Hutatma rajguru biography of martin johnson

Shivaram Hari Rajguru was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary who played a crucial role in the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule.

On August 24, the th birth anniversary of the legendary revolutionary and Maharashtras hero, Shivram Hari Rajguru, passed virtually unnoticed, barring celebrations and solemn homage paid to him at his ancestral home in Pune with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in attendance. Rajguru, of the erstwhile Bombay Province now, Maharashtra , was part of the revered trio along with Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar both, Punjab , and all aged just 23 when they were hanged in the Lahore Central Jail now in Pakistan by the British rulers and attained martyrdom on March 23, The daring young trio became immortal in history, with books, tele-serials, biopix, postage stamps, and the grand National Martyrs Memorial at Hussainiwala in Ferozepur on the Bharat-Pakistan border , commemorating their heroic sacrifice — though they did not live to witness the Tricolour being hoisted as Bharat became independent 16 years later on August 15, According to Manjare, the memorial would include a museum on Rajguru, Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar, a library for researchers and students, an auditorium and since Rajguru was a fitness enthusiast, a wrestler, shooter and swimmer, there will be a swimming pool, a gymnasium, and a shooting-archery range to train and develop Olympic class shooters.

The existing Rajguru-wada was constructed by the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, and later rebuilt by the state archaeological department. There are busts of the revolutionary trio where the locals, visitors and tourists regularly pay homage.

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As he grew up, Rajguru joined the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya in Poona now, Pune , though his mind kept veering towards the Independence movement and as he witnessed the atrocities perpetrated by the British rulers, he developed a strong love for his motherland and a passion to fight for her liberation. At one point after a quarrel with his brother, Rajguru left home with only 11 paise in his pocket and subsequently as a teenager worked with the Congress Seva Dal founded by Dr N.

Hardikar and attended his training camps. It was during his time with the HSRA that Rajguru honed his shooting skills, and came in contact with his future co-martyrs and the trio went down in history in December after they gunned down a British police officer John P. Scott, the then police chief of Lahore, but in a case of mistaken identity, shot dead Saunders, a fresh intern on December 17, All three were subsequently arrested.

They were tried along with 21 co-accused, found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging on March 24, but in view of the growing tension in Lahore, they were quietly executed the evening before on March 23, In view of the massive public outrage, the jail authorities smuggled out their bodies through a back door and hastily cremated them on the banks of Sutlej River at Hussainiwala village of Ferozepur Punjab.

Post-Independence, the National Martyrs Memorial Hussainiwala came up at the site, depicting the revolutionary life and times of the legendary trio, on the current Bharat-Pakistan border, with precious handwritten letters of the three martyrs, the gun of Singh with which he shot the Britisher, and other historic memorabilia.

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