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.

Scroll below to view the stories of the #buildersofindia

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.

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.