JALLIANWALA BAGH EPISODE AVENGED

So, finally, as pledged,Udham singh avenged the brutal killing of Jallianwala Bagh by killing Michael O'Dwyer, the then Governor of Punjab.

On 1 April 1940, Udham Singh was formally charged with the murder of Michael O'Dwyer. While awaiting trial in Brixton Prison Udham Singh went on a 42 day hunger strike and had to be forcibly fed daily. On 4 June 1940, he was committed to trial, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, before Justice Atkinson. When the court asked about his name, he replied "Ram Mohammad Singh Azad", which Udham Singh believed would demonstrate his transcendence of race, caste, creed, and religion. Udham Singh explained his actions to the court at his trial:

I did it because I had a grudge against him. He deserved it.

Atkinson sentenced him to death. On 31 July 1940,
Udham Singh was hanged at Pentonville Prison. As with other executed prisoners, he was buried later that afternoon within the prison grounds.

During the trial, Udham Singh had made a request that his ashes be sent back to his country, but this was not allowed. In July 1974, Udham Singh's remains were exhumed and repatriated to India at the request of S. Sadhu Singh Thind, an MLA from Sultanpur Lodhi at that time. He asked Indira Gandhi to request that the then-British Government hand over Udham Singh's remains to India. Sadhu Singh Thind himself went to England as a special envoy of the Indian Government and brought back the remains of the Shaheed. He was given a martyr's reception. Among those who received his casket at Delhi airport were Shankar Dayal Sharma, then president of the Congress Party, and Zail Singh, then chief minister of Punjab, both of whom later went on to become Presidents of India. Indira Gandhi, the prime minister, also laid a wreath. He was later cremated in his birthplace of Sunam in Punjab and his ashes were immersed in the Ganges river.

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[MrVikasbaliyan]

Nice ji,,, maza aa gaya