Narendra Modi praised Kerala's Sankaran Nair for his fight against British rule. This was after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh tragedy. Modi wants people in Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal to know Nair's story. A film on Nair's legal battle, "Keasari 2", is releasing soon. Nair resigned from the Viceroy's Executive Council in protest.
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