Here we saw another organization working for the cause. I had thought the organisation is run by the retired persons who want to work for the name. But it is not so. Its again a youth group like CTC who are working professionals and active members of this organisation. We were warmly welcomed at Old age home run by this organisation. There on the board it was written with colors Welcome Sankalp India Foundation. We had similar kind of welcome at Grow well school in Thanjavur. We had a very good interaction with Devendra one of the active member.
Candle March on M G Road. Note: The above video plays only in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Support for other browsers is being looked into. Till then .. Kindly Adjust
Call it Baisakhi or call it the anniversary of the Jallian Wala Baag Massacre, or of you like, by some other name. This date is a very important date in the history, culture and tradition of our country.
On the 31st July, 1940, Udham Singh was hanged at Pentonville Jail, London. On the 4th of June in the same year he had been arraigned before Mr. Justice Atkinson at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey. Udham Singh was charged with the murder of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab who had approved of the action of Brigadier-General R.E.H.
In India The resulting protests were great, many Indians coming to the conclusion that no existence under the British Empire was tenable. Protest broke out almost immediately. In some of the rural cities of the region, local authorities asked for military assistance. Since the bridges had been destroyed, O'Dwyer allowed planes to drop bombs and fire machine guns to disperse the crowds. Elsewhere, armoured trains fired at rioters. In putting down the uprising, over three hundred more were killed.
A Committee named Hunter Committee was set up to investigate the Jallianwala bagh incident. Following is the conversation which took place between the committee and the main accuse General Dyer. Excuse me putting it that way, General, but was it not a resort to what has been called "frightfulness" for the benefit of the Punjab district (sic.) as a whole? I don't think so. I think it was a horrible duty for me to perform. It was a merciful act that I had given them the chance to disperse (that is, in the morning). The responsibility was very great.
In the month of April 1919, nationwide strike was called against the Rowlatt act imposed by British Government. The strike in Lahore and Amritsar passed off peacefully on 6 April. On 9 April, the governor of the Punjab, Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer (1864-1940), suddenly decided to deport from Amritsar Dr Satyapal and Dr Saif ud-Din Kitchlew, two popular leaders of men. On the same day Mahatma Gandhi's entry into Punjab was banned under the Defense of India Rules. On 10 April, Satyapal and Kitchlew were called to the deputy commissioner's residence and arrested.
