Who are some of the unknown freedom fighters of India?

Today 18 November is birth anniversary of great revolutionary and freedom fighter Batukeshwar Dutta, best known for exploding 2 Bombs with Bhagat Singh in Legislative Assembly Delhi on 8 April 1929. Also known as BK. Dutt ‘Battu’ was born on 18 November 1910 in Khandaghosh, Purba Bardhaman West Bengal and was a close associate of freedom fighters like Chandrashekar Azad & Bhagat Singh. He learnt Bomb making while working for Hindustan Socialist Party, Influenced by a French anarchist who bombed French Chamber of Deputies. On 8 April 1929, Singh & Dutt threw 2 bombs inside assembly & shouted slogans ‘Inquilab Zindabad’. Leaflet claimed that heroic act was due to death of Lala Lajpat Rai. They were arrested & tried in bomb case & sentenced to life imprisonment & deported to Andaman Nicobar.

After release Dutt contracted TB but he took part in Quit India Movement of Gandhiji in early 1940s. Independent India didn't accord him any recognition & he spent his life in poverty & life of this freedom fighter was painful & tragic as he was not valued & he grappled with destitution. Dutt died in 1965 & was cremated in Hussainiwala, Punjab where bodies of his comrades Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev were cremated years back. He wrote Story of film Shaheed (1965). BK Dutt Colony near Jor Bagh and Safdarjung Airport, Delhi is named after him and was small tribute to great unsung hero of India.

The real and hardcore revolutionaries who were sent to ‘kala pani’ or Cellular jail of Andaman or beaten to death and those who died with bullets from British police or hanged till death are the ‘real’ freedom fighters who were never recognised.

Except Late Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab who died with the head injury caused by British police lathi (stick) charge, no congress senior leaders were touched or sent to Cellular Jail or hanged or shot dead by the British. Lala Lajpat Rai belong to militant group which included Lal-Bal-Pal trio (Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal) but they were side-lined by Gandhiji’s pacifist and non-violent freedom movement.

Gandhiji and Nehru prisoned in VIP jails like Aga Khan Palace and received VIP treatment. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh’s uncle and Subhash Chandra Bose prisoned in Mandalay jail. Even Saheed Bhagat Singh who took up arms Against British to protest for Lala Lajpat Rai's death was not given any legal support from top Barristers like Nehru and Gandhiji. Gandhiji didn’t fasted to prevent hanging of Bhagat Singh or any other freedom fighters but he went to hunger strike for many things like giving 55 Crore money to Pakistan as part of partition plan. Gandhiji initially said ‘partition will happen over my dead body’ but accepted it quietly later! Within three day of his fast, Nehru paid Rs 55 Crore to Pakistan.

It will be interesting to make a list were Gandhiji fasted, sometime fast onto death and wehere Gandhiji didn’t fasted. But history book is full of narratives that ‘India got independence due to non-violence struggle’!

They are the real freedom fighters

Nehru was a British slave and not a freedom fighter

Education Minister Maulana Azad and PM Nehru together distorted Indian history to benefit congress and Nehru-Gandhi dynasty

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Batukeshwar Dutt - Wikipedia

Indian revolutionary (1910–1965) Batukeshwar Dutta pronunciation ⓘ (18 November 1910 – 20 July 1965) was an Indian socialist and independence fighter in the early 1900s. [2] He is best known for having exploded two bombs, along with Bhagat Singh , in the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi on 8 April 1929. After they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for life, he and Singh initiated a historic hunger strike protesting against the abusive treatment of Indian political prisoners, and eventually secured some rights for them. [3] He was also a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association . Biography [ edit ] Batukeshwar Dutt — also known as B. K. Dutta, Battu, and Mohan — was a son of Goshtha Bihari Dutta. He was born on 18 November 1910 in Khandaghosh village, Purba Bardhaman district , in what is now West Bengal in a Bengali kayastha family. He graduated from Pandit Prithi Nath High School in Cawnpore . He was a close associate of freedom fighters such as Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh , the latter of whom he met in Cawnpore in 1924. He learned about bomb-making while working for the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). 1929 Assembly bomb throwing incident [ edit ] To subdue the rise of revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh , the British government decided to implement the Defence of India Act 1915 , which gave the police a free hand. [4] Influenced by a French anarchist who bombed the French Chamber of Deputies , Singh proposed to the HSRA his plan to explode a bomb inside the Central Legislative Assembly , to which it agreed. Initially, it was decided that Dutt and Sukhdev Thapar would plant the bomb while Singh would travel to the USSR . However, later the plan was changed and Dutt was entrusted with planting it alongside Singh. [5] On 8 April 1929, Singh and Dutt threw two bombs inside the assembly rushing from Visitor's Gallery. The smoke from the bomb filled the Hall and they shouted slogans of " Inquilab Zindabad ! " (Hindi-Urdu: "Long Live the Revolution!") and showered leaflets. [6] [7] [8] The leaflet claimed that the act was done to oppose the Trade Disputes and the Public Safety Bill being presented in the Central Assembly and the death of Lala Lajpat Rai . [9] Few sustained injuries in the explosion and there were no deaths; Singh and Dutt claimed that the act was intentional. [10] Singh and Dutt were arrested, [10] as planned. [11] [12] The Tribune reported the incident as: When Mr Patel from India got up to give his ruling on the Public Safety Bill, two bombs were thrown from a gallery near the seat of George Schuster . The whole house was dispersed in the panic caused. George Schuster and B. Dalal were injured while few other members received minor injuries. Singh and Dutt were arrested by the British . Ten minutes later, the Assembly got reassembled. The Chamber was filled with smoke. Mr Patel adjourned the House till next Thursday. A red pamphlet "Hindustan Socialist Republican Army" signed by

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