Freedom Fighters & Rehabilitation Division is a division of the Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

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, India

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. The division manages the national pension scheme to freedom fighters (Swatantrata Sainiks) and their dependents. The division also handles rehabilitation assistance for refugees and migrants from Pakistan

Pakistan

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, Sri Lanka

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 and Tibet

Tibet

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The freedom fighters pension scheme was instituted in 1972. Eligible as freedom fighters are people who;

• had suffered an imprisonment of 6 months or more in connection with the freedom struggle (3 months in the case of women and SC
  Dalit
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  /ST
  Adivasi
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   freedom fighters.).
• remained underground for six months or more.
• were interned in their homes or external from their district
  Districts of India
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   for six months or more.
• whose property was confiscated or attached and sold due to participation in the national freedom struggle.
• were permanently incapacitated during firing or lathi
  Lathi
  Lathi means stick and also refers to an Indian martial art based on cane-fighting. The word is used in Hindi, Bengali and various other Indian languages. The lathi typically measures 6 to and may be tipped with metal. It commonly used as a crowd control device by the Indian Police and other South...
  
   charge.
• lost government employments due to the participation in the freedom struggle.
• were awarded the punishment of 10 strokes of canning/flogging/whipping.

The following movements and mutinies are recognized by the central government of India for the purpose of the freedom fighters pensione scheme administered by the division:

1. Suez Canal Army Revolt in 1943 & Ambala Cantt. Army Revolt in 1943
2. Jhansi Regiment Case in Army (1940)
3. Rani Jhansi Regiment and Azad Hind of the Indian National Army
   Indian National Army
   The Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to overthrow the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance...
   
    (1943-45)
4. Hollwell monument removed/ Movement conducted by Netaji in 1940 at Calcutta
5. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny, 1946
6. Khilafat Movement
   Khilafat Movement
   The Khilafat movement was a pan-Islamic, political campaign launched by Muslims in British India to influence the British government and to protect the Ottoman Empire during the aftermath of World War I...
   
   
7. Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha
   Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha
   The Harsha Chhina Mogha Morcha was an agrarian revolt in Harsha Chhina, Punjab, India, that took place 1946-1947. Harsha Chhina is a village near Amritsar. The campaign was launched in 1946, under the leadership of the Communist Party...
   
    (1946-47)
8. Moplah Rebellion (1921-22)
9. Arya Samaj
   Arya Samaj
   Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...
   
    Movement in the erstwhile Hyderabad State
   Hyderabad State
   -After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...
   
    (1947-48)
10. Madurai Conspiracy Case (1945-47)
11. Border Camp Cases in erstwhile Hyderabad State (1947-48)
12. The Ghaddar Movement
13. The Gurudwara Reform Movement (1920-25) (including: a) Taran Taran Morcha, Nankana Tragedy of February (1920), The Golden Temple Ke Affairs (Morcha Chabian Saheb), Guru ka Bagh Morcha, Babar Akali Movement, Jaito Morcha, Bhai Pheru Morcha, The Sikh Conspiracy (Golden Temple) of 1924)
14. Praja Mandal Movement in the erstwhile Princely States (1939-49)
15. Kirti Kisan Movement (1927)
16. Naujawan Bharat Sabha
    Naujawan Bharat Sabha
    Naujawan Bharat Sabha was an association of Indian youth which was established at a convention held in April 1928 at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar....
    
     (1926-31)
17. Quit India Movement
    Quit India Movement
    The Quit India Movement , or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table...
    
     (1942)
18. Indian Independence League
    Indian Independence League
    The Indian Independence League was a political organisation operated from the 1920s to the 1940s to organize those living outside of India into seeking the removal of British colonial rule over India...
    
     (1942 to 1946)
19. Merger movement in the former French and Portugueses possessions in India
20. Peshawar Kand in which members of the Garhwal Rifles took part
21. Read Leaf Conspiracy Case (1931)
22. Chaura Chauri Kand (1922)
23. Aranya Satyagraha of Karnataka (1939-40)
24. Goa Liberation Movement
    Goa liberation movement
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25. Kalipattanam Agitation (1941-42)
26. Kallara-Pangode case.
27. Kadakkal Riot Case
28. Chengannur Riot Case
29. Vattiyoorkavu Conference
30. Anti-Independent Travancore Movement
31. Punnapra-Vayalar Movement
32. Karivelloor Movement
33. Kauvambai Movement
34. Kayyur Movement
35. Morazha Movement
36. Malabar Special Police Strike (MSP Strike)
37. Dadara Nagar Haveli Movement.