"There is something unique in this soil, which despite many obstacles has remained an abode of great souls." -- Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel The above sagely words cannot fit more aptly to a land as diverse and beautiful as India. Today, India has completed its 75 years of Independence. This hard won independence after a long struggle had pedestaled India into the category of independent nation on the eve of 15th August, 1947 when ex-PM J.L. Nehru delivered his famous speech 'A tryst with destiny' . Historically speaking, India's freedom struggle had been an amalgam of mixed paths towards complete independence. From a moderate struggle to win back India's political equality vis-a-vis Britishers to the extremist's concept of getting "Swarajya '' to Gandhi's constitutional and legitimate politics for India's independence to the nationalist's militant approach to overthrow the British empire, India's freedom struggle had the ...