Madan's Talwar, later known as The Talvar, was an early-20th century Indian Nationalist periodical published from Berlin

Berlin

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Originally named after Madan Lal Dhingra

Madan Lal Dhingra

Madan Lal Dhingra was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter. While studying in England, he assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official, hailed as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century.-Early life:Madan Lal Dhingra was born...

, one of the heroes of the Indian independence movement

Indian independence movement

The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...

 who had been executed for the political assassination of William Hutt Curzon Wyllie

William Hutt Curzon Wyllie

Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie KCIE was an Indian army officer, and later an official of the British Indian Government. Over a career spanning three decades, Curzon Wyllie rose to be Lieutant Colonel in the British Indian Army and occupied a number of administrative and diplomatic posts...

, the publication was established in 1909 in Paris by Bhikaiji Cama

Bhikaiji Cama

Bhikaiji Rustom CamaBhikhai- is the name as it appears in the biographies. Another common form is Bhikai- , as it appears on the postage stamp. The name is also frequently misspelled 'Bhikha-' , which is a male name...

. Editorial responsibilities lay with Virendranath Chattopadhyaya

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya alias Chatto was a prominent Hindu Indian revolutionary who aimed to overthrow the British Raj in India by using violence as a tool...

 in Berlin. The weekly aimed to incite nationalist unrest and sought to sway the loyalty of the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

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 sepoy

Sepoy

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s. Similar to the Bande Mataram

Bande Mataram (Paris publication)

For other uses of the term Bande Mataram, see Bande Mataram .The Bande Mataram was a nationalist publication from Paris begun in September 1909 by the Paris Indian Society...

that was published from Paris

Paris

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 by the Paris Indian Society

Paris Indian Society

The Paris Indian Society was an Indian nationalist organisation founded in 1905 at Paris under the patronage of Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, B.H. Godrej and S. R. Rana...

, it continued the message of The Indian Sociologist

The Indian Sociologist

The Indian Sociologist was an Indian nationalist publication in the early twentieth century. Its subtitle was An Organ of Freedom, and Political, Social, and Religious Reform....

that had earlier been published from London.