Tag: heroes

1897 में बंगाल में भीषणअकाल,
रेंड और आयन नाम के अंग्रेज अफसरों की तैनाती की जाति है, पर ये लोगो की सुध लेने की जगह उन पर अत्याचार करते है,
ऐसे में बालक दामोदर काफी विचलित हो जाए
13 वर्ष की आयु में वह बालक हिन्दू पत्रिकामें तीव्र लेख लिखता है,
लेख पढ़ कर बंगाल के चाफेकर बंधूओ की भुजाओं के रक्त में जैसे लहर दोड उठती है,
वे दोनों अंग्रेज अफसरों को गोली मार देते है,
चाफेकर बंधुओ को फांसी दे दी जाति है,
ये बालक दामोदर और कोई नहीं, वीर सावरकर थे, घर में बने मंदिर में जाकर वे देवी की प्रतिमा के सामने खड़े होकर कहते है की अब राष्ट्र की रक्षा कौन करेगा,
कौन आएगा आगे,
तब वे देवी के सम्मुख स्वयं ही प्रतिज्ञा लेते है, की
अपनी सभी पूर्वजो और पितरो को साक्षी मान कर,
मातृभूमि पर मर मिटने वाले उन हुतात्माओ और बलिदानियों को साक्षी मान कर
मैं शपथ लेता हु की या तो चाफेकर बंधुओ की तरह बलिदान को प्राप्त होऊंगा या शिवाजी महाराज की तरह विजयी होकर आऊंगा,

Eminent scientist Jagdish Chandra Bose was the first to prove that plants have feelings. Born on November 30, 1858 in Mymensingh in present-day Bangladesh, Jagdish Chandra Bose is credited with inventing wireless telegraphy a year before Marconi patented his invention. Jagdish’s father Bhagabanchandra Bose served as a Deputy Magistrate. Young Jagdish Chandra Bose had his early education in his village school before moving to Kolkata in 1869. He graduated in physical sciences in 1879, before leaving for England in 1880.

He studied medicine at the London University for a year but could not complete the course due to his ill health. He moved to Cambridge after getting a scholarship to study Natural Science at Christ’s College, Cambridge. In 1885, he came back to India with a B.Sc. degree. Upon his return, he was offered lectureship at Presidency College, Kolkata, but on a salary that was half of what was paid to his English colleagues. Though he accepted the job, he refused to draw his salary in protest till the time the college conceded his demand and he was paid full salary from the date of joining. Many of his students went on to become famous in their own right, which include names like Satyendra Nath Bose and Meghnad Saha.

In 1894, Jagadish Chandra Bose started devoting his time and energy to pure research. He carried out experiments involving refraction, diffraction and other scientific processes. He shifted from physics to the study of metals and plants. Jagdish Chandra Bose showed that plants too have life and invented an instrument to record the pulse of plants. Besides his research, he founded the Bose Institute at Kolkata, mainly dedicated to the study of plants. This great scientist died on November 23, 1937

#‎BringBackPOW‬

Seventy-four missing defence personnel, including 54 Prisoners of Wars (PoWs), are believed to be in Pakistani jails for the last 41 years, government said on Friday.

“According to available information, 74 missing defence personnel including 54 PoWs are believed to be in Pakistan since 1971,” Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

54 Indian soldiers were lost during the 1971 Indo-Pak and we are still unaware as to where they are! Sons of India who fought for Her honor and were later forgotten. Concrete evidence has filtered over time to establish that Indian Prisoners of War are being held in Pakistani jails. Over the past 42 years the relatives of these missing soldiers have been consistently pleading with both the Indian and Pakistani authorities to show mercy and facilitate their release; to no effect. It is time for us to join hands to finally bring our soldiers back home.

Though Pakistan has consistently denied the existence of POWs in its custody, contrary evidence keeps surfacing from time to time. In the initial years after the war, letters like the one sent by Major Ashok Suri to his father in 1975 pointed conclusively to their presence. In later years, debriefings of intelligence agents or prisoners who returned after serving their sentences also added to the existing mound of evidence. For example, Roop Lal Sahariya returned in 1999 and told the government that he saw Maj Suri in Kot Lakhpat jail. In 1988, Mukhtiar Singh was repatriated from Pakistan and brought a message for Sepoy Jagir Singh’s family that their son was alive. He also mentioned seeing Capt Kamal Bakshi in Multan Jail around 1983. In 2000, Manish Jain, the son-in-law of Sqn Ldr M.K. Jain, met Col Asif Shafi of the Pakistan army in the US. Col Shafi, who spent seven years in Pakistan jails for conspiring against Bhutto, told Jain that till 1978, he and Wg Cdr Gill shared the same cell in Attock jail. General Chuck Yeager of the US air force, an American flying legend, has written in his autobiography (1986) about interviewing about 20 Indian pilots of the 1965 and 1971 wars who were lodged in Pakistani prisons. (The Americans were interested in finding out more about the Russian planes in the IAF). In a 2005 meeting with Manish Jain, Yeager confirmed seeing around 20 Indian pilots in Pakistani prisons (of the 54 missing personnel, 25 are pilots). “We have often been told by the government that they too know the POWs are there in Pakistan but nothing much can be done because Pakistan does not acknowledge it,” says Simi. Most returning prisoners say the defence personnel are generally separated from others. Balwan Singh, who returned in 1998, also reported seeing some personnel of the 1971 war, and said they were being rotated across seven jails.

Its never to Late…We want our brave men back..INDIA should get their sons back at any cost.Brave Men who risked their lives for our country cant be simply forgotten,Its never too late…If Sarabjeet’s Singh has re-sparked this issue,we should be grateful to the man,who in his death also did service to his motherland.

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Kindly share…Social Media should create pressure on Govt to take necessary steps.

शहीदों को नमन!
उरूजे कामयाबी पर कभी हिन्दोस्ताँ होगा
रिहा सैयाद के हाथों से अपना आशियाँ होगा

चखाएँगे मज़ा बर्बादिए गुलशन का गुलचीं को
बहार आ जाएगी उस दम जब अपना बाग़बाँ होगा

ये आए दिन की छेड़ अच्छी नहीं ऐ ख़ंजरे क़ातिल
पता कब फ़ैसला उनके हमारे दरमियाँ होगा

जुदा मत हो मेरे पहलू से ऐ दर्दे वतन हरगिज़
न जाने बाद मुर्दन मैं कहाँ औ तू कहाँ होगा

वतन की आबरू का पास देखें कौन करता है
सुना है आज मक़तल में हमारा इम्तिहाँ होगा

शहीदों की चिताओं पर जुड़ेंगे हर बरस मेले
वतन पर मरनेवालों का यही बाक़ी निशाँ होगा

कभी वह दिन भी आएगा जब अपना राज देखेंगे
जब अपनी ही ज़मीं होगी और अपना आसमाँ होगा
-जगदंबा प्रसाद मिश्र ‘हितैषी’

“भारत की फ़िज़ाओं को सदा याद रहूँगा ,
आज़ाद था, आज़ाद हूँ, आज़ाद रहूँगा….!”

Remembering great revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad on his death anniversary…

Chandra Shekhar Azad (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Azad (“The Liberated”), was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under the new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He is considered to be the mentor of Bhagat Singh and chief strategist of the HSRA.

Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on 23 July 1906 in Bhawra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district. He was then called Chandra Shekar Tiwari. His mother’s name was Jagrani Devi and father’s name was Sitaram Tiwari.

His mother wanted her son to be a great Sanskrit scholar and persuaded his father to send him to Kashi Vidyapeeth, Banaras to study. In December 1921, when Mohandas K. Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement, Chandra Shekhar, then a 15 year old student, joined.. As a result, he was arrested and sentenced to fifteen days’ imprisonment with hard punishments. From that day onward, having announced his name to be Azad (The Liberated) in court, Chandra Shekhar Tiwari assumed the name of Azad.

After suspension of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 by Gandhi, Azad became more aggressive. He committed himself to achieve complete independence by any means. Azad also believed that India’s future lay in socialism. He met a young revolutionary, Pranvesh Chatterji, who introduced him to Ram Prasad Bismil who had formed the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), a revolutionary organisation. Azad was impressed with the aim of HRA, i.e., an independent India with equal rights and opportunity to everyone without discrimination of caste, creed, religion or social status. On introduction, Bismil was impressed by Azad, when Azad reportedly put his hand over a lamp and did not remove it till his skin burnt. He then became an active member of the HRA and started to collect funds for HRA. Most of the fund collection was through robberies of government property. He also wanted to build a new India based on socialist principles. Azad and his compatriots also planned and executed several acts of violence against the British. Most of his revolutionary activities were planned and executed from Shahjahanpur which was also the hometown of Ram Prasad. He was involved in the famous Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, in the attempt to blow up the Viceroy’s train in 1926, and at last the shooting of J.P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai.

The HRA was formed by Bismil, Chatterji, Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Shachindra Nath Bakshi in 1924 just after two year of the non co-operation movement. In the aftermath of the Kakori train robbery in 1925, the British clamped down on revolutionary activities. Prasad, Ashfaqulla Khan , Thakur Roshan Singh and Rajendra Nath Lahiri were sentenced to death for their participation. Azad, Keshab Chakravarthy and Murari Sharma evaded capture. Chandra Shekhar Azad later reorganized the HRA with the help of revolutionaries like Sheo Verma and Mahaveer Singh. Azad was also a close associate of Bhagwati Charan Vohra who along with Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, helped him to transform the HRA into the HSRA in 1928 so as to achieve their primary aim of an independent India based on socialist principle.
In the last week of February 1931, Azad went to Sitapur Jail and met Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. He hoped that Vidyarthi would involve in the case of Bhagat Singh and others as he had previously done in the Kakori conspiracy case. Vidyarthi suggested him to go to Allahabad and meet Jawahar Lal Nehru. If he could be convinced, Nehru would be able to persuade Gandhi to talk to the Viceroy Lord Irwin and reach an agreement with the British Government in the forthcoming Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Azad met Nehru on 27 February 1931 and asked for help in stopping the execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. Nehru refused and told him to leave immediately.

Azad proceeded to the Alfred Park and met with a revolutionary colleague, Sukhdev Raj. The police were notified of his location by an informer. Faced with armed police, Azad fired upon them. He was wounded in the process of killing three policemen and wounding some others. His actions made it possible for Sukhdev Raj to escape, after which Azad shot himself when he ran out of ammunition.The file related to Azad is preserved in C.I.D. Headquarters, 1, Gokhale Marg, Lucknow. The Colt pistol of Chandra Shekhar Azad is displayed at the Allahabad Museum within the Chandrashekhar Azad Park.

The body was sent to Rasulabad Ghat for cremation without informing general public. As it came to light, people surrounded the park where the incident had taken place. They made slogans against the British rule and praised Azad.
He once claimed that as his name was “Azad”, he would never be taken alive by police.
Respect!!

Who was Veer Savarkar? What was his role in India’s freedom movement? Why is he so controversial? We present a primer on the controversial revolutionary.

Who was he?

Savarkar (1883 to 1966) was a revolutionary who spent many years in prison in the Andamans. He propounded the philosophy of Hindutva and was linked to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, but was not found guilty.

What was his early life like?

He was born on May 28, 1883, in Bhagpur village near Nashik. After his parents died young, his elder brother Ganesh looked after the family.

In 1898, the British hanged the Chapekar brothers in Pune for killing a British officer. This had a deep impact on the teenaged Savarkar, who decided to take up armed struggle against the British.

In 1901, he joined the Ferguson College in Pune and set up the Abhinav Bharat Society, which preached a revolutionary struggle against the British.

He also won a scholarship that took him to Britain to study law in 1906.

Did he not write a book on the First War of Independence?

In Britain, Savarkar organised students and advocated an armed struggle to throw the British out of India. He also wrote his book on the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, which he called India’s First War of Independence, a terminology the Indian government accepted after Independence.

Since there was no question of printing the book in Britain, it was printed in Holland and copies of it were smuggled into India.

The book was a huge success, giving Indians a strong sense of pride, providing a fresh perspective on a war that was till then merely seen as the outcome of disgruntled Indian soldiers in the service of the British.

The second edition was published by Indians in the US while Bhagat Singh printed the third edition.

Its translations were a big success: the Punjabi and Urdu translations traveled far and wide while the Tamil translation almost becoming mandatory reading for soldiers of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army – a majority of who were Tamilians from Southeast Asia.

When was he arrested?

In Britain, he also created a network of like-minded individuals. Given his anti-British activities, the police soon came looking for him.

He was arrested in London on March 13, 1910 and sent to India to face trial.

Didn’t he escape from the ship?

The story that made Savarkar a national hero!

The ship in which he was being taken to India berthed at Marseilles, France, on July 8, 1910.

Savarkar wriggled out of the porthole and swam a great distance in the cold water to reach the shore.

He had earlier told his friends, including Madame Bhikaji Cama, to meet him at Marseilles, but they arrived late and the British recaptured him.

Since Savarkar did not speak French, he was unable to tell the local policeman that he was a refugee. Even though he could not escape, this story resonated across India.

He was tried, and on December 24, 1910, sentenced to 50 years in prison.

On July 4, 1911, he was sent to Port Blair’s Cellular Jail.

50 years! That must have been very tough.

It certainly was. Savarkar’s supporters always point to his incredibly difficult and degrading days in jail, sentenced to rigorous imprisonment when he was in the prime of life; placed in solitary confinement while other leaders had it much easier and were released whenever their health failed or someone in the family fell ill.

Savarkar enjoyed no such luxury.

How long was he in prison?

In 1920, Vithalbhai Patel – Vallabhbhai Patel’s elder brother – demanded Savarkar’s release, a demand also backed by Gandhi and Nehru.

On May 2, 1921, Savarkar was shifted from the Cellular Jail, first to the Alipore Jail in Bengal and then to Ratnagiri Jail in western Maharashtra.

He was released on January 6, 1924 on the condition that he would not leave Ratnagiri district, which is not very far from Mumbai (then Bombay), till 1937.

Why did the British release him from prison?

Up to this point, most historians regardless of ideology would agree that Savarkar was a committed revolutionary, even if one does not support the notion of an armed struggle.

But from the point of his release from jail, Savarkar becomes a divided figure, either loved or loathed.

Savarkar agreed he would abstain from political activities to facilitate his release.

His supporters say he only made such promises to get out of prison and that he remained committed to throwing the British out of India.

What did he do on getting out of jail?

He became active in the Hindu Mahasabha, founded in 1915, which sought to protect the interests of Hindus.

The Hindu Mahasabha, which differed radically from the Indian National Congress, attracted followers who were either opposed to Gandhi and the Congress, or believed in Hindutva.

It is not clear why Savarkar joined the Mahasabha, though given his dislike for non-violence and his assurance to the British, joining the Congress was out of question.

So he became a champion for Hindutva?

Savarkar, who popularised the term ‘First War of Independence’, also coined the term Hindutva when he wrote an eponymous book.

The book outlined the features of Hindutva, including its economic, social, and political aspects.

He also wrote another book in English, Hindupadpadshahi, extolling the Maratha rule over India.

He had developed and expounded the notion of one nation, one culture, bound by blood and race. In 1937, he became president of the Hindu Mahasabha, and remained in the post till 1943.

What is his legacy?

Savarkar believed in a strong Hindu society and in the Hindutva ideology of one nation, one culture, one people, which meant no special provisions for any minority.

SHat Shat Naman on his Punya Tithi..The great soul departed today..at age of 82 (year 1966)

Jai HInd..Jai Hindutva..Jai Shree Ram

ज मै आपको एक येसे सहीद और क्रांतिकारी से मिलवाने जा रहा हु .. जिसने इस देश के लिए फासी को भी कम समझा .. और नही झुका ..
पर आज उसका परिवार काले अंग्रेजो के सामने झुक चूका है ,… घर से बेघर हो चूका है और रोटी के लिए मोहताज है … (थोडा समय लगेगा पर पूरा पढ़े )

शहीद रोशन सिंह :- जन्म:१८९२-मृत्यु:१९२७(फासी) : उत्तर प्रदेश
काकोरी काण्ड के सूत्रधार पण्डित राम प्रसाद बिस्मिल व उनके सहकारी अशफाक उल्ला खाँ के साथ १९ दिसम्बर १९२७ को फाँसी दे दी गयी। ये तीनों ही क्रान्तिकारी उत्तर प्रदेश के शहीदगढ़ कहे जाने वाले जनपद शाहजहाँपुर के रहने वाले थे।
रोशन सिंह का जन्म उत्तर प्रदेश के ख्यातिप्राप्त जनपद शाहजहाँपुर में कस्बा फतेहगंज से १० किलोमीटर दूर स्थित गाँव नबादा में २२ जनवरी १८९२ को हुआ था।
बरेली में हुए गोली-काण्ड में एक पुलिस वाले की रायफल छीनकर जबर्दस्त फायरिंग शुरू कर दी थी जिसके कारण हमलावर पुलिस को उल्टे पाँव भागना पडा। मुकदमा चला और ठाकुर रोशन सिंह को सेण्ट्रल जेल बरेली में दो साल वामशक्कत कैद (Rigorous Imprisonment) की सजा काटनी पडी थी
फासी से पहले लिखा :
“जिन्दगी जिन्दा-दिली को जान ऐ रोशन!
वरना कितने ही यहाँ रोज फना होते हैं।”
हाथ में लेकर निर्विकार भाव से फाँसी घर की ओर चल दिये। फाँसी के फन्दे को चूमा फिर जोर से तीन वार वन्दे मातरम् का उद्घोष किया और वेद-मन्त्र – “ओ३म् विश्वानि देव सवितुर दुरितानि परासुव यद भद्रम तन्नासुव” – का जाप करते हुए फन्दे से झूल गये
इलाहाबाद में नैनी स्थित मलाका जेल के फाटक पर हजारों की संख्या में स्त्री-पुरुष युवा बाल-वृद्ध एकत्र थे ठाकुर साहब के अन्तिम दर्शन करने व उनकी अन्त्येष्टि में शामिल होने के लिये। जैसे ही उनका शव जेल कर्मचारी बाहर लाये वहाँ उपस्थित सभी लोगों ने नारा लगाया – “रोशन सिंह! अमर रहें!!” भारी जुलूस की शक्ल में शवयात्रा निकली और गंगा यमुना के संगम तट पर जाकर रुकी जहाँ वैदिक रीति से उनका अन्तिम संस्कार किया गया।
{{अमर शहीद ठाकुर रोशन सिंह और उनके साथियों ने कभी सोचा न होगा कि जिस धरती को आजाद कराने के लिए वह अपने प्राणों की बलि दे रहे हैं, उसी धरती पर उनके परिजन न्याय के लिए भटकेंगे और न्याय के बजाय जिल्लत झेलेंगे। दबंगों ने अमर शहीद रोशन सिंह की प्रपौत्री को न सिर्फ बेरहमी से पीटा, बल्कि सारे गांव के सामने फायरिंग करते हुए आग भी लगा दी। पुलिस ने चार दिन बाद एसपी के आदेश पर धारा 307 के तहत रिपोर्ट तो दर्ज की, लेकिन मनमानी तहरीर पर।}}
काकोरी कांड में फांसी की सजा पाने वाले अमर शहीद ठाकुर रोशन सिंह की प्रपौत्री इंदू सिंह की ननिहाल थाना सिंधौली के पैना बुजुर्ग गांव में है। नानी ने इंदू की शादी गांव के ही धनपाल सिंह से कर दी थी। धनपाल को शराब पिला पिलाकर गांव के दबंगों ने उसकी जमीन मकान सब लिखा लिया। करीब सात साल पहले धनपाल की मौत हो गई। इंदू तीनों बच्चों के साथ सड़क पर आ गई। मेहनत मजदूरी करके वह बच्चों का पेट पालने लगी। गांव के ही भानू सिंह ने गांव से लगे अपने खेत की बोरिंग पर एक मड़ैया डलवा दी। उसी में रहकर इंदू अपने बच्चों को पाल पोस रही है। पेट पालने के लिए उसके मासूम बच्चों को भी मजदूरी करनी पड़ती है। इंदू नरेगा मजदूर है।
फिलहाल इंदू तो जैसे तैसे अपने बच्चों को पाल पोस रही थी, लेकिन गांव के दबंगों को यह रास नहीं आया। गांव के सोनू सिंह और अनुज सिंह समेत चार पांच लोगों ने सरेशाम हमला कर इंदू सिंह को बेरहमी से पीटा, फायरिंग की और इसके बाद झोपड़ी में आग लगा दी। यह नजारा सैकड़ों लोगों ने देखा। उसकी गृहस्थी जलकर खाक हो गई। पहनने को कपड़े और खाने को दाना तक नहीं बचा। वह रात में ही थाने गई, लेकिन उससे पहले ही दबंगों के पक्ष में सत्ता पक्ष के एक विधायक राममूति सिंह वर्मा का फोन आ चुका था। पुलिस ने उसे टरका दिया। पुलिस तीन दिन तक उसे टरकाती रही। चौथे दिन वह एसपी से आकर मिली। एसपी के आदेश पर पुलिस रिपोर्ट लिखी, लेकिन इंदू की दी तहरीर पर नहीं। पुलिस ने उससे सादे कागज पर अंगूठा लगवा लिया और उसी पर मनमानी तहरीर लिख ली। छह में से सिर्फ दो आरोपियों को ही नामजद किया। पुलिस ने धारा 307 लगाई, लेकिन बाद में जांच में सारी धाराएं किनारे कर दीं और एक आरोपी का शांतिभंग में चालान कर इतिश्री कर ली।उसके बच्चों के पास पहनने को कपड़े तक नहीं हैं। घर में कुछ बचा नहीं है, इसलिए परिवार गांव में इधर उधर से मांग कर खाना खा रहा है।

{अब कहने को कुछ बाकी नही है … आँखे नम है इन शहीदों का हमें गम है .}

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