Vanara Sena
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According to Hindu beliefs the Army of Monkeys or vanaras, helped Lord Rama
fight the armies of Ravan
of Lanka
in the epic Ramayana
.
It also was the name of an organization of young India
n boys and girls created by the young Indira Gandhi
in the late 1920s and early 1930s, as the children's wing of the Indian National Congress
, the lead organization of the Indian Independence Movement
.
The Sena played a small but interesting role in the Indian Independence Movement
. Indira and her young comrades organized rallies and flag marches of young students, gave speeches and sang patriotic songs, and more importantly helped circulate prohibited and sensitive literature and other publications of the Congress Party to supporters. In an often-told story, Indira smuggled out from the police-watched house of her father Jawaharlal Nehru
an important document in her schoolbag that outlined plans for a major revolutionary initiative in the early 1930s to a local Congress office.
Rama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
fight the armies of Ravan
Ravan
Ravan could refer to:* Ravana , the villain in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana* Ravan , a DC Comics villain* Ravan , a 76-km Russian river...
of Lanka
Lanka
Sri Lanka is the name given in Hindu mythology to the island fortress capital of the legendary king Ravana in the great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata...
in the epic Ramayana
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
.
It also was the name of an organization of young India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n boys and girls created by the young Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
in the late 1920s and early 1930s, as the children's wing of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
, the lead organization of the Indian Independence Movement
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
.
The Sena played a small but interesting role in the Indian Independence Movement
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
. Indira and her young comrades organized rallies and flag marches of young students, gave speeches and sang patriotic songs, and more importantly helped circulate prohibited and sensitive literature and other publications of the Congress Party to supporters. In an often-told story, Indira smuggled out from the police-watched house of her father Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
an important document in her schoolbag that outlined plans for a major revolutionary initiative in the early 1930s to a local Congress office.