MAHAVIR SINGH RATHORE--
AN UNSUNG NATIONAL HERO
(Martyred ON 17th May 1933).

The legend of Young Mahavir Singh might not have made its way into the country's conscience, but it remains alive within Cellular Jail at Andaman. Where this Murti was erected in his memory. (1)

“Knowing that you are fighting for the country proves that we have not accepted slavery from our hearts. Now that you are on the path to freedom, don’t look back and never betray your associates.” These were the words Sh Devi Singh, father of the freedom fighter Mahavir Singh.(2)

Born in Etah, UP, he was first drawn towards the freedom struggle when He was in class 6th. He was just in his early teens when he raised the slogan of “Mahatma Gandhi ki jai” in the Aman Sabha organised by the British. He was punished for his audacity. But seeds of the (3)

revolution had been sown.

During his studies at DAV College, Kanpur, that was the hub of the revolutionary activities, he joined the freedom struggle in all earnest.

It was the gutsy Mahavir who was trained to conduct the secret operations of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha Org.(4)

He was the one who helped in the escape of Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt and Durga Devi from Mauzang House in Lahore. For this he was sentenced for life time imprisonment .

His death remains unmentioned, undocumented.
(5)

“The British government never sent his death certificate, or even a telegram on his death to his family. They could not acknowledge his death, but could not suppress it either. It took some weeks, but the news finally escaped from Port Blair and made its way to mainland India(6)

The authorities at Cellular Jail, where he was imprisoned for his part in the John Saunders murder case, had killed him by failed attempts at force-feeding. Due to the poor conditions of jail specially the food was so dirty that even animal were not able to eat that food
(7)

so he started hunger strike.He was on a hunger strike, demanding human conditions for political prisoners. So British authorities tried to break his hunger strike. He choked on the sixth day of his fast as the feeding pipe, directed from his nose to gullet, flooded his lungs
(8)

instead, with milk. Scared that news of the death would cause a prison revolt, they tied a stone to his body and sank him in the sea...
Yes THEY SANK HIM IN THE SEA WITHOUT A PROPER CREMATION.

The sacrifice of Mahavir Singh has gone unnoticed all along. “While there is a statue of my uncle in Andaman, his own state has not bothered even to appreciate his sacrifice.”
He remains one of the Unsung Heroes of our Country who is lost in just the memory of some.

His family, too, had to pay a heavy price for his heroism. They had to shift their residence nine times, as the British government would chase them everywhere. Finally, the family settled in Jaipur with little they could gather while The family’s property was encroached upon.

We pray that the unsung warrior will get his due one day.

Om Shanti!
Naman..

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