Satyapal (Aged 69) born on May 11, 1885, in Wazirabad, Gujranwala, Punjab, India, was a physician and political leader in Punjab, British India. He was arrested along with Saifuddin Kitchlew on April 10, 1919, three days before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Satyapal received his education at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he became friends with Jawaharlal Nehru.
During World War I, on September 17, 1915, Satyapal received a temporary King’s Commission as a lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service and served with distinction. However, he relinquished his commission on September 16, 1916, and returned to India. Following the Rowlatt Act, he became active in the non-cooperation and non-violent resistance movement against British rule.
On the orders of Michael O’Dwyer, the CID kept close surveillance on Kitchlew and Satyapal from mid-March 1919. On April 10, 1919, they were summoned to Miles Irving, the Deputy Commissioner’s house in the Civil Lines, again following O’Dwyer’s orders. The Defence of India Orders were presented with the request for both of them to leave Amritsar immediately. Hans Raj and Jai Ram Singh were kept waiting on Irving’s veranda in case the news of the arrest spread before Kitchlew and Satyapal were far away enough.
Satyapal recounted that “there was a military escort with guns in each car” and “the cars were driven at high speed and we did not halt till we got to the Nurpur Dak Bungalow,” which was 50 miles away from Amritsar. They reached Dharamshala, at the foot of the Himalayas, at 8 pm that evening and were kept under house arrest.
On April 13, 1919, a meeting was called to take place at Jallianwala Bagh to protest the arrests. In June 1919, Satyapal was convicted with 14 others and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the ‘Amritsar conspiracy case at Lahore,’ following the statement of Hans Raj, who attended the trial as an approver. He passed away on April 18, 1954, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Satyapal
(1885 – 1954) – (Punjab)
Satyapal (Aged 69) born on May 11, 1885, in Wazirabad, Gujranwala, Punjab, India, was a physician and political leader in Punjab, British India. He was arrested along with Saifuddin Kitchlew on April 10, 1919, three days before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Satyapal received his education at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he became friends with Jawaharlal Nehru.
During World War I, on September 17, 1915, Satyapal received a temporary King’s Commission as a lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service and served with distinction. However, he relinquished his commission on September 16, 1916, and returned to India. Following the Rowlatt Act, he became active in the non-cooperation and non-violent resistance movement against British rule.
On the orders of Michael O’Dwyer, the CID kept close surveillance on Kitchlew and Satyapal from mid-March 1919. On April 10, 1919, they were summoned to Miles Irving, the Deputy Commissioner’s house in the Civil Lines, again following O’Dwyer’s orders. The Defence of India Orders were presented with the request for both of them to leave Amritsar immediately. Hans Raj and Jai Ram Singh were kept waiting on Irving’s veranda in case the news of the arrest spread before Kitchlew and Satyapal were far away enough.
Satyapal recounted that “there was a military escort with guns in each car” and “the cars were driven at high speed and we did not halt till we got to the Nurpur Dak Bungalow,” which was 50 miles away from Amritsar. They reached Dharamshala, at the foot of the Himalayas, at 8 pm that evening and were kept under house arrest.
On April 13, 1919, a meeting was called to take place at Jallianwala Bagh to protest the arrests. In June 1919, Satyapal was convicted with 14 others and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the ‘Amritsar conspiracy case at Lahore,’ following the statement of Hans Raj, who attended the trial as an approver. He passed away on April 18, 1954, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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