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- He waited for 21 years to kill Governor Michael O'Dwyer who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

- On 13th April 1919, over 20000 unarmed people were assembled in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act.
- Udham Singh and his friends from the orphanage were serving water to the crowd and Protestors were fired on by British troops precipitating a riot.

- He then became involved in revolutionary politics and deeply influenced by Bhagat Singh.

- He changed his name to travel to
Africa, Nairobi, Brazil and USA to punish Dwyer.

- In 1934 he reached London and on 13th March 1940, he killed Governor Dwyer in London.

- He immediately surrendered and said take him in custody as he has taken avenge of Jalliawala massacre.

- He was hanged on 31 July 1940.
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With that Udham Singh movie by Shoojit Sarkar in the news of late, my thread on one of the great revolutionaries of our freedom struggle, whose life needs to be known more.
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His real name was Sher Singh, born on Dec 26, 1899, to a poor peasant family in Punjab’s Sangrur district. His father, Tehl Singh, worked as a railway gate keeper at a level crossing in the Uppali village of Punjab.
Having lost both his parents when he was small, he along with his brother Mukta Singh, grew up in the Central Khalsa Orphanage in Amritsar. Following the Sikh initiation rites, he got the name of Udham Singh. In 1919, he left the orphanage after passing the matriculation exam.
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A long and important read.
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The HISTORY of a warrior who waited 21 years to take revenge for JallianwalaBagh Massacre.
Before Reading Further, Let Me 1st Introduce, How Gandhi & Nehru Responded when Udham Singh took revenge...
Although almost all Bharatiyas
regarded Singh's actions as a response to some brutal aspects of British colonial rule, officially, his actions were deplored and condemned in India, with Gandhi referring to Singh's actions as "an act of insanity", stating: "The outrage has caused me deep pain. I regard it as
an act of insanity. I hope this will not be allowed to affect political judgement.".
Nehru wrote in The National Herald, "The assassination is regretted but it is earnestly hoped that it will not have far-reaching repercussions on the political future of India."
(Both statements
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