13 March 1940- Jallianwala Bagh avenged- Shaheed Udham Singh Khamboj
My Dear Young and Little Indians, Uttarakhand has a district named ‘Udham Singh Nagar’. Do you know who is Udham Singh ? He is Shaheed Udham Singh Khamboj. 81 years back on this day (13 March 1940) Udham Singh Khamboj avenged the brutal massacre of Indians by the British at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab. Year 1899- December 26 - Udham Singh was born and named Sher Singh. His father’s name was Tehal Singh Khamboj. His parents died when he was a child hence he was admitted to an orphanage in Amritsar (Punjab). Here he was named as Udham Singh. Year 1918 - He passed class 10. Year 1919, April 13 - It was the festival of Baisakhi. British Officer Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to fire and kill a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab killing at least 400 people. This was done with the concurrence of Michael O’Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. The entire nation was stunned! Inside Jallianwala B