Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates statue of Shaheed Udham Singh in Jallianwala Bagh
Rajnath Singh inaugurates statue of Shaheed Udham Singh in Jallianwala Bagh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the Statue of freedom fighter Udham Singh in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar on Tuesday.
The initiative is being undertaken by International Sarab Kamboj Sabha, an NGO, which had been demanding installation of the statue since four decades.
Earlier, Sabha’s general secretary Jarnail Singh Dhot said a 10-foot marble statue of Udham Singh, in a portrait of taking pledge to avenge Jallianwala Bagh massacre, will be installed on March 12 at the main entrance of the Bagh and will be inaugurated by Union home minister Rajnath Singh on March 13.
He said the statue has been prepared in Rajasthan at a cost of Rs 10 lakh.
Dhot had earlier said, “The date is auspicious as it was March 13, 1940, when Udham Singh killed Michael O’ Dwyer (at Caxton Hall in London), the lieutenant governor of Punjab at that time who endorsed Dyer’s action of the massacre. It will be a true homage to the Shaheed.”
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Union Minister also visited the Golden Temple to pay obeisance at the holy shrine. He was also honored by the members of SGPC.
-PTC News
