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PLACE OF NO RETURN: The spirit of the freedom fighters still lives in the corridors of the Celluar Jail.

PLACE OF NO RETURN: The spirit of the freedom fighters still lives in the corridors of the Celluar Jail.

Kalapani for all, but not torturous

The name used to evoke fear during India's fight for independence. But today Kalapani is a national memorial.

LOST CHAPTER: Like the 1857 mutiny, the Vellore mutiny was also a protest against loss of religion.

Vellore Fort guards spirit of martyrs

The Indian sepoys in Vellore Fort rose in a bloody revolt against the East India Company's garrison in 1806.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/vellore-fort-guards-spirit-of-martyrs/18396-3.html

HOUSE OF THE MYSTERY MARTYR: 38/2, Elgin Road was witness to one of the greatest adventure of freedom struggle.

Netaji's great escape scripted here

It was from the typically colonial 38/2, Elgin Road house in Kolkata that Netaji spent nearly 25 years of his life.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/netajis-great-escape-scripted-here/18320-3.html

WHERE ARE THE GANDHIANS? The families of Satyagrahis are either small landowners or ill-paid labourers.

Chauri Chaura, a closed chapter

Chauri Chaura - the place where Gandhi's ideal of non-cooperation met its death – doesn’t exist for modern India.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/chauri-chaura-a-closed-chapter/18224-3.html

SLICE OF HISTORY: Anand Bhawan is in ruins and the Rs 70-lakh maintainence hasn

Nehru house deserted, forgotten

What remains of historic significance in Allahabad is a slice of history in form of a nearly dilapidated Anand Bhawan.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/nehru-house-deserted-forgotten/18137-3.html

GANDHI

Gandhi's Dandi goes saltless

The road Gandhi took is now lined with paddy fields, palatial NRI bungalows and prawn farms and no trace of salt.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gandhis-dandi-goes-saltless/18052-3.html

Quiz: Who organised Vidurashwatha protest?

Vidurashwatha, a non-descript village in the Kolar district of the state, is called the Jallianwala Bagh of south India.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/quiz-who-organised-vidurashwatha-protest/17955-3.html

LOST IN GENERATIONS: Vidurashwatha is referred to as the Jallianwala of south India.

South India's forgotten Jallianwala

It was here, 68 years ago, that a freedom movement was bravely fought and brutally suppressed.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/south-indias-forgotten-jallianwala/17946-3.html

Tell Us: What freedom means to you

CNN-IBN takes you on a unique, historical journey to some places where the freedom movement was fought.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tell-us-what-freedom-means-to-you/17848-3.html

DOOMED FOR FREEDOM: Jallianwala massacre changed the course of India’s freedom struggle.

Freedom sells at Jallianwala Bagh

87 years later, Jallianwala Bagh is a changed place. The ground where the bloodbath took place is now a tourist spot.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/freedom-sells-at-jallianwala-bagh/17843-3.html

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