LIFE
IS SHORT!!!!!!!!
As
it is a common saying that “LIFE IS SHORT”, however in
spite of short life some people live their life like A KING SIZE and left their
huge legacy behind. It’s really not important that how many days or years you
are living, important is how many smiles you have created, what positive differences
you have created in this world.
Since
so many days I am watching “Jhansi ki Rani” on you tube (Earlier it was
broadcasted on ZEE TV) and I am fully surprised and mesmerised by the courage
of a small girl that too when even men were not able to fight against
Britishers and there came a thought on my mind to collect information about
some of the people who have lived less but lived for forever in this world .
While
going through Internet, I have tried to list out some of people who in spite
of their short life have lived KING SIZE LIFE.
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NAME
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DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH
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DATE OF DEATH/PLACE OF DEATH
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YEARS OF LIFE
|
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KHUDIRAM
BOSE
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03/12/1889,Habibpur,Bengal
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11/08/1908,Mujjafurpur
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18
YEARS
|
|
SHIVARAM
RAJGURU
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24/08/1908,Pune
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23/03/1931,Lahore
|
23
YEARS
|
|
SHAHEED
BHAGAT SINGH
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28/09/1907,KhatkarKalan
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23/03/1931,Lahore
(Pakistan)
|
24YEARS
|
|
CHANDRASHEKHAR
AZAD
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23/07/1906,Bhavra
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27/02/1931,Allahabad
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25
YEARS
|
|
RANI
LAXMI BAI
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19/11/1828,Varanasi
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17/06/1858
Gwalior
|
30
YEARS
|
|
SWAMI
VIVEKANAND
|
12/01/1863,Kolkata
|
04/07/1902
Belur (WB)
|
39
YEARS
|
1) KHUDIRAM BOSE—Khudiram Bose was a Bengali revolutionary, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months 8 days old. In 1902 and 1903, when Sri Aurobindo and Sister Nivedita respectively visited Medinipur and held a series of public lectures along with secret planning sessions with the revolutionary groups; Khudiram was among the teenage student community of the town which was fired up with a burning inspiration of revolution.
At the young age of sixteen, Bose planted
bombs near police stations and targeted government officials. He was arrested
three years later on charges of conducting a series of bomb attacks.
The specific bombing for which he was sentenced to death resulted in the deaths
of 3 persons.
2) SHIVARAM RAJGURU—Shivaram
Rajguru born in Khed, Pune known mainly for his involvement in the murder of a British Raj police officer. Rajguru became a
colleague of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev, and took part in
the murder of a British police officer, J. P. Saunders, at Lahore in 1928. Their actions were to avenge the
death of Lala Lajpat Rai who had died a fortnight after being hit by police while
on a march protesting the Simon
Commission. All three were convicted of the crime and
hanged on 23 March 1931.
3) SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH– Bhagat
Singh was an Indian Socialist born into a Punjabi Sikh family who were also
involved in India’s Independence. Bhagat Singh seeking revenge for the death of
LalaLajpatRai murdered John Saunders, a British Police Officer and also threw
bombs and leaflets inside Central Legislative Assembly. He was convicted and
subsequently hanged for his participation in murder. He was sentenced to be
hanged on 24/03/1931, but it was brought forward by 11 hours to 23/03/1931at
7:30 PM.
When
his family asked him to get married then he replied, if I married in slave
India, “my bride shall only be Death”.
4) CHANDRASHEKHAR AZAD – Chandrashekhar
Azad born as Chandrashekhar Tiwari in Madhya Pradesh on 23/07/1906 from the third
wife of Sitaram Tiwari namely Jagrani
Devi. In December 1921, When Mohandas K Gandhi launched the Non -Cooperation Movement, ChandraShekhar , then a 15 year old student joined.As a result, he was arrested. On being produced before a magistrate , he gave his name as"Azad"(The Free),his father name as "Swatantra"(Independent) and his residence as "Jail". From that day he came to be known as Chandra Shekhar Azad among the people.
Azad died at Alfred Park in Allahabad on
27 February 1931 when he was returning from Anand Bhawan and as some
records have that he met Jawahar Lal Nehru and had a verbal fight with him
after which he left for Alfred Park to meet his other revolutionary friend Sukhdev Raj.
The police surround him in the park citing information from an informer. He was
wounded in the process of defending himself and Sukhdev Raj and
killed three policemen and wounded some others. His actions made it possible
for Sukhdev Raj to escape. After a long shootout, holding true to his pledge to
never be captured alive, he shot himself dead with his last bullet.
5) RANI LAXMI BAI -- Born
in Varanasi as Manikarnika which is a Sanskrit name meaning one who has
‘bejewelled ears. Her father was MoropantTambe and and her mother was
Bhagirathi Sapre.She got married to Jhansi Naresh MaharajGangadhar Rao Newalkar.
She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became
Indian Nationalist a symbol of resistance to the British Raj. Rani LaxmiBai
died while fighting against the British in Gwalior at a young age of
30 Years.
6) SWAMI VIVEKANAND – Swami
Vivekanand commonly known as Yogi was an Indian Hindu Monk and a disciple of
Ramakrishna Paramahansa. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian
Philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. Swami has founded the
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He is best known for his speech at
the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago where he began his speech
with the words “sisters and brothers of America (link given below for the same
speech). His birthday is also celebrated as National Youth Day.
I
just love this quote of Swami Vivekanand
“Talk to yourself at least once in a day, otherwise you may
miss a meeting with an excellent person of this world”
Yes
Life is short to do good things, to bring changes and to bring courage inside you.
But there are various people who lived short but lived their life in an Eternal
manner that even if they are not alive today but the work they had done is
still alive in our Hearts. Salute to all of them and Wish that I Could also add
more life to days rather than just adding days to my life.
Disclaimer: All the information has
been taken from Internet. There may be chances of some error. If there is any, then please let me know so that, I can correct it
accordingly.
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