Madan Lal Dhingra - Early Life

Early Life

Dhingra Studied at Amritsar in MB Intermediate college up-till 1900 and then went to Lahore to study in Government College Lahore. In 1904 he lead a student protest against Principal's order to have college blazer made out of Imported Cloth from England. He was thrown out of college. At that time he was Student of Masters of Art He was under the influence of Nationalist Movement of Swadeshi. He deeply studied the literature concerning the cause of Indian Poverty and famines, as solution to these problems Swaraj and Swadeshi became key issues. Then Dhingra had to work as a clerk, at Kalka in A Tonga Service being run for British family's transport to Shimla Tonga (horse-driven cart) puller, and a factory labourer. Dhingra attempted to organise a union there, but was sacked. He worked for sometime in Mumbai, before acting upon the advice of his elder brother Dr Bihari Lal and going to England for higher studies. In 1906, Madan Lal departed for England to enroll at University College, London, to study Mechanical Engineering. He was supported by his elder brother and some nationalist activists in England. Sukhdev Thapar (Devnagari :सुखदेव थापर )(Punjabi: ਸੁਖਦੇਵ ਥਾਪਰ, سُکھدیو تھاپر) was born in Ludhiana, Punjab. He was an Indian Activist and Revolutionary who lived from 15 May 1907 to March 23, 1931 . His full name is Sukhdev Thapar and he was born on 15th May, 1907. His father's name was Ram Lal. Since his childhood days,

Contents 1 Revolutionary Activities 1.1 Special Tribunal1.2 Appeal to the Privy Council1.3 Reactions to the judgement1.4 Execution1.5 Criticism of the Special Tribunal and method of execution1.6 Reactions to the executions2 See also

Revolutionary ActivitiesSukhdev was a famous Indian revolutionary who played a major role in the India's struggle for Independence. Sukhdev Thapar was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), and organized revolutionary cells in Punjab and other areas of North India. A devoted leader, he even went on to educate the youth at the National College in Lahore. He along with other renowned revolutionaries started the 'Naujawan Bharat Sabha' at Lahore that was an organization involved in various activities, mainly gearing the youth for the struggle for independence and putting an end to communalism.

Sukhdev himself took active part in several revolutionary activities like the 'Prison hunger strike' in 1929; however, he would always be remembered in the chronicles of the Indian Freedom Movement for his attacks in the Lahore Conspiracy Case (18th December, 1928). Sukhdev was the accomplice of Bhagat Singh, and Shivaram Rajguru who were involved in the assassination of Deputy Superintendent of Police, J.P. Saunders in 1928 in response to the death of veteran leader, Lala Lajpat Rai owing to excessive police beating in the Conspiracy case. After the Central Assembly Hall bombings in New Delhi (8th April, 1929), Sukhdev and his accomplices were arrested and convicted of their crime, facing the death sentence as verdict.