNA, which became a war cry for India’s freedom struggle against the British.

Taji Mideren

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Taji Mideren was a farmer and trader from Elopain village in the Ithun Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. a. He took part in the activities against British rule and killed three British officers near the Dikran river in 1905. He organized his Mishmi fellow tribals and gathered them to resist the expansion of British authority. He established a Mishmi Confederacy under Pangon and other Mishmi leaders but was finally captured by the British police in December 1917 and sentenced to death.

Lala Har Dayal

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Lala Har Dayal (1884 - 1939) was an Indian revolutionary and a scholar who dedicated his life to resisting British influence in India. In 1913, he formed the Ghadr (Gadar) Party to organize a rebellion against the British government of India.

Lakshmibai

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Lakshmibai (19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858) was the Rani of Jhansi from 1843- 1853 as the wife of Maharaja Gangadhar Rao. After his death, the British East India Company, under the Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, applied the Doctrine of Lapse, rejecting Damodar Rao's claim to his throne and annexing the state to its territories. When she became aware of it, she cried out ‘Main apni Jhansi nahi doongi.’During the siege of the Jhansi fort, Lakshmibai dressed as a man and fought against the British troops on horseback valiantly. She was ultimately wounded and killed during the combat.

Chittaranjan Das

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Chittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called Deshbandhu (Friend of the Nation), was an Indian freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian independence movement. He was the founder leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal during the period of British colonial rule in India. He had initiated the ban on British-made clothes, setting an example by burning his European clothes and wearing Khadi clothes.

Kailash Nath Katju

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Kailash Nath Katju(1887-1968) was one of India's most prominent lawyers and a part of some of the most notable cases of his time, including the Indian National Army trials. Dr Katju joined the freedom struggle against British rule in India early on and spent several years incarcerated with fellow freedom fighters. He also held positions as – the Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the Union Home Minister and the Union Defence Minister of India.

Bhagat Singh

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Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931), one of the most charismatic revolutionaries, was born in Lyallpur Western Punjab (now in Lahore, Pakistan). He had braved two high-profile plots against British authorities that helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.

Kushal Konwar

Kushal Konwar was an Assamese freedom fighter who was hanged during last phase of the Quit India Movement. He was born at in Balijan near Sarupathar Assam. He was descendant of the royal family of Ahom kingdom. On 8 August 1942 the Congress Working Committee in its meeting in Bombay passed the "Quit India" resolution, which demanded complete withdrawal of the British from the India’s soil.

Rani Gaidinliu

A Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India. An iconic woman who openly rebelled against the British rule, exhorting the Zeliangrong people not to pay taxes. She was also honoured as a freedom fighter and was awarded a Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

Kunwar Singh

Kunwar Singh(13 November 1777 – 26 April 1858) aka Veer Babu Kunwar Singh was a leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The chief organiser who had limitless power and courage At the age of 80, he led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company. He was the chief organiser of the battle against the British in Bihar. Despite his injury, he kept up with the battle, bravely drove them away, brought down the Union Jack from the Fort and hoisted his flag.

V CHIDAMBARAM PILLAI

V CHIDAMBARAM PILLAI (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936) was a prominent freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu. He launched the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo.

He was also the founder of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company. But it was liquidated in 1911, and the ships were auctioned to the competitors. He was later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment, and his barrister license was revoked.

S. Satyamurti

S. Satyamurti was (19 August 1887– 28 March 1943) born in Thirumayam in the princely state of Pudukkottai. He was one of the leading politicians of the Indian National Congress. He was lawyer by profession and Indian independence activist by passion. After practising as a lawyer for some time, Satyamurti entered politics and participated in protests against the Partition of Bengal, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Simon Commission. Satyamurti participated in protests against the Partition of Bengal, Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Simon Commission. Satyamurti was jailed in 1942 for his activities during the Quit India Movement. He was later released, but died on 28 March 1943, due to heart failure.

Hanuman Prasad Poddar

Hanuman Prasad Poddar (1892-1971), born in Shillong , was an Indian Independence activist, littérateur, magazine editor and philanthropist. Although he was not accused in court of having committed any violent act, the British authorities jailed him for several months, merely for having been in contact with the nationalists. After being released from and dedicating his life to make available great epics like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas and the Upanishads translated in Hindi to the common people at affordable prices.

Damodar Hari Chapekar

Damodar Hari Chapekar (25 June 1869 – 18 April 1898), and his brothers were revolutionaries involved in assassinating W. C. Rand, the British Plague Commissioner of Pune. To put an end to the injustice borne by the people of Pune, the Chapekar brothers shot Rand, and his military escort Lieutenant Ayerst, on 22 June 1897. All three brothers were found guilty and hanged.

Begum Hazrat Mahal

Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820 – 1879), the wife of Wajid Ali Shah was also known as the Begum of Awadh. After her husband's exile to Calcutta, the Indian Rebellion broke out.

She made her son, Prince Birjis Qadr, the Wali (ruler) of Awadh, with herself as regent during his minority. With the outbreak of the Mutiny, she was a key figure to fight against the British. After years of war, she finally found asylum in Nepal and died there in 1879 Her role in the rebellion is a landmark in the freedom movement.

Abdul Bari

Abdul Bari (1892–1947) was an Indian academic and social reformer a descendant of Syed Ibrahim Malik Baya.He had a vision of India free from slavery, social inequality, and communal disharmony. He took part in the freedom movement and finally sacrificed his life for the cause.

Baikuntha Shukla

Baikuntha Shukla ( 1907 – 1934) was an Indian nationalist and revolutionary. He was the nephew of Yogendra Shukla, one of the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He was hanged for murdering Phanindra Nath Ghosh who had become a government approver which led to hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. He was only 27 when he was arrested and convicted and hanged in Gaya Central Jail on 14 May 1934.

Nana Saheb Peshwa II

Nana Saheb Peshwa II (1824 – 1859) was famous for his resistance and war tactics in the Satichaura Ghat Massacre and Bibighar Massacre. He led the rebellion in Kanpur during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. He forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender, then murdered the survivors, gaining control. Later, he disappeared, after his forces were defeated by a British force that recaptured Kanpur. He went to the Nepal Hills in 1859. It is believed that he breathed his last there.

Sukhdev Thapar

Sukhdev Thapar (1907-1931) was an Indian revolutionary who worked to make India independent from the British Raj along with his best friends and partners Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru. He is best remembered for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case (18th December 1928) and its aftermath that shook the foundation of the British Government.

Dinesh Chandra Gupta

Dinesh Chandra Gupta or Dinesh Gupta was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who is noted for launching an attack on the Secretariat Building - the Writers' Building in the Dalhousie square in Calcutta, along with Badal Gupta and Benoy Basu.

Purushottam Das Tandon

Purushottam Das Tandon was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi. He was popularly known as UP Gandhi.

Bhogeswari Phukanani

Bhogeswari Phukanani played an important role in the Quit India Movement. Phukanani was active in the Berhampur, Babajia and Barpujia areas in the Nagaon district of Assam and helped set up offices for the Indian National Congress.During a protest procession,she struck a British Officer with the flagpole who shot her resulting in her death

Maniram Dutta Baruah

Maniram Dutta Baruah, popularly known as Maniram Dewan (17 April 1806 – 26 February 1858), was an Assamese nobleman, who first informed the British about the Assam tea grown by the Singpho people, which was unknown to the world. He was also one of the first Indian to establish tea gardens . An associate of the British East India Company in his early years, he was hanged by the British for conspiring against them during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.

The British seized all his assets arrested him and publicly hanged him in Jorhat.

Alluri Sitarama Raju

Alluri Sitarama Raju is an Indian revolutionary who waged an armed campaign against British colonial rule in India. Born in present-day Andhra Pradesh, he became involved in opposing the British in response to the 1882 Madras Forest Act, which effectively restricted the free movement of Adivasis (tribal communities) in their forest habitats and prevented them from practicing a traditional form of agriculture known as podu.

Barindra Kumar Ghosh

Barindra Kumar Ghosh popularly called Barin Ghosh was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members of Jugantar Bengali weekly, and a revolutionary organisation of same name. He was the brother of Aurobindo Ghosh. It believed in armed militancy to oust the British from India.

Shyam Narayan Singh

Shyam Narayan Singh gave a nationalist speech, past which seven students proceeded to unfurl the Indian National flag at Patna Secretariat. During the ensuing protest, all seven of them died. While Shyam Narayan Singh emerged unscathed from the event, the colonial government issued shoot at sight order and a reward of Rs. 5000 against him. Later on, he was arrested and sent to a jail in Bihar Sharif.

Hasrat Mohani

Hasrat Mohani was an Indian activist, freedom Fighter in the Indian independence movement and a noted poet of the Urdu language. He coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad (translation of "Long live the revolution!") in 1921. Together with Swami Kumaranand, he is regarded as the first person to demand complete independence for India in 1921 at the Ahmedabad Session of Congress. Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi supported the complete independence motion demanded by Hasrat Mohani.

Shah Nawaz Khan

Shah Nawaz Khan served as an officer in the Indian National Army (INA) during World War II. He was profoundly influenced by Subhas Chandra Bose's speeches asking POWs to join the Indian National Army and to fight for a free India, Khan led the army into North-Eastern India, seizing Kohima and Imphal which were held briefly by the INA under the authority of the Japanese.

Shoorvir Pasaltha Khuangchera

Shoorvir Pasaltha Khuangchera, the first Mizo freedom fighter to sacrifice his life fighting British imperialism in 1890. He was killed while trying to resist advancing British troops in 1890, which saw the British conquest of the Lushai Hills — now Mizoram. Khuangchera is not only known for his bravery but also his strength and righteousness that won over the hearts of his people.

Rev. Nichols Roy

Rev. Nichols Roy influenced Jawaharlal Nehru to create the Khasi Jaintia National Federation State Conference (KJFSC), a regional party in Meghalaya's Khasi-Jaintia hills, which aimed for autonomous government among tribal people throughout northeast India. Nichols Roy's Khasi National Conference communicated with similar organizations such as the Garo National Conference, Mizo Union and Naga National Council. In response, the constitutional plan defined District Councils to look after tribal affairs in the hill districts, to which the chiefs would be subordinate. His efforts ensured that Assam remained a part of India during the partition of 1947.

Sagarmal Gopa

Sagarmal Gopa took active part in the non-cooperation movement in 1921. He opposed anti-people policies of then rulers of Jaisalmer. He was expelled from Jaisalmer and Hyderabad. Even in exile he continued to work for freedom movement. After his father's death in 1941, on his return to Jaisalmer he was arrested on 25 May 1941. Sagarmal Gopa was tortured in prison for years.

Jatindra Nath Das

Jatindra Nath Das, better known as Jatin Das, was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary who worked to make India independent from the British Raj and was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He died in the Lahore Central Jail after a 63-day hunger strike.

Lala Lajpat Rai

Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian author, freedom fighter, and politician. He played a pivotal role in the Indian Independence movement. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari. He was one of the three members of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate.

Vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Patel, in full Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is popularly known as Sardar Patel (October 31, 1875 —December 15, 1950). He was a barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress during the struggle for Indian independence.His enduring fame rests on his achievement of the peaceful integration of the princely Indian states into the Indian Union and the political unification of India.

Ashfaqulla Khan

Ashfaqulla Khan (22 October 1900 — 19 December 1927) was an Indian independence activist and co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Association. On 9 August 1925, Khan was attacked and robbed a government train in Kakori near Lucknow. Delhi Police came to his house and arrested him. Khan was detained in the Faizabad Jail and a case was filed against him. Khan was sentenced to death by hanging in the Kakori conspiracy case as a capital punishment on 19 December 1927 and he became a martyr.

Matmur Jamoh

The village chief of Yagrung in Arunachal Pradesh, Matmur Jamoh killed the British officer Noel Williamson in an act of revenge,while his followers killed a Dr Gregorson at Pangi.

Unable to hide in the face of an intense operation called the Abor Expedition of 1911-12 he was sent to the Cellular Jail where he died in obscurity as very few records are available of his last days.

Tirot Sing

Tirot Sing, also known as U Tirot Sing Syiem (1802-1835) was one of the chiefs of the Khasi people in the early 19th century. . Tirot Sing declared war and fought against British for attempts to take control of the Khasi Hills. . Tirot Sing fought with native weapons such as a sword and shield. He was shot at by the British and had to hide in a cave and tend for his wound. He was eventually captured by the British in January 1833 and deported to Dhaka.

Ullaskar Dutta

Ullaskar Dutta was an Indian revolutionary associated with Anushilan Samiti and Jugantar of Bengal and was a close associate of Barindra nath Ghosh. Ullaskar was arrested on 2 May 1908 and he was sentenced to death by hanging in 1909. Later, on appeal, the verdict was reduced to transportation for life and he was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman.

Mangal Pandey

Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key role in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, one of the very first of Indian rebellion against the British rule. He joined the Bengal Army in 1849. In March 1857, he was a private soldier (sepoy) in the 5th Company of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry. Because of his active role in the Mutiny and initiating the fight against the British, he was executed by hanging on 8th April 1857

Kumarasamy Mudaliyar

Kumaran or Kumarasamy Mudaliyar also known as Tiruppur Kumaran or Kodi Kaatha Kumaran (4 October 1904 – 11 January 1932) was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. He was holding the flag of the Indian Nationalists, which had been banned by the British giving rise to the epithet ‘Kodi Kaatha Kumaran’ in Tamil which means ‘Kumaran who protected the flag.’

Valliyappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai

Valliyappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936),

Chidambaram Pillai was influenced by Tilak Maharaj and became his disciple.Chidambaram Pillai established many institutions like Yuvanesh Prachar Sabha, Dharmasanga Nesavu Salai and more.

He was charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to a life imprisonment. His Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company was liquidated in 1911, and the ships were auctioned to the competitors and his the first ship, the SS Gallia, was sold to the British Shipping Company.

Baba Raghav Das

Baba Raghav Das was born on December 12, 1896, to a rich Pachhapurkar Brahman family in Pune, Maharashtra. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi visited Gorakhpur where he met Raghav Das. From that point on, Raghav Das joined the Indian Independence Movement and served the oppressed people of India. Gandhi addressed Raghav Das as ‘Baba Raghavdas.’ Raghavdas was imprisoned many times for his activities, the first being in 1921. His activities in the Independence movement included accompanying Gandhi during the Dandi March (the Salt March). Raghavdas' Ashram in Barah was the epicenter of independence activities including the provision of shelter for many freedom fighters.

Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandrashekhar Azad was born on 23 July 1906 in Bhabhra village as Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, in the princely-state of Alirajpur. His forefathers were from Badarka village of Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. He was popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, who re-organised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He often used the pseudonym ‘Balraj’ when signing pamphlets issued as the commander in chief of the HSRA.

Jananayak Debeshwar Sarmah

Jananayak Debeshwar Sarmah was a front ranking freedom fighter born on 10th Oct 1896 in Jorhat (Assam). He completed his graduation in 1920 and took part in the freedom movement of India. Later, he came in contact with Subhas Chandra Bose and developed a healthy relationship with him. They together established the first Congress Government in Assam in 1939.

Jananayak was the founder of Janambhumi group of Publication which published newspapers viz, Dainik Janambhumi, The Weekly Janambhumi, The English Daily and The Eastern Clarion. He also actively participated in the Non-cooperation Movement and Satyagraha Movement.

Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu

On 30 June 1855, two Santal rebel leaders, Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu (related as brother) along with Chand and Bairab, mobilized about 10,000 Santals and declared a rebellion against British colonists.The Santals initially gained some success but soon the British found out a new way to tackle these rebels. Instead, they forced them to come out of the forest. In a conclusive battle which followed, the British, equipped with modern firearms and war elephants, stationed themselves at the foot of the hill. When the battle began, the British officer ordered his troops to fire without loading bullets. The Santals, who did not suspect this trap set by the British war strategy, charged with full potential. This step proved to be disastrous for them. As soon as they neared the foot of the hill, the British army attacked with full power and this time they were using bullets. Although the revolution was suppressed, it marked a great change in the colonial rule and policy. The day is still celebrated among the Santal community.

Madan Mohan Malviya

An educational reformer and politician, Madan Mohan Malviya (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946) was an Indian scholar, noted for his role in the Indian Independence Movement. He was four-time president of Indian National Congress and the founder of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha. He was addressed by the title Pandit and Mahamana. Malviya strived to promote modern education among Indians and eventually co-founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1916, one of the largest residential university in Asia

Kalpana Datta

Kalpana Datta, was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the armed independence movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Later she joined the Communist Party of India and married Puran Chand Joshi, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of India in 1943.

Tarun Ram Phookun

Tarun Ram Phookun was a prominent member of a political organization then named Assam Association till 1920. He played an important part in forming the Assam Branch of the Indian National Congress in 1921. He was elected its first President. When the Non-Cooperation Movement was started, he took a leading part in it and he toured various parts of Assam carrying the message of Mahatma Gandhi. In connection with the Non-Cooperation Movement, he was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment in 1921.

Surendra Sai

Surendra Sai was born in 1809, in a small town Khinda, about 21 miles away from Sambalpur. He was a born rebel and an uncompromising enemy of the British Raj from his young age. He suffered imprisonment in Hazaribagh Jail for 17 years in course of his revolutionary career and after his final arrest for another term of 20 years including his detention of 19 years in the remote Asirgarh hill fort till he breathed his last there.

Kiang Nangbah

Kiang Nangbah was a Jaiñtia freedom fighter from Meghalaya who led an uprising against the British. He was hanged by the British publicly at Iawmusiang in Jowai town in West Jaintia Hills district on 30 December 1862. A postage stamp was issued by Government of India to commemorate him in 2001. A government college was also opened at Jowai in 1967 in his honour.

Gomdhar Konwar

Gomdhar was formally enthroned near Jorhat according to Ahom rites, and arms and ammunitions were collected. But before he could make much headway a counter offensive was made by the British led by Lieutenant Rutherford. The rebels lost and Gomdhar fled to the Naga Hills. But, soon he and his associates were arrested by the British. Gomdhar was found guilty of “illegally assuming the Insignia of Royalty” and sentenced to death. This sentence was subsequently commuted to seven years of imprisonment in banishment and was deported to an unknown location to die in ignominy.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!” a motto upheld by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, one of the leading Indian nationalist, teacher and freedom fighter. The British colonial authorities called him ‘The Father of Indian unrest,’ while he was conferred with the title of ‘Lokmanya,’ which means ‘accepted by the people as their leader.’ Mahatma Gandhi called him ‘The Maker of Modern India.’ Born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), he was one of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate.

Jubba Sahni

Jubba Sahni (1906–1944) was a freedom-fighter and revolutionary. He was born in a poor family in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar and was forced by circumstances to work as a labourer in a large agricultural farm where British kept watch. The only famous park in Muzaffarpur is named Jubba Sahni Park.

Colonel Mehaboob Ahmad

Colonel Mehaboob Ahmad, who declared ‘I have only one birth. If I had another thousand births, I would voluntarily submit them all to Subhas Chandra Bose to achieve his aim’. He was taken as a prisoner of war along with other officers and soldiers when the British Indian Army faced defeat in the hands of Japan at Kota Bharu.

Later in 1941, he joined Indian National Army formed by Captain Mohan Singh. In 1943, when Subhas Chandra Bose came to Rangoon from Germany and took up the reins of Indian National Army, Mehboob was promoted as ‘Colonel’.

Benoy Krishna Basu

Benoy Krishna Basu (11 September 1908 – 13 December 1930) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who launched an attack on the Secretariat Building; the Writers' Building at the Dalhousie square in Kolkata, along with Badal Gupta and Dinesh Chandra Gupta.

Surya Sen

Surya Sen was born on 22 March 1894 at Noapara in Chittagong, present Bangladesh. Popularly known as Master da, he joined the Anushilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation in Bengal. In 1918, he completed his studies and started working as a maths teacher at Chittagong. He trained and groomed youngsters on weaponry and bomb-making. He hatched a plot to raid and seize arms and ammunition from the government, cut off communication from the rest of India, and to isolate Chittagong. This incident came to be known as the Chittagong Armoury Raid.

Kanaklata Barua

Kanaklata Barua (22 December 1924 – 20 September 1942), also called Birbala and Shaheed (martyr), was an Indian independence activist and AISF leader who was shot dead by the Indian Imperial Police of the British Raj while leading a procession bearing the National Flag during the Quit India Movement of 1942. Barua was born in the Borangabari village of undivided Darrang district of Assam as the daughter of Krishna Kanta and Karneshwari Barua. Her grandfather Ghana Kanta Barua was a famous hunter in Darrang.

Hem Barua

Hem Barua was a prominent Assamese poet and politician. Born on 22 April 1915, at Tezpur, he became a lecturer in Assamese and English at J.B. College, Jorhat, but left it during the Quit India Movement. He was imprisoned in 1943. On his release, he joined the B. Barua College, Guwahati, and later became its principal. Hem Barua was the author of several books. He became the President of the Assam Sahitya Sabha and was regarded as one of the pioneers of modern literary movement in Assam.

Bhai Parmanand

Parmanand was born into a prominent family of Punjab and was a descendant of famous Sikh martyr, Bhai Mati Das. Following the British announcement of the Partition of Bengal (1905), he demanded that 'the territory beyond Sindh should be united with Afghanistan and North-West Frontier Province into a great Musalman Kingdom.’ The Hindus of the region should come away, while at the same time the Musalmans in the rest of the country should go and settle in this territory. This preceded the Muslim League's Pakistan Resolution by over three decades.

Vasudev Balwant Phadke

Vasudev Balwant Phadke (4 November 1845 – 17 February 1883) also known as the ‘Father of Indian Armed Rebellion’ was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary who sought India's independence from colonial rule. Phadke was moved by the plight of the farming community and believed that Swaraj was the only remedy. With the help of various sub-communities of Hindu society he created a movement against British rule. Phadke co-founded the Poona Native Institution (PNI) which was later renamed as the Maharashtra Education Society (MES). Through the PNI, he went on set up Bhave School in Pune. Today, the MES runs over 77 institutions in various parts of Maharashtra.

Vinoba Bhave

Vinayak Narahari also known as Vinoba Bhave 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982) was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Sanskrit for teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. The Gita has also been translated into Marathi language by him with the name as Geetai(means Mother Geeta in marathi).

Khudiram Bose

Kudiram Bose was an Indian revolutionary from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. For his role in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case, along with Prafulla Chaki, he was sentenced to death and subsequently executed, making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement. Khudiram, attempted to assassinate a British judge, Magistrate Douglas Kingsford, by throwing bombs on the carriage they suspected the man was in. Magistrate Kingsford, however, was seated in a different carriage, and the throwing of bombs resulted in the deaths of two British women. Khudiram was arrested and trialed for the murder of the two women, ultimately being sentenced to death. He was one of the first Indian revolutionaries in Bengal to be executed by the British. At the time of his hanging, Khudiram was 18 years, 8 months, and 11 days, 10 hours old making him one of the second youngest revolutionaries in India

Badal Gupta

Badal Gupta was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who is noted for launching an attack on the Secretariat Building - the Writers' Building in the Dalhousie square in Kolkata, along with Benoy Basu and Dinesh Gupta. Bengal Volunteers targeted Lt Col NS Simpson, the Inspector General of Prisons, who was infamous for the oppression of the prisoners in the jails. The revolutionaries decided not only to murder him, but also to strike a terror in the British official circles by launching an attack on the Secretariat Building - the Writers' Building in the Dalhousie square in Kolkata.

Tikendrajit Singh

Tikendrajit Singh (29 December 1856 – 13 August 1891)--also known as Koireng, was a prince of Manipur, a protectorate of British Raj. Tikendrajit was the commander of the Manipuri army and engineered a palace revolution that led to the events known as the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891.

Udham Singh

Udham Singh was born ‘Sher Singh’, on 26 December 1899 in the neighbourhood of Pilbad in Sunam in Lahore. He was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Province on 13 March 1940. The assassination was done in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919, for which O'Dwyer was responsible. Singh was subsequently tried and convicted of murder and hanged in July 1940. While in custody, he used the name Ram Mohammad Singh Azad, which represents the three major religions of India and his anti-colonial sentiment.

Joya Thaosen

Joya Thaosen was born to be a Dimasa warrior. She was born on 26th Oct.1925 at village Jorai Bathari, Dima Hasao District (Assam).

A 19 year old Dimasa Girl raised her voice against British Raj. Jiya Thaosen organised Revolutionary Dimasa Army under the leadership with Arjun Langthasa and Jowte Dao Kemprai.

Her voice forced the people of Samphardisa, Khepre, Kouldisa, Diyung, Aprudisa, Sabawari etc.to rise against the British. She offered solidarity to Rani Jhansi Regiment of Azad Hind Fauz.

She marched with her militia to Kohima in 1943 to join AZAD HIND FAUZ. II World War the battle of Kohima 4th- 7th April 1944.

On 7th April 1944 they were attacked by the British force at Khirem-kowai range near Dimapur,Naga Hills. She lost her life on 7th April 1944 in the battle field.

SENGYAJIK JOYA THAOSEN and her troops were a true patriot of the nation.

The success of the #buildersofindia can be well judged by the reports in the national and international media channels,both digital and print. The media talks about the novel approach to create awareness about the unsung heroes of India.Some of these are given below.

GOVERNOR OF ASSAM RELEASES BOOK “BUILDERS OF INDIA”, HOMAGE BY MAX CEMENT TO THE VARIOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Hon’ble Governor of the State of Assam, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi released the book "Builders of India" at the Raj Bhawan ,Guwahati on 6th August 2022 published by Max Cement .The Book is the part of the Max Cement Campaign which commemorates the sacrifices and contributions of 75 unsung heroes of the Freedom Movement of India.

World Media Applauds #BuildersofIndia Initative

The news about the novel initiative #BuildersOfIndia Campaign was reported in more than 75 Media Portals including international wire agencies such as Aljazeera, Australia, Morning Tribune, British Columbia Times, British News Network, Japan Times Today, Whitehouse News Time and many more.

ANI

The Print

Daily Hunt

Zee 5

Latestly

Aljazeera

DevdiScourse

Lok Mat Times

News Now

West Bengal Khabar

Vanakkam Tamil Nadu

UP Today

Telangana Journal

South India News

Rajasthan Ki Khabar

Punjab Live

Odisha Post

North East Times

Maharashtra Samachar

Madhya Pradesh Chronicle

Kashmir Newsline

Kashmir Breaking News

Karnataka Live

Jharkhand Times

India News Network

Indian Economic Observer

Himachal Patrika

Haryana Today

Gujarat Varta

Gujarat Samachar

Delhi Live News

Chhattisgarh Today

Bihar Times

Bihar24x7

Andhra Pradesh Mirror

Australia Morning Tribune

Birmingham all News Network

British Columbia Times

British News Network

Buffalo Despatch

Capitol hill Reporter

Dubai City Reporter

East Coast American News

England News Portal

European Sun Times

Florida Breaking News

France Network Times

Japan Times Today

London Channel News

Los Angeles Evening Despatch

Maldives Star Plus

Miami News Herald

Mountain View Sentinel

New York Despatch

Richmond Evening News

South China Herald

Sri Lanka Island News

Sydney Evening Post

Toronto Sun Times

US World Today

Washington DC Despatch

Whitehouse News Time

World News Network

Media Infoline

The Hills Times

India Blooms

ANI

The Print

Daily Hunt

Zee 5

Latestly

Aljazeera

DevdiScourse

Lok Mat Times

News Now

West Bengal Khabar

Vanakkam Tamil Nadu

UP Today

Telangana Journal

South India News

Rajasthan Ki Khabar

Punjab Live

Odisha Post

North East Times

Maharashtra Samachar

Madhya Pradesh Chronicle

Kashmir Newsline

Kashmir Breaking News

Karnataka Live

Jharkhand Times

India News Network

Indian Economic Observer

Himachal Patrika

Haryana Today

Gujarat Varta

Gujarat Samachar

Delhi Live News

Chhattisgarh Today

Bihar Times

Bihar24x7

Andhra Pradesh Mirror

Australia Morning Tribune

Birmingham all News Network

British Columbia Times

British News Network

Buffalo Despatch

Capitol hill Reporter

Dubai City Reporter

East Coast American News

England News Portal

European Sun Times

Florida Breaking News

France Network Times

Japan Times Today

London Channel News

Los Angeles Evening Despatch

Maldives Star Plus

Miami News Herald

Mountain View Sentinel

New York Despatch

Richmond Evening News

South China Herald

Sri Lanka Island News

Sydney Evening Post

Toronto Sun Times

US World Today

Washington DC Despatch

Whitehouse News Time

World News Network

Media Infoline

The Hills Times

India Blooms

North East Media Coverage

The success of the #BuildersOfIndia can be well judged by the reports in the national and international media channels, both digital and print. The media talks about the novel approach to create awareness about the unsung heroes of India.

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Media Bytes of Eminent Personalities of North East

The #BuildersOfIndia campaign has been followed and appreciated by people across the Northeast.Eminent personalities from various field have shared their opinion on the novel initiative by Max Cement and have expressed their sentiments and talked about their favourite freedom fighter.

Dr Hitesh Barua - MD, Nemcare Hospital & Social Activist , Guwahati

Ravi Sharma Assamase Actor & Director

Padma Shri Awardee, Dr Ilias Ali

Exclusive Interview of younger Brother and Nephew of Shaheed Kanaklata Barua

Munindra Nath Ungate, Deputy Commissioner and Sintamani Sharma, Principal, Biswanath College

Inspired by the call of the Government on the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, we at Max Cement launched an unique initiative to educate today's Youth and the Millennials in North East India about the untold stories of the determination, valour courage and sacrifices of 75 Unsung Heroes of the freedom movement. Max Cement engaged with popular young social media influencers of the North East in the Instagram platform to talk about such heroes of India .

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Max Cement participated in the Har Ghar Tiranga programme by requesting all its channel partners and employees to participate in this initiative. We also hoisted the Indian flag as per custom in the premises of our Plant and in the residential colonies based there.

We are thankful to our Government for giving us the opportunity to serve the Nation in a small way by our humble effort. Max Cement pledges to continue in its philosophy of building a strong North East but through its principles of honesty, integrity and patriotism.