Bandhu Singh Explained

Birth Date:1 May 1833
Birth Place:Dumari, Gorakhpur
Death Date:12 August 1858
Death Place:Gorakhpur, Dominion of India
Death Cause:Hanging
Resting Place:Shaheed Bandhu Singh Smarak, Gorakhpur
Nationality:Indian
Other Names:Bandhu Singh
Known For:Freedom Fighter

Amar Shaheed Bandhu Singh Shrinet was a prominent Freedom Fighter in eastern Uttar Pradesh who fought against the East India Company using Guerilla Warfare.[1]

Bandhu Singh was born on 1 May 1833 in a Shrinet Rajput Principality of Babu Shiv Prasad Singh from Dumari Riyasat. He had five brothers named Dal Hamman Singh, Tejai Singh, Fateh Singh, Jheenak Singh and Karia Singh. He was a devotee of Tarkulaha Devi. He was finally arrested by the British along with Shivgobind Chand of Chillupar, Gorakhpur. He was hanged publicly at Ali Nagar Chauraha in Gorakhpur on 12 August 1858.There is a month-long Mela (funfair) every year starting from Chaitra Ramnavami at the Tarkulaha Devi Temple. People from far-flung locations visit Amar Shahid was a freedom fighter ‘Tarkulaha Mela’ to shop for their annual requirements of Garam Masala (Indian Spices) and to enjoy the traditional ‘Nautanki’ (drama), Nag Kanya shows and small circuses. Also, Tarkulaha Devi Temple was Shaheed Bandhu Singh's favourite place.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Amin . Shahid . Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 . 1995 . University of California Press . 137–140 . 9780520087804 .