“Jo shahid hue hain unki, zara yaad karo qurbani…”

*** 78 years ago on this date ***

BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUKHDEV EXECUTED

NO “LAST INTERVIEW” WITH RELATIONS

DEAD BODIES SECRETLY DISPOSED OF

Front Page of the Lahore Tribue, March 1931 (Thanks Amitabh).

If you have a broadband connection and about 10 minutes, please do listen to this song (recorded on a Youtube video clip) by Lata Mangeshkar “Ae Mere Watan ke Logon” (composed by C. Ramchandra and lyrics by Pradeep). When Lata-ji sung this song in 1962. it reportedly brought Pt Jawarlal Nehru to tears.

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All photographs courtesy (and copyright) http://www.shahidbhagatsingh.org/ For more, please visit the site.

B Shantanu

Political Activist, Blogger, Advisor to start-ups, Seed investor. One time VC and ex-Diplomat. Failed mushroom farmer; ex Radio Jockey. Currently involved in Reclaiming India - One Step at a Time.

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14 Responses

  1. Nishka says:

    Our soldiers die yet again. Shantau, would it be possible to create a section where we put up pictures of our “sherdils”.

    From JK: Major, 10 others killed in gunbattle
    Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar | March 22, 2009 15:24 IST

    Ten persons including a senior army officer, three troopers and six militants have been killed so far in the ongoing three day long fierce encounters in the Shamswari mountain range of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
    A defence spokesman in Srinagar said troops surrounded a large forest area in the Shamswari mountain range three days back, on specific information about presence of militants.

    “Hiding militants opened fire at the surrounding troops, which was returned, leading to firing exchanges which are still continuing,” defence spokesman Lt. Col. J.S.Brar told rediff.com in Srinagar.

    “So far six militants have been killed in the area. One army major and three troopers also died in the two encounters. The operation is still continuing,” Brar added.

    The slain army major has been identified as Major Mohit Sharma of 1-para regiment, and a resident of Rajendranagar in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

    “Operations are being conducted in the densely forested areas. Arms and ammunition have been also been recovered from those areas,” Brar also informed.

    Earlier, one army trooper was wounded, when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing at the Indian positions in the northern Uri sector of the Line of Control on Sunday.

  2. Amitabh Soni says:

    If Maj Mohit Sharma was from 1 Para, he would have been a Para Commando. 1,9 &10 Para are Para Commando Battalions. This is unclassified information and can be published.

    http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para.html

  3. Indian says:

    Thanks for the site. Pictures are valuable treasure one can find on the site.

  4. amit says:

    Yes indeed he was from para commando and the best one.

    A great friend and a really nice human.

    Always cheerful, fun loving and tough.

    I lost a very good friend.

  5. Dirt Digger says:

    Shantanu,
    Nehru’s tears should be taken with a pinch of salt. His blind belief that the Chinese would be allies even when there was intelligence reports proving otherwise, his lackadaisical leadership during the war of 1962 and inability to leverage his ‘famed’ international relationships to halt the Chinese advance is well known.
    The ultimate sufferers were the soldiers and their families, while Nehru and his cronies like Krishna Menon played the fiddle when India burned.

  6. Kiran P says:

    Dirt Digger, I liked your blog site name “The Chindu”. Very apt. Wish it was http://thechindu.com/ 🙂

  7. B Shantanu says:

    @ Nishka: Thanks for the suggestion…and for sharing the tragic news about Major Sharma…Sadly he will soon be forgotten as another statistic…

    ***

    @ Amit: I feel very sorry for you…but please remember that you are not alone…We are together in your grief…although nothing can remove the pall of darkness that has befallen the brave Major’s family..

    May God give them strength…

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    @ DD: You are absolutely right that Nehru shares a large part of the blame for the humiliation (and the loss of life) we suffered in 1962…You must have read Tarun Vijay’s special feature in Rediff on 1962…I am pasting the link here just in case (and for other readers’ benefit):

    http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/18sd1.htm

  8. Nishka says:

    Video of Major Sharma

    http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/88478/nation-bids-adieu-to-jk-braveheart-major-sharma.html

    We are losing our best men because of this corrupt government that has no will to fight terrorists

  9. Jai Hind says:

    Please listen to the new lyrics of “Ae Mere Watan ke Logon”, paying tributes to the heroes of the 26/11/2008 Mumbai Terror attacks:

  10. Dilip says:

    Very touching and inspiring …. my humble salute!

  11. parveen bhardwaj says:

    thanks for the pics and information related to bhagat and all saheeds.they touches our heart and soul.

  12. B Shantanu says:

    Major Mohit Sharma will be conferred with the Ashok Chakra (posthumously) tomorrow.

    Please also spare a thought for Havildar Rajesh Kumar of 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles who gave his life defending the country during an encounter in August 2009. Havildar Rajesh Kumar will also be conferred with the Ashok Chakra posthumously tomorrow.

    The third recipient of Ashok Chakra tomorrow will be Major D Sreeram Kumar who continues to serve with 39 Assam Rifles in Manipur.

    As readers would know. “Ashok Chakra” is the highest peacetime gallantry award in India.

    Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!

  13. Arjun says:

    Qurbani of Shaheeds and Nehru’s tears: Here are few lines from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s ‘Kurukshetra’:

    वह कौन रोता है वहाँ-
    इतिहास के अध्याय पर,
    जिसमें लिखा है, नौजवानों के लहु का मोल है
    प्रत्यय किसी बूढे, कुटिल नीतिज्ञ के व्याहार का;
    जिसका हृदय उतना मलिन जितना कि शीर्ष वलक्ष है;
    जो आप तो लड़ता नहीं,
    कटवा किशोरों को मगर,
    आश्वस्त होकर सोचता,
    शोणित बहा, लेकिन, गयी बच लाज सारे देश की?

    और तब सम्मान से जाते गिने
    नाम उनके, देश-मुख की लालिमा
    है बची जिनके लुटे सिन्दूर से;
    देश की इज्जत बचाने के लिए
    या चढा जिनने दिये निज लाल हैं।

    ईश जानें, देश का लज्जा विषय
    तत्त्व है कोई कि केवल आवरण
    उस हलाहल-सी कुटिल द्रोहाग्नि का
    जो कि जलती आ रही चिरकाल से
    स्वार्थ-लोलुप सभ्यता के अग्रणी
    नायकों के पेट में जठराग्नि-सी।

    विश्व-मानव के हृदय निर्द्वेष में
    मूल हो सकता नहीं द्रोहाग्नि का;
    चाहता लड़ना नहीं समुदाय है,
    फैलतीं लपटें विषैली व्यक्तियों की साँस से।

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