Sardar Udham Singh: Revolutionary Freedom Fighter and Jallianwala Bagh Hero

Sardar Udham Singh
“Apni matrabhumi ke khatir jaan dene se bda samman mere liye aur kya ho sakta hai”
• Shaheed-e-Azam' Sardar Udham Singh was born on December 26, 1899 at Sunam in Sangrur district of Punjab.
• His childhood name was Sher Singh.
• After the death of his parents, Sher Singh along with his elder brother Mukta Singh started living in the Central Khalsa Orphanage in Amritsar and in the orphanage, Sher Singh administered the Sikh initiatory rites and thereafter Sher Singh came to be known as Udham Singh.
• He was influenced with Bhagat Singh and considered him as his guru.
• After the Jallianwala massacre on April 13, 1919, he became active in revolutionary activities and politics.
• Sardar Udham Singh joined the 'Ghadar Party' in 1924 to organize overseas Indians with the purpose of overthrowing colonial rule.
• In 1927, while returning to India with associates and weapons to carry out revolutionary activities, he was arrested for illegal possession of firearms and sentenced to five years in prison.
• On March 13, 1940, Udham Singh in a meeting with 'East India Association' and the 'Royal Central Asian Society' shot Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hill.
• Udham Singh was sentenced to death and was hanged on July 31, 1940 at Pentonville Jail in London.