Birbal Singh

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Birbal chowk or square in Sri Ganganagar, India in remembrance of Birbal.

Birbal Singh was an Indian freedom fighter from Raisinghnagar, India.[1] He died in firing by police of Bikaner princely state in 1946.[2]

Early life[edit]

His full name was Birbal Singh Dhalia. His father's name was Salagram. His family business was purchasing cotton. Raisinghnagar (then Panwarsar) was a small city in the princely state of Bikaner. This princely state was also ally with the British, who were ruling British India. Birbal was a member of a patriotic organisation named Bikaner Rajya Prishad. Sardul Singh was the ruler of Bikaner. Birbal raised a voice for rights and freedom against the princely state.[3]

Procession and death[edit]

On 30 June 1946 a large procession was organised by freedom activists in Raisinghnagar. They were raising slogans for freedom with tricolour, the Indian national flag. Then the police opened firing and Birbal was killed 1 july 1946 death in police firing.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dailyhunt".
  2. ^ "Hindi ePaper, EPaper Download, Online Epaper, Newspaper in Hindi, Today Newspaper : Patrika".
  3. ^ "Patrika News: "Delhi is taking voice will change the map of the world"-"दिल्ली आवाज लगा रही है कि दुनिया का नक्शा बदलेगा"". www.patrika.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Jeenagarjyoti". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.