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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Freedom Fighters & Rehabilitation Division''', a division of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of [[India]], manages the '''Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme''' - a national pension scheme introduced in 1972 for [[Freedom fighter|Freedom Fighters]] (''Swatantrata Sainiks'') and their dependents. The division also handles rehabilitation assistance for refugees and migrants from [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Tibet]].<ref>http://www.mha.nic.in/annual-2002-2003/ch-2.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_genadmin/synic1.pdf |title=Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme |access-date=2021-08-07 |archive-date=2007-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705165530/http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_genadmin/synic1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="pension">[[The Hindu]]. (22 August 2006) ''{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714061622/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082216680600.htm Centre asked to pay pension to freedom fighter's widow.]}}''</ref> However, there was significant resistance to implementing the scheme.<ref name="pension"/> For example, it took 24 years of legal fighting for S. M. Shanmugam to finally receive his pension in August 2006.<ref name="pension"/><br />
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==Details of scheme==<br />
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=== Definition of eligible freedom fighters ===<br />
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The freedom fighters pension scheme was instituted in 1972. Eligible as freedom fighters are people who;<br />
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* had suffered an imprisonment of 6 months or more in connection with the freedom struggle (3 months in the case of women and [[dalit|SC]]/[[adivasi|ST]] freedom fighters.).<br />
* remained underground for six months or more.<br />
* were interned in their homes or external from their [[Districts of India|district]] for six months or more.<br />
* whose property was confiscated or attached and sold due to participation in the national freedom struggle.<br />
* were permanently incapacitated during firing or [[lathi charge]].<br />
* lost government employments due to the participation in the freedom struggle.<br />
* were awarded the punishment of 10 strokes of canning/flogging/whipping.<ref name="mha">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/SSS-PensionScheme.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141926/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/SSS-PensionScheme.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}</ref><br />
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=== Eligible movements and mutinies for the pension ===<br />
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The following movements and mutinies are recognized by the central government of India for the purpose of the freedom fighters pensione scheme administered by the division:<ref name="mha"/><ref>[http://pensionersportal.gov.in/Briefsssp.asp Pensioners Portal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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# [[Ambala Cantonment]] Army Revolt (1943)<br />
# Anti-Independent Travancore Movement <br />
# Aranya Satyagraha of Karnataka (1939–40)<br />
# [[Arya Samaj]] Movement in the erstwhile [[Hyderabad State]] (1947–48)<br />
# [[Annexation of Hyderabad|Border Camp Cases in erstwhile Hyderabad State]] (1947–48)<br />
# Chengannur Riot Case <br />
# [[Chauri Chaura incident]] (1922)<br />
# [[Dadara Nagar Haveli Movement]].<br />
# [[Ghadar Movement]]<br />
# [[Goa Liberation Movement]]<br />
# [[Gurdwara Reform Movement]] (1920–25) (including: a) Taran Taran Morcha, Nankana Tragedy of February (1920), The Golden Temple Ke Affairs (Morcha Chabian Saheb), Guru ka Bagh Morcha, [[Babbar Akali Movement]], Jaito Morcha, Bhai Pheru Morcha, The Sikh Conspiracy (Golden Temple) of 1924)<br />
# [[Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha]] (1946–47)<br />
# [[John Zephaniah Holwell|Hollwell]] [[Black Hole of Calcutta|monument removal movement]] (1940) by [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] at Calcutta<br />
# [[Indian Independence League]] (1942 to 1946)<br />
# Jhansi Regiment Case in Army (1940)<br />
# [[Kadakkal Riot Case]]<br />
# Kalipattanam Agitation (1941–42)<br />
# [[Kallara-Pangode Struggle]]<br />
# [[Karivellur|Karivelloor]] Movement <br />
# Kauvambai Movement <br />
# [[Kayyur incident]] <br />
# [[Khilafat Movement]]<br />
# [[Kirti Kisan Party|Kirti Kisan Movement]] (1927)<br />
# [[Madurai Conspiracy Case]] (1945–47)<br />
# [[Malabar Special Police]] Strike (MSP Strike) <br />
# Merger with India movements in the former [[French India|French]] and [[Portuguese India|Portugueses]] possessions in India<br />
# [[Moplah Rebellion]] (1921–22)<br />
# [[Morazha]] Movement <br />
# [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha]] (1926–31)<br />
# [[Qissa Khwani massacre]] (Peshawar Kand) in which members of the [[Royal Garhwal Rifles]] took part<br />
# [[Praja Mandal]] Movement in the erstwhile Princely States (1939–49)<br />
# [[Punnapra-Vayalar uprising]] (1946)<br />
# [[Quit India Movement]] (1942)<br />
# [[Rani Jhansi Regiment]] and Azad Hind Fauj ([[Indian National Army]]) (1943–45)<br />
# [[Meerut Conspiracy Case|Read Leaf Conspiracy Case]] (1931)<br />
# [[Royal Indian Navy Mutiny]], 1946<br />
# Suez Canal Army Revolt in 1943 <br />
# Vattiyoorkavu Conference<br />
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==See also ==<br />
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* [[Indian independence movement]]<br />
* [[Indian National Army]]<br />
* [[Pensions in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Azad Hind Fauj}}<br />
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[[Category:Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Army]]<br />
[[Category:Pensions in India]]</div>Bot