Identification documents include a photograph, two prominent identification marks, specimen signature or thumb impressions duly attested, and date of birth.

The second copy should be sent to the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Freedom Fighters Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi – 3 as an advance copy.

The second copy should be sent to the Chief Secretary of the State Government/Union Territory Administration concerned.

Applicants can request a free copy of the prescribed application form from either the State Government/UT concerned or the Freedom Fighters’ Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

Yes, these movements are considered part of the National Freedom Movement for the purpose of the pension scheme.

Movements/mutinies directed against the British, French (in the case of Pondicherry), and Portuguese (in the case of Goa) with the goal of India's freedom are considered part of the National Freedom Struggle.

A martyr is someone who died or was killed in action, detention, or received capital punishment while participating in a National Movement for the emancipation of India.

The person should have been interned or externed for six months or more.

A person who remained underground for more than six months should have been a proclaimed offender, one with an arrest/head award, or one for whom a detention order was issued but not served.

Eligible dependents include mother, father, widower/widow if not remarried, and unmarried daughters. The sequence of eligibility is determined as widow/widower, unmarried daughters, mother, and father.

Broken periods of imprisonment are totaled up to compute the qualifying period.

In the case of a trial ending in conviction, the undertrial period is counted towards the actual imprisonment suffered.

Up to one month of normal remission is treated as part of actual imprisonment.

Detention under the orders of the competent authority is considered as imprisonment.