10 Forgotten Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle
Freedom Mortgage: For upon |BANGALORE: Every breath of the free air and the numerous strides we have achieved as a country progressing on all fronts, our independence unfolds countless stories of valor and supreme sacrifice. Breaking from the century-old British colonialism was by no means a small feat. It was a freedom movement where thousands of men, women, and children participated to regain our independence from foreign rule and to live a life of dignity. Of the hundreds of martyrs, who laid their lives for the motherland, let’s take a look at some of the prominent martyrs who struggled for India’s freedom and this is a mark of tribute to them.
Let’s have a look at some of the prominent martyrs who struggled for India’s freedom:
1. BHAGAT SINGH
Bhagat Singh was born as the son of Shri Kishan Singh and Shrimati Vidyavati on September 28, 1909, at Banga, Distt. Lyallpur. He founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army and refused to marry in order to dedicate himself to the country. 
There were many revolutionary activities organized by him in various parts of the country including agitations against the Simon Commission and British rule.
Singh was arrested and sentenced to death by hanging in a bomb explosion case in the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi in 1929. His two comrades, Sukhdev and Shivram Rajguru, were given the same punishment. The boldness that Bhagat Singh showed in front of the gallows on March 23, 1931, even astonished the British rulers.
2. TIRUPPUR KUMARAN
Kumaran, a revolutionary born in the Erode district of Tamilnadu participated in the Indian freedom movement. One day while taking part in a freedom march in Tiruppur, he was asked by the police to drop the congress flag that he was holding.
The police beat him to death on the street in front of hundreds of people for disobeying their orders.
Unable to resist the terrible torture he fell down on the ground and died but still held the flag high.
3. RAUT BAJI
Raut Baji was born as the son of Shri Hari Raut, a boatman in 1925 at Nilkanthapur, Distt. Dhenkanal, of Orissa. In 1938 when officials of the state police asked him to take them across the Brahmini river he refused saying that they were the enemy of the people.
The twelve-year-old boy was brutalized leaving a fracture in his skull. However, Baji raised an alarm and warned the villagers about the arrival of the soldiers before he took his last breath. Several villagers were killed in firing by the troops however the bravery and patriotism shown by the young boy have become the theme for the famous Oriya poem “Boatman” by Sachi Routray. Freedom Mortgage.
4. ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU
This brave martyr from Mogallu, Dist. in West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh was born on July 4, 1897, as the son of Sri Venkatarama Raju.
The atrocities committed by British rulers against the tribal people in Vishakhapatnam led him to organize an armed rebellion known as the Rampa Rebellion.
He was an expert guerilla leader and launched many successful attacks against the Britishers. A reward of
10,000 was announced for his arrest; however, he surrendered to the English Army and was shot dead on May 7, 1924.
5. SEN SURYA ALIAS MASTERDA
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He was born on October 18, 1893, in Noapara, Dist. Chittagong of Bengal was the son of Shri Rajmani Sen. He joined the Revolutionary Party in 1918 when he was a teacher at the Umatara High School, Chittagong. Yesterday took part in the non-cooperation movement and became the leader of the Chittagong branch of the militant revolutionary organization.
He set up many revolutionary centers across the country including one in the tea gardens of Assam and conducted the famous raid on the British armory at Chittagong. He was captured and brutally tortured by the police before hanging to death on January 11, 1934.
6. ASHFAQULLAH KHAN
He was born in October 1900 in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh as the son of Shri Shafequllah. He was an active participant in nationalist activities against British rule.
Ashfaqullah Khan took part in the Kakori Mail Decoity and was a member of the revolutionary organization called Matrivedi Sanstha. Khan was later arrested and sentenced to death on April 3, 1927. Freedom Mortgage.
7. UDHAM SINGH
Udham Singh who was a resident of Amritsar, Punjab; was deeply shocked at the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, in 1919. After the death of his parents, he was brought up in an orphanage and took a vow to revenge against the injustice and brutal behavior of the British police toward his countrymen. Freedom Mortgage.
This motive made him go to England and join an Engineering course in London. Singh got a revolver and ammunition in 1940, to kill Sir Michael O’Dyer at a meeting of the Royal Central Asian Society and the East India Association in Caxton Hall, London. He was arrested and tried for murder before sentencing to death in London on June 12, 1940.
8. NARAYANA RAJU
He was born in 1920 in Vempadu, Dist. West Godavari, of Andhra Pradesh, is the son of Shri Krishna Raju. Narayana Raju established centers for imparting physical training to patriotic young men and took part in the Quit India Movement actively. He was shot dead in August 1942 by the police while leading a procession at Bhimavaram with the tricolor in his hands.
9. HAJRA, (SMT.) MATANGINI
She was the widow of Shri Trilochan Hajra and was born in 1870 at Hogla, Dist. Midnapur in, West Bengal. She took part actively in many nationalist activities like Salt Satyagraha and agitation against the Chowdari Tax during the Civil Disobedience Movement.
She was arrested in 1932 for shouting “Go back” at the Bengal Governor during a Durbar at Tamluk.
After her release from jail, she resumed her political and social work. Matingini took part in the Quit India Movement and led a procession to the Ramluk Civil Court to hoist the tricolor on September 29, 1942. She died on the spot with the tri-color in her hand after a bullet was fired by the police officials.
10. ABDUL KHADlR MOHAMMED
Abdul Khadir Mohammed was born as the son of Shri Vavakunju on May 25, 1917, at Vakkom, Distt, and Trivandrum of Kerala. After his matriculation, he took part in the popular movement in Travancore State. He went to Malaya before the Second World War and joined the Indian National Army there in 1942.
Mohammed was sent to India on an intelligence assignment and landed on the Calicut coast, he was however detected and arrested by the British authorities. He was hanged in the Madras Penitentiary on September 10, 1943, in the case of spying for a foreign power.
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