PSG Health Science Institutions highlight Women's phenomenal role in India's Freedom Struggle

You will receive the latest news and updates on your favorite celebrities! The 80th Independence Day of India was celebrated with great enthusiasm at PSG Health Science Institutions (PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, PSG College of Nursing, PSG College of Physiotherapy, PSG.

Sudha Ramalingam, Director of Research & Innovation, PSG IMSR hoisted the national flag at the ceremony and delivered the Independence Day Address. She highlighted the often-underrepresented contribution of Indian women to the freedom struggle and called upon the present generation to take up a.

What Happened

Ramalingam recalled Rani Velu Nachiyar, one of the earliest Indian rulers to resist British colonial expansion, and her legendary commander Kuyili, who made the ultimate sacrifice by setting herself ablaze and destroying the enemy’s ammunition store. Lakshmi Sehgal, who led the Rani.

• She also remembered Madam Bhikaji Cama, who unfurled an early version of the Indian national flag at the International Socialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907—an act that carried the message of India’s freedom.

• She emphasised that these challenges cannot be addressed through prohibition or punishment alone, but through education, awareness, healthcare and compassion.

• India needs freedom from Drug and substance addiction, Disease and preventable ill-health, Mobile phone and digital addiction, Junk food and unhealthy eating habits and Sedentary and unhealthy lifestyles.

Key Details

They were leaders, fighters and freedom-makers.

• Sundarambal of Tiruppur, who participated in the freedom movement and went to prison with her infant child.

• Among the lesser-known women from Tamil Nadu, she highlighted S.

• Ramalingam also recalled Usha Mehta, who operated the clandestine Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement and helped disseminate the messages of Mahatma Gandhi and other national leaders despite the risks involved.

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