Saturday 13 February 2010

Sher Ali-The martyr of 1872

Andaman martyr Sher Ali martyred in 1872,killed Viceroy Lord Meyo

Sher Ali Khan was Punjabi Pathan, who was not released from Andamans(Kale Pani) despite completing his period of jail punishment and he was the first significant martyr after 1857 war of independence against British colonial regime. Incidentally Sher Ali is the only patriot in the whole history of freedom movement,who has assassinated the highest British official, in fact the representative of queen -The Viceroy of India.
Incidentally among 381 recorded martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 13th April 1919 in Amritsar, 54 were Muslims,84 Sikhs and lot many Dalits, apart from high caste Hindus of that time.

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Statues of Bhagat Singh in India and Pakistan

 
Govt. of India coin on Bhagat Singh     Statue of Bhagat Singh in Partapgarh
    Statue of Bhagat Singh in Kolkata is next.Then it is Bhagat Singh painted picture near Lyallpur(Pakistan) Next is Bhagat Singh statue in Ramnagar near Jim Corbett park. Next is Bhagat Singh statue at Nawanshehar Museum in Punjab.Last is Bhagat Singh-Rajguru-Sukhdev statues at Hussainiwala(Ferozepur). Three larger statues also at Hussainiwala border near Kasur in Pakistan..