By S.N.Venkatnag Sobers
India will celebrate its 70th Independence Day on August 15, 2017 during which the entire country will remember the sacrifices of many people since 1857 – The first war of Indian Independence until Aug.15, 1947 - the day we got Independence. People in Mysore also remember the contributions of freedom fighters from Mysore, who braved their hearts to fight for Independence and during ‘Mysore Chalo,’ the post Independence struggle to liberate the Mysore State from the Princely Rule. At a time when the struggle for independence had begun, Mysore was also influenced by the national awakening, which was being evidenced by newspapers such as The Hindu, The New India, Maratha and some of the local newspapers such as Karnataka Prakashika, Suryodaya Prakashika and Vrittanta Chittamani.
