Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 31: Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Committee today paid rich tributes to the freedom fighter Sardar Udham Singh on his martyrdom day.
In this regard, one day seminar was organized at Gurudwara Guru Nanak Dev Jee Complex, Chand Nagar, Jammu wherein senior trade union leaders and prominent citizens paid shared their views.
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While speaking on the occasion, Comrade Sukhdev Singh, convener of the committee, threw light on the life history of Udham Singh who laid down his life for the country. He stressed that youngsters should learn lessons from his sacrifice and stand united to defeat anti- national forces. He also urged the youngsters to shun drugs and work for the progress of the country.
J A Kazmi, former senior AAG, Rathinder Koul (DIG Retd) and Raj Kumar, social activist, described Udham Singh an epitome of secularism, who rejected the theory of nationhood of the basis of religion.
The participants also appealed the Central Government to take up the matter with England Government for bringing back the belongings of Sardar Udham Singh from England.
Those who spoke on the occasion, including Com. Balkar Singh, Comrade J A Kazmi, Comrade Mohan Lal, Comrade Pritam Singh, Comrade Roop Lal, Comrade I D Khajuria, Comrade Nirmal Kranti, Subash Mehta, Com Nirmal Singh Kranti, S Dheeraj Singh, Kulwant Singh, Sikh Missionary College, Comrade Sukhbir Singh and S Narinder Singh Khalsa
Sardar Udham Singh was born on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. He was present in the Jallianwala Bagh, the Baisakhi day, 13 April 1919, when a peaceful assembly of people was fired upon by General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, killing over one thousand people.
He was looking out for an opportunity to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy. The long-waited moment at last came on 13 March 1940 in the Caxton Hall, London, where Udham Singh fired five to six shots from his pistol at Sir Michael O’ Dwyer who fell to the ground dead and Lord Zetland, the Secretary of State for India, who was presiding over the meeting was injured. Udham Singh made no attempt to escape and continued saying that he had done his duty by his country.
He was hanged to death on July 31, 1940 in Pentonville Prison in London.
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