Tuesday, January 14, 2014

On martyrdom of Fatehsingh/Zorawar singh

26th December is a day to be remembered. It was on the same day that youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh sacrificed themselves on the altar of freedom. How young anybody will ask ? They were 7 and 9 years to be precise. When caught by Mughals treacherously they were taken to Sarhind and presented in court. They would have been pardoned if they had accepted conversion .But they were tiger cubs ...and refused any conversion. After facing torture for many days they were martyred. Guru Gobind Singh sacrificed all his sons for cause. Finally taking inspiration from him Banda Bairagi avenged the death of his sons by ransacking Sarhind. Fatehsingh and Zorawarsingh would be always an example of sacrifice. The other event is birth of Sardar Udham Singh who avenged the Jallianwala bagh massacre by killing Mr Odwayer who ordered the firing on helpless mob. It is really necessary to know this history so that we know the sacrifices given for a so called non violent independence struggle.

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