Nationalist Udham Singh

1. Discover a Revolutionary
Nationalist in Jallianwala Bhag
M S Sridhar

2. 13th April 1919
M S Sridhar 2A revolutionary nationilist
Jallianwala Bhag

3. M S Sridhar A revolutionary nationilist 3
General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer:
The man behind the massacre

4. 13th April 1919
An orphan boy carrying a drinking water
bag on his shoulder was serving water
to thousands of people assembled for a
peaceful meeting in the hot Sun
Suddenly there was heavy firing killing
over 1000 people
The event turned him to the path of
revolution

5. Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist,
Born as Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at
Sunam in Patiala
His father Tahal Singh was a watchman on a
railway crossing
Lost his parents before he was seven
Admitted to Central Khalsa orphanage at
Amritsar and named Udham Singh
M S Sridhar 5A revolutionary nationilist

6. Went to USA and learnt militant activities
from Babar Akalis in the early 1920's and
returned home with revolvers
Arrested and imprisoned for four years
After release in 1931,opened a shop as a
signboard painter
Assumed the name of Ram Muhammad
Singh Azad to emphasize the unity of all
the religionsM S Sridhar 6A revolutionary nationilist

7. Deeply influenced by Bhagat Singh
(referred to him as his guru)
Singing political songs of Ram Prasad
Bismal, the revolutionary poet
Looking out for an opportunity to avenge
the Jalliavala Bagh tragedy went to
England
M S Sridhar 7A revolutionary nationilist

8. On 13 March 1940 at 4.30 p.m in Caxton Hall,
London fired five to six shots at Sir Michael
O'Dwyer, who was governor of the Punjab
when the Amritsar massacre had taken place
(in a meeting of the East India Association and
the Royal Central Asian Society)
Sir Michael O'Dwyer was dead and Lord
Zetland, the Secretary of State for India, who
was presiding over the meeting was injured
M S Sridhar 8A revolutionary nationilist

9. He made no attempt to escape and
continued saying that he had done his
duty
On 4 June 1940, Justice Atkinson of
Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
sentenced him to death
On 31 July 1940, Udham Singh was hanged
in Pentonville Prison in London
M S Sridhar 9A revolutionary nationilist

10. A man of action and great courage
With a sense of humour called himself a guest of
His Majesty King George, and looked upon death
as a bride he was going to wed
Remained cheerful to the last and going joyfully
to the gallows, followed the example of Bhagat
Singh
Request that his ashes be sent back to his
country was not allowed
In 1975,finally succeeded in bringing his ashes to
home and lakhs of people gathered on the
occasion to pay homage to his memory
M S Sridhar 10A revolutionary nationilist

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15. M S Sridhar 15A revolutionary nationilist