LUCKNOW, June 26 -- Uttar Pradesh's living legacy of India's greatest political struggles -- its freedom fighters and democracy fighters (those who fought against the Emergency) -- is fast fading due their natural ageing process and if current trends continue, the state may have no surviving freedom fighters left by mid-2026, and democracy fighters may disappear by 2040 or so, a five-year data review indicates. However, while the number of surviving veterans in the state has steadily declined, the number of their dependents availing government support has continued to grow. The latest official data from December 2020 to December 2024 shows a sharp decline in the number of surviving freedom fighters over the past five years. As of December 2020, there were 73 freedom fighters receiving government recognition and support. P3...