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	'''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>[http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_genadmin/synic1.pdf Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme]</ref><ref name="pension">[[The Hindu]]. (22 August 2006) ''[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"/>		'''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"/>

	==Details of scheme==		==Details of scheme==
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	# [[Karivellur\|Karivelloor]] Movement		# [[Karivellur\|Karivelloor]] Movement
	# Kauvambai Movement		# Kauvambai Movement
	# [[Kayyur]] ~~Movement~~		# [[Kayyur incident]]
	# [[Khilafat Movement]]		# [[Khilafat Movement]]
	# [[Kirti Kisan Party\|Kirti Kisan Movement]] (1927)		# [[Kirti Kisan Party\|Kirti Kisan Movement]] (1927)
	# [[Madurai Conspiracy Case]] (1945–47)		# [[Madurai Conspiracy Case]] (1945–47)
	# [[Malabar Special Police]] Strike (MSP Strike)		# [[Malabar Special Police]] Strike (MSP Strike)
	# ~~MergerWwith~~ India movements in the former [[French India\|French]] and [[Portuguese India\|Portugueses]] possessions in India		# Merger with India movements in the former [[French India\|French]] and [[Portuguese India\|Portugueses]] possessions in India
	# [[Moplah Rebellion]] (1921–22)		# [[Moplah Rebellion]] (1921–22)
	# [[Morazha]] Movement		# [[Morazha]] Movement
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	# [[Royal Indian Navy Mutiny]], 1946		# [[Royal Indian Navy Mutiny]], 1946
	# Suez Canal Army Revolt in 1943		# Suez Canal Army Revolt in 1943
	# Vattiyoorkavu Conference		# Vattiyoorkavu Conference

	==See also ==		==See also ==

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'''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>[http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_genadmin/synic1.pdf Swathantra Sainik Samman Pension Scheme]</ref><ref name="pension">[[The Hindu]]. (22 August 2006) ''[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"/>

==Details of scheme==

=== Definition of eligible freedom fighters ===

The freedom fighters pension scheme was instituted in 1972. Eligible as freedom fighters are people who;

* 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.).
* remained underground for six months or more.
* were interned in their homes or external from their [[Districts of India|district]] for six months or more.
* whose property was confiscated or attached and sold due to participation in the national freedom struggle.
* were permanently incapacitated during firing or [[lathi charge]].
* lost government employments due to the participation in the freedom struggle.
* 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>

=== Eligible movements and mutinies for the pension ===

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]</ref>

# [[Ambala Cantonment]] Army Revolt (1943)
# Anti-Independent Travancore Movement
# Aranya Satyagraha of Karnataka (1939–40)
# [[Arya Samaj]] Movement in the erstwhile [[Hyderabad State]] (1947–48)
# [[Annexation of Hyderabad|Border Camp Cases in erstwhile Hyderabad State]] (1947–48)
# Chengannur Riot Case
# [[Chauri Chaura incident]] (1922)
# [[Dadara Nagar Haveli Movement]].
# [[Ghadar Movement]]
# [[Goa Liberation Movement]]
# [[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)
# [[Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha]] (1946–47)
# [[John Zephaniah Holwell|Hollwell]] [[Black Hole of Calcutta|monument removal movement]] (1940) by [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] at Calcutta
# [[Indian Independence League]] (1942 to 1946)
# Jhansi Regiment Case in Army (1940)
# [[Kadakkal Riot Case]]
# Kalipattanam Agitation (1941–42)
# [[Kallara-Pangode Struggle]]
# [[Karivellur|Karivelloor]] Movement
# Kauvambai Movement
# [[Kayyur]] Movement
# [[Khilafat Movement]]
# [[Kirti Kisan Party|Kirti Kisan Movement]] (1927)
# [[Madurai Conspiracy Case]] (1945–47)
# [[Malabar Special Police]] Strike (MSP Strike)
# MergerWwith India movements in the former [[French India|French]] and [[Portuguese India|Portugueses]] possessions in India
# [[Moplah Rebellion]] (1921–22)
# [[Morazha]] Movement
# [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha]] (1926–31)
# [[Qissa Khwani massacre]] (Peshawar Kand) in which members of the [[Royal Garhwal Rifles]] took part
# [[Praja Mandal]] Movement in the erstwhile Princely States (1939–49)
# [[Punnapra-Vayalar uprising]] (1946)
# [[Quit India Movement]] (1942)
# [[Rani Jhansi Regiment]] and Azad Hind Fauj ([[Indian National Army]]) (1943–45)
# [[Meerut Conspiracy Case|Read Leaf Conspiracy Case]] (1931)
# [[Royal Indian Navy Mutiny]], 1946
# Suez Canal Army Revolt in 1943
# Vattiyoorkavu Conference

==See also ==

* [[Indian independence movement]]
* [[Indian National Army]]
* [[Pensions in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Azad Hind Fauj}}

[[Category:Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:Indian National Army]]
[[Category:Pensions in India]]

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