Bring back Udham Singh’s pistol from UK: Capt Amarinder Singh to MEA

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 25

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has written to Union Minister for External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar to ask the UK Government to repatriate the personal belongings of Shaheed Udham Singh, including his pistol and personal diary.

The Chief Minister, in his letter to the Union Minister, appealed to him to take up the matter with the UK Government so that the nation is able to express its highest gratitude to the martyr while celebrating the 75th anniversary of Independence.

“You may be aware that it was with this pistol that he avenged the dastardly act of the erstwhile British Government at Jallianwala Bagh, where hundreds of people were shot dead on the order of the then Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Michael O’Dwyer,” reads the letter.

“It was with this pistol that Shaheed Udham Singh brought Michael O’Dwyer to justice in the Caxton Hall, London,” wrote the Chief Minister.

Captain Amarinder further said: “It is also known that Shaheed Udham Singh used to keep a diary, as his personal log, which should also be brought back to India, so that the people of the country could derive motivation and inspiration from it.”