New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Ahead of India's 80th Independence Day, Palestine Ambassador to India Abdullah M Abu Shawesh, on Thursday, praised the historical struggle of the Indian people against colonial rule and said generations of Palestinians have drawn inspiration from India's freedom movement.

In an interview with ANI, Abdullah M Abu Shawesh said, "At least my generation and we in Palestine, we learn a lot from your revolution as Indian people. We still, my generation and the vast majority of the Palestinians, used to study your revolution in 1857. This is an important issue. We study your revolution in 1919. We study everything that you did as Indian people."

The Palestinian envoy said Palestinians are proud to have drawn from India's ...