Kartar Singh Sarabha

 

1. Kartar Singh Sarabha was born on 24 May 1896 in ludhiana , punjab India into a Sikh grewal family in sarabha district Ludhiana.

2.His association with Nalanda Club of Indian students at Berkeley aroused his patriotic sentiment's and he felt agitated about the treatment immigrants from India especially manual worker received in the United Nations.

3.Sahan Singh Bhakana founder of Ghadar Party inspired Kartar Singh to revolt against British Colonial India for the sake of independent country .

4.With the start of World War in 1914, the British became thoroughly engrossed in the war effort. Thinking it to be a good opportunity the leaders of ghadar party published the decision of declaration of war against the British in issue of The Ghadar dated 5 August 1914.

5. After the arrival of Rash Behari Bose at Amritsar on 25 January 1915, it was decided in a meeting on 12 February that the uprising should be started on 21 February.

6. It was planned that after capturing the cantonments of Mian Mir and Ferozepur,mutiny was to be engineered near Ambala and Delhi .

7.Bhagat Singh was inspired by him , on Bhagat Singh's arrest , a photo of Sarabha was recovered from him . He always carried this photo in his pocket .

8. Hence , to recapitulate kartar Singh Sarabha proved to be a famous and reputed martyrs of PUNJAB.