Shivaram Rajguru
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| Shivaram Rajguru | |
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| Born | August 24, 1908 Rajgurunagar, Ratlam, Maharashtra, India (British India) |
| Died | March 23, 1931 (aged 22) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (then part of British India) |
| Nationality | Indian |
Shivaram Hari Rajguru (Marathi: शिवराम हरी राजगुरू) (August 24, 1908 – March 23, 1931) was an Indian revolutionist from Maharashtra and belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin community. Rajguru was born in a place named Khed near Pune. It was later renamed as Rajgurunagar in his honor. He is best known as a colleague of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev in the murder of a British police officer J.P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 in order to take revenge for the death of veteran leader Lala Lajpat Rai due to excessive police beating. All three were convicted of the crime and hanged on March 23, 1931. They were cremated at Hussainiwala at the banks of Sutlej river in today's Ferozepur district of Punjab.
He had immense potential in terms of memory and had learnt various scriptures by heart. He was a sharp and accurate shooter and was regarded as the gunman of HSRA.
He was the means of entertainment in the HSRA meetings due to his competition with Bhagat Singh. He always wanted to be one step ahead of Bhagat Singh in every case, which often led to comic situations.
Rajguru was hiding in Nagpur. He met Dr. K. B. Hedgewar and was hiding in one of the RSS worker's house. But after some days he went to Pune and later was arrested there.
Famous writer Anil Verma, a Judge, wrote a book on Rajguru titled "Ajeya Krantikari Rajguru. It has been published by Govt of India's publication division & released on 24 August 2008 on Birth centenary of Rajguru.
He was a freedom fighter who sacrificed his life for the independence of India. He was a member of Hindustan socialist republican army who wanted India to become free by all means necessary. He believed that violence against oppression was far more effective against British rule than the nonviolent ways of Mahatma Gandhi.
At Hisar, Haryana, an important shopping complex, Rajguru Market, was named in his honor in 1953.
[edit] See also
- Ashfaqullah Khan
- Bhagat Singh
- Chandrashekar Azad
- Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
- Kakori Train Robbery
- Sukhdev Thapar
- Thakur Roshan Singh
- Batukeshwar Dutt
- Shiv Verma
- Jai Rajguru
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