Hari Kishan (Aged 23) was a revolutionary born on January 2, 1908, in the small feudal village of Jalandhar in Mardan district of NorthWest Frontier Province. He inherited his love for freedom from his parents and became convinced that only a revolution brought about by brave self-sacrificing youth could wrest independence from the British Empire after reading the court statements of Bhagat Singh which had a great impact on his impressionable mind. Hari Kishan came into contact with a few like-minded young men who had decided to assassinate the notorious Governor of Punjab, Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, who was known for his brutal suppression of Indian freedom fighters.
On December 23, 1930, during the convocation ceremony of the University of Punjab, Hari Kishan entered the hall without the necessary pass and stood up in his seat with a revolver in his hand. He fired two shots in quick succession, one of which caused a flesh wound in the left arm of the Governor and the other caused a grazing wound to his back.
Hari Kishan explained later that the shots had been erratic because the chair on which he was standing was placed on uneven ground and tilted when he pulled the trigger. All his six bullets spent, Hari Kishan tried to reload his revolver but was overpowered and beaten mercilessly. Later, he was taken to the dreaded torture cells of Lahore Fort and was subjected to brutal police treatment, including lying between slabs of ice in the cold winter. His head was struck against the stone wall, and blood streamed from his skull.
Hari Kishan was charged with the murder of Sub-Inspector Chanan Singh and was sentenced to death on January 26, 1931. He ascended to the gallows in Mianwali Jail on June 9, 1931, with a defiant smile on his lips. It is a coincidence that the Free Republic of India came into being on the same day, nineteen years later.
Hari Kishan Talwar
(1908 – 1931) – (Uttar Pradesh)
Hari Kishan (Aged 23) was a revolutionary born on January 2, 1908, in the small feudal village of Jalandhar in Mardan district of NorthWest Frontier Province. He inherited his love for freedom from his parents and became convinced that only a revolution brought about by brave self-sacrificing youth could wrest independence from the British Empire after reading the court statements of Bhagat Singh which had a great impact on his impressionable mind. Hari Kishan came into contact with a few like-minded young men who had decided to assassinate the notorious Governor of Punjab, Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, who was known for his brutal suppression of Indian freedom fighters.
On December 23, 1930, during the convocation ceremony of the University of Punjab, Hari Kishan entered the hall without the necessary pass and stood up in his seat with a revolver in his hand. He fired two shots in quick succession, one of which caused a flesh wound in the left arm of the Governor and the other caused a grazing wound to his back.
Hari Kishan explained later that the shots had been erratic because the chair on which he was standing was placed on uneven ground and tilted when he pulled the trigger. All his six bullets spent, Hari Kishan tried to reload his revolver but was overpowered and beaten mercilessly. Later, he was taken to the dreaded torture cells of Lahore Fort and was subjected to brutal police treatment, including lying between slabs of ice in the cold winter. His head was struck against the stone wall, and blood streamed from his skull.
Hari Kishan was charged with the murder of Sub-Inspector Chanan Singh and was sentenced to death on January 26, 1931. He ascended to the gallows in Mianwali Jail on June 9, 1931, with a defiant smile on his lips. It is a coincidence that the Free Republic of India came into being on the same day, nineteen years later.
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