Shaheed Udham Singh: The man who single-handedly avenged Jallianwala Bagh massacre
• Udham Singh was a well-known freedom fighter from Punjab.
• He belonged to Ghadar party and was best known for the assassinating Michael O' Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in India.
• Dwyer's assassination on March 13, 1940, was carried out as a revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.
• Udham Singh was convicted and hanged in 1940 for the murder of Dwyer.
Some facts:
• Udham Singh was born as Sher Singh in Sangrur, Punjab.
• He was given the title of Shaheed-i-Azam (the great martyr).
• He became an orphan at an early age and was taken away by Central Khalsa Orphanage, Putlighar. He was named Udham Singh after he joined the orphanage.
• He was an eyewitness of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
• He was a fond of Bhagat Singh and used to look up to him as one of his idols.
• He hid his revolver in a book and assassinated Dwyer during a meeting at Caxton Hall, London.
• He had carved the shape of the revolver to fit it inside the book.Udham Singh did not run away after shooting two times at Dwyer, who died on the spot.
• He, instead, waited for the officials to arrest him.While awaiting his trial, Singh went on a 42-day hunger strike and had to be forcibly fed.
• He was hanged at Pentonville Prison in July 1940.
• His weapon, a knife, a diary and a bullet from shooting are kept in Black Museum, Scotland Yard. The remains of Udham Singh are preserved at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar.
