| Name(s) |
UDHAM SINGH
- Original Birth name: SHER SINGH - a.k.a.
Ram Mohammed Singh Azad |
| Date of
Birth |
December 26, 1889
– Sunam, Punjab, India. |
| Date of
Death |
July 31, 1940
– Pentonville Prison, U.K. |
|
Identity |
Revolutionary
Freedom Fighter |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- October 24, 1907 - After the death of
his parents (Mother in 1901 and father in 1907), he and his
elder brother were taken to an orphanage in Amritsar.
- April 13, 1919 - Udham Singh
witnessed the Jallianwalla Massacre. The incident
had greatly shaken Udham Singh and proved a turning
point in his life.
- August 30, 1927 - He was arrested at
Amritsar for possession of unlicensed arms.
- October 23, 1931 - He was released from
jail on this day.
- March 13, 1940 - a joint meeting of the
East India Association and the Central Asian Society (now
Royal Society for Asian Affairs) was scheduled at Caxton
Hall, and among the speakers was Michael O'Dwyer. Udham
Singh managed to enter the hall and fired shots at O'Dwyer
who was hit twice and died immediately. He was immediately
arrested.
- April 01, 1940 - Udham Singh was
formally charged with the murder of Sir Michael O'Dwyer.
- June 04, 1940 - He was committed to
trial, at a court, which sentenced him to death.
- July 15, 1940 - An appeal was filed on
his behalf which was dismissed on this day.
- July 31, 1940 - Singh was hanged at
Pentonville Prison.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- Best known for
assassinating Michael O'Dwyer
in March 1940 as an avenging of the
Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.
- It’s here that he got
his new name, viz. Udham
Singh.
- He passed his matriculation
examination in 1918 and left the
orphanage in 1919.
- He changed his name to
Ram Mohammad Singh Azad,
symbolizing the equality of all
faiths of the three major religions
of India: Hinduism, Islam and
Sikhism.
- He, Bhagat Singh,
Chandrasekhar Azad, Rajguru and
Sukhdev, were among the
most famous revolutionaries in the
first half of 20th-century India.
- So he took a silent vow
and solemn pledge in front of the
Golden Temple to wreak a
vengeance on the perpetrators of the
crime.
- So, he plunged into active
politics and became a dedicated
revolutionary, aiming ultimately to
reach his target in London.
- After lot of struggle and
obstacles, Singh ultimately managed
to reach London in 1934, where he
joined the Indian Workers'
Association, a socialist
organization in London.
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Commemorations |
- A museum
dedicated to Singh is located in
Amritsar, near Jallianwala Bagh.
- Singh's weapon, a knife,
his diary, and a bullet
from the shooting are kept in the
Black Museum of Scotland
Yard.
- He has been the subject of a
number of films: Jallian
Wala Bagh (1977),
Shaheed Uddham Singh
(1977), and Shaheed Uddham
Singh (2000).
- Udham Singh Nagar
district in Uttarakhand is
named after Singh.
- The day of his martyrdom is a
public holiday in
Punjab and Haryana.
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