Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Inquilaab Zindabaad!!!!!!
Writing about someone who has been your first ideal in life, evokes lot of memories. I am talking about none other than Sardar Bhagatsingh. It has been 75 years since Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagatsingh sacrificed his life so that his beloved motherland be independent. Nobody symbolizes the same zeal of patriotism and dedication to one’s ideals as he does.
This blog is just a snapshot of his life.

There is a saying in marathi that a person’s intentions are clear from his cradle. Same was the case with him. There is a story that once his father saw him sitting alone in the field. When asked he replied of planning to sow guns so that more guns will grow and with them he will drive foreigners out of this country. He was just 5 years then.
After Jalianwala Baugh massacre, he visited the site and brought back ,blood stricken soil, which always reminded him of the injustice done to his people.

The ideals turned in to fervour and he decided to join revolutionary movement during his college days. The movement called Hindustan Republican Association had the who’s who of revolutionaries like Azad, Bismil, Ashfaqullah, Bhagvaticharan Vohra ,Sukhdev,
Yashpal, Durga Bhabhi and many others. Everybody was competing with each other so that he could prove his mettle for the country. It was really a “League of Extraordinary Gentleman & Woman.”

The revenge of Lalaji’s death pleased whole nation and convinced that blood still flowed in our veins and it could boil when struck. The culmination came on 8th April 1929, he along with Dutt exploded bombs in the assembly and voluntarily gave arrest. His arguments in the court and later on his long drawn fast to oppose ill treatment in jails made him a demi-god for youths. And finally on 23rd March 1931,when he kissed gallows, he became immortal in the memories of millions of people like us who still madly hope that India will once again achieve it’s old glory.

May a day come in our life when the city(Lahore) in which he martyred for this great cause be a part of India. And we see BHARAT MATA sitting on throne of eternal glory resplendent as never before.

INQUILAAB ZINDABAD !!!!!!!!!

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