20th century

The story of the man whose name inspired a British battalion in the Spanish Civil War Tom Mann, a pioneering figure in Britain's early labour movement In 1936, volunteer military units from all over the world journeyed to Spain to fight against Franco’s fascist rebellion.

Jawaharlal Nehru sought first to free India, and then to ensure its independent voice on the world stage "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." Gandhi and Nehru in 1946 Jawaharlal Nehru was born on this day in 1889.