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Secret in the city: Tales from Kalapani

Witness a Punjabi freedom fighter's life come alive

Heading towards Baddi from Chandigarh, one may zip off on the highway unmindful of a treasure trove-a museum dedicated to freedom fighter and Punjabi poet Dr Diwan Singh Kalepani, who sacrificed his life in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 1944. Built near Siswan village of Mohali district on the Baddi road, barely 15 km from Chandigarh,

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