New Delhi July 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to freedom fighters Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversaries.
"Remembering Bal Gangadhar Tilak Chandra Shekhar Azad and their rich contribution to India s freedom struggle on their birth anniversary " Modi tweeted.
Tilak was born in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra on July 23 1856 while Azad was born on July 23 1906 in Bhavra village in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
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