Vanara Sena

VANARA SENA (Army of Monkeys) was an organization of young 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.

Related Topics:
Indira Gandhi - Indian National Congress

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The Sena played a small but fascinating 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 smuggles out from the police-watched house of her father Jawaharlal Nehru an important document in her schoolbag that outlines plans for a major revolutionary initiatve in the early 1930s to a local Congress office.

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Indian Independence Movement - Jawaharlal Nehru

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The Army of Monkeys was named after the armies of monkeys, or vanaras who helped Lord Rama of the Ramayana Legend fight the armies of Ravana of Lanka.

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Rama - Ramayana - Ravana

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